Robert Frederick Riemer Biography


	This biography appears on page 773 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				ROBERT FREDERICK RIEMER. 

	Robert Frederick Riemer has been engaged in the independent 
practice of law in Sioux Falls since 1907 and throughout the 
intervening eight years has enjoyed growing success. He was born on a 
farm in Shawano county, Wisconsin, and is a son of Frederick William 
and Augusta (Pocket) Riemer, natives of Germany. The father was a 
soldier in the German army and saw service in the Danish and Austrian 
wars. 

	In the acquirement of an education Robert F. Riemer attended the 
graded and high schools of his native county and also pursued a course 
of study in a commercial school at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. He subsequently 
spent a year as a school teacher and afterward took up the study of 
law, being graduated from the law department of the University of 
Wisconsin at Madison in 1904. In May, 1905, he removed to Sioux Falls, 
South Dakota, and for about two years remained in the office of Joseph 
Kirby, an attorney. In 1907 he opened an office of his, own and has 
since remained in active practice. In the eight years which have since 
elapsed he has done good work, carefully preparing and presenting his 
cases, his logical deductions indicating his thorough understanding of 
the points in controversy, while his correct application of principle 
or precedent shows his comprehensive knowledge of the law. 

	On the 7th of June, 1904, at Belvidere, Illinois, Mr. Riemer was 
joined in wedlock to Miss Magdalena Mary Diebold, a daughter of John 
and Adelaide Diebold. They have one daughter, Hildegarde Frances Mary 
Riemer. In politics Mr. Riemer is a republican and in religious faith a 
Lutheran. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is 
also a popular member of the Germania Verein.