Amos M. Richardson Biography


	This biography appears on page 115 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				AMOS M. RICHARDSON. 

	Amos M. Richardson is the vice president of the State Bank of 
Spencer and a well known and progressive business man of that town. 
Iowa claims him as a native son, his birth baying occurred in Polk 
county on the 30th of June, 1879, his parents being Mose and Carrie 
(Landy) Richardson. The father was a farmer by occupation and for many 
years engaged in the tilling of the soil, but is now living retired at 
Sioux Falls. 

	At the usual age Amos M. Richardson became a public-school pupil 
and when he had mastered the branches of learning taught through public 
instruction he pursued a business course in the Capital City Commercial 
College at Des Moines. He made his initial step in the business world 
as an employee of a lumber firm at Inwood, Iowa, with which he was 
connected for three and a half years. He then located in Ireton, Iowa, 
where he engaged in the same line of business for five years. In 
January, 1914, he arrived in Spencer and purchased an interest in the 
State Bank, being elected to the position of vice president, in which 
connection he has since continued, thus becoming an active factor in 
the financial circles of McCook county. He is also secretary and 
treasurer of the Farmers Elevator and is connected with the electric 
light plant. In a word, he is interested in everything that pertains to 
the welfare and upbuilding of his town along business lines and his 
activity in other fields has also been of worth to the community. In 
politics he is a republican and, while he does not seek nor desire 
public office, he cooperates in all the movements which are instituted 
for furthering the civic welfare. His religious faith is that of the 
Lutheran church and his fraternal relations are with the Masonic and 
the Odd Fellows lodges at Spencer. He is deeply interested in South 
Dakota and its welfare, intending to make his future home here, and he 
is displaying characteristic energy in advancing the interests of town 
and county.