George William L. Shrigley Biography

	This biography appears on pages 422-425 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				GEORGE WILLIAM L. SHRIGLEY.  

	George William L. Shrigley, whose demise occurred on the 22d of 
August; 1895, was for a number of years actively and successfully 
identified with agricultural interests in Miner county, owning three 
hundred and twenty acres of land near Howard. He was born in Chicago, 
Illinois, on the 5th of December, 1843, his parents being Benjamin and 
Caroline (Taylor) Shrigley. In 1858 the family established their home 
in Fillmore county, Minnesota, where the father was continuously 
engaged in business as a building contractor until his death in March, 
1880.  

	In the acquirement of an education G. W. L. Shrigley attended the 
public schools of Chatfield, Minnesota. In 1864, when twenty-one years 
of age, he enlisted for service in the Union army, remaining with his 
command until the cessation of hostilities between the north and the 
south. He then returned to Spring Valley, Minnesota, and there became 
identified with milling interests, being engaged at work in a flour 
mill until 1878. In that year he was taken sick and during the 
following three years was unable to do work of any kind. In 1881 he 
came to South Dakota and homesteaded a quarter section of land one-half 
mile west of Howard, in Miner county. There he devoted his attention to 
agricultural pursuits throughout the remainder of his life and met with 
success in his undertakings, eventually purchasing an adjoining tract 
of one hundred and sixty acres. In his demise, which occurred on the 
22d of August, 1895, the community lost one of its substantial 
agriculturists and esteemed citizens.  

	On the 24th of April, 1875, Mr. Shrigley was united in marriage 
to Miss Sarah E. McCoy, of Chatfield, Minnesota. Their son, George 
Ernest, who was born on the 17th of February, 1880, lives with his 
widowed mother and operates the home place. Mr. Shrigley gave his 
political allegiance to the democracy and was a Presbyterian in 
religious faith, while fraternally he was identified with the Masons. 
His widow has now resided in this state for a third of a century and is 
well known and highly esteemed in her home community.