George E. Robertson Biography


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				GEORGE E. ROBERTSON. 

	George E. Robertson is president of the Robertson Lumber Company 
of Fort Pierre, in which connection he occupies a creditable and 
enviable position in the business circles of the city and Stanley 
county He was born in Albion, Michigan, in 1878, a son of Orris W. and 
Lura E. (Pearl) Robertson, the former a native of New York state and 
the latter of Albion, Michigan. Both parents are now deceased. The 
father followed the business of telegraph construction. At the usual 
age George E. Robertson became a pupil in the public schools, 
supplementing his educational training there by study in the Albion 
College. He has been a resident of South Dakota since 1900, in which 
year he began ranching on Dry creek in Lyman county. He filed on a 
claim and made the necessary arrangements and plans for securing the 
ownership of the property, but in 1903 he gave up ranching and went to 
Fort Pierre. There he occupied the position of law clerk in the office 
of Judge Hovey until the spring of 1904, when he embarked in the lumber 
business as junior partner in the firm of Keyser & Robertson, this 
connection being maintained until 1907, when Charles W. Robertson, 
brother of our subject, bought out Mr. Keyser's interests and the 
business was resumed under the firm name of the Robertson Lumber 
Company. Charles W. Robertson came to South Dakota in 1896 and was 
engaged in sheep raising until he turned his attention to the lumber 
business. The firm now handles lumber, all kinds of builders, supplies, 
cement, coal and farm machinery. They erected the buildings necessary 
in the conduct of their lumberyard and now have a well equipped plant, 
while their trade is constantly increasing. 

	In Fort Pierre, in 1906, Mr. Robertson was united in marriage to 
Miss Vera L. Young, a daughter of Isaac Young, who came to Fort Pierre 
before the building of the railroad through this section of the state 
and was engaged in transferring at an early date. Mr. and Mrs. 
Robertson are now the parents of four interesting children: Thurman, 
Marion, Billie and Helen. 

	Since 1900 George E. Robertson has been a resident of this state 
and for a decade has been connected with the lumber trade, in which he 
has built up a business of gratifying proportions. Fraternally he is a 
member of Hiram Lodge, No. 123, A. F. & A. M., of Fort Pierre; Pierre 
Chapter, No. 22, R. A. M., of Pierre; Capital City Commandery, No. 21, 
K. T.; and Naja Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Deadwood. By his ballot 
he supports the men and measures of the democratic party at national 
elections.