Norman B. Streeter Biography


	This biography appears on pages 727-728 in "History of Dakota 
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				NORMAN B. STREETER.  

	Norman B. Streeter, who is representing his district in the state 
legislature, is cashier of the Buffalo Gap State Bank and is, moreover, 
the owner of an extensive ranch in Custer county. His birth occurred at 
East Waterloo, Iowa, on the 29th of October, 1855, but his parents, 
James W. and Mary (Anderson) Streeter, were born respectively at Lake 
Champlain, New York, in 1826, and in Quebec, Canada, in 1834. In 1848 
James W. Streeter removed to Iowa from Illinois, to which state he had 
accompanied his parents previously. He settled in Waterloo at first but 
later took up his residence upon a farm near Cedar Falls and at length 
removed to that city, where he was employed at mill work for about 
twenty-seven years. He passed away in Cedar Falls on the 6th of March, 
1907. His widow still survives and makes her home at Elmwood, Nebraska. 
They were the parents of eight children, of whom Norman B. is the 
eldest.  

	The last named received his education in the public schools of 
Black Hawk county, Iowa. When nineteen years of age he began work as a 
farm hand but two years later went into the fuel business at Cedar 
Falls and also conducted a hay yard there. Some time later he followed 
agricultural pursuits and also engaged in buying stock, but in 1887 he 
came to Custer county, South Dakota, settling on a homestead claim five 
miles from Buffalo Gap. He continued to reside there and to give his 
attention to his ranching interests until 1908, when he was elected 
county treasurer and removed to Custer. He held that office for two 
terms and was then elected to the state legislature. Upon his return 
from Pierre at the close of the session he removed his family to 
Buffalo Gap, where they now reside. His record as a lawmaker won him 
reelection and he is now serving his second term in that important 
capacity.  

	On the 1st of May, 1912, Mr. Streeter entered the Buffalo Gap 
State Bank as cashier and still holds that position, which places upon 
him much of the responsibility for the successful direction of the 
institution. He is also one of its directors and is president of the 
Beaver Valley Live Stock Company, of which his sons are the other 
members. They operate a four thousand acre ranch known as the Beaver 
Valley Stock Ranch and raise large numbers of cattle and horses. They 
also carry on dry farming to a considerable extent and raise a great 
deal of alfalfa each year. They are up-to-date and progressive in the 
management of their affairs and their ranch yields them a handsome 
income annually.  

	Mr. Streeter was married on the 12th of September, 1877, to Miss 
Etta L. Green, who was born in Southbridge, Massachusetts. Her parents, 
Abel and Ann (Williams) Green, were natives of England but emigrated to 
the United States in their youth and removed from the east to Iowa in 
the early history of that state. They resided at Cedar Falls and later 
at Grundy Center, Iowa. While living in Massachusetts the father was 
employed in the woolen mills at Southbridge and in early life was an 
engineer. He is now living retired in Grundy Center and is highly 
esteemed by all who know him.  

	Mr. and Mrs. Streeter are the parents of eleven children. Mabel 
became the wife of T. W. Bondurant but passed away in 1906, leaving two 
children, Martha and Joseph, who make their home with Mr. and Mrs. 
Streeter. Myra is the wife of Ora Putnam, an employee of the 
Northwestern Railroad Company, who resides at Chadron, Nebraska. Bertha 
married Fred Rotzin, likewise in the employ of the Northwestern 
Railroad and also a resident of Chadron. Nellie. Harry and Charles all 
reside upon the ranch and the last named is married, his wife being in 
her maidenhood Miss Mary Korthaus. James lives on the original 
homestead. Jay, who is in the employ of the Northwestern Railroad, is 
living at Chadron, Nebraska. Anna died at the age of twelve years. 
Edith and Jerry are at home.  

	Mr. Streeter is a republican and is a leader of his party in the 
southwestern part of the state. He has held various local offices, 
including that of county treasurer, and as state representative has 
proved courageous and farsighted, doing all in his power to secure the 
adoption of measures which will prove of benefit to the people. He is a 
member of the Modern Woodmen of America and has many friends in that 
organization. Many hold him in warm regard and his evident capability 
and unimpeachable honesty command the respect of all who know him.