Charles Edward Stutenroth, D. D. S. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1162-1163 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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			CHARLES EDWARD STUTENROTH, D. D. S. 

	Dr. Charles Edward Stutenroth, engaged in the practice of 
dentistry in Redfield, with offices in the Law building, has been 
located in that city since 1897 and has been a resident of Spink county 
since 1883. He was a lad of but thirteen years when he arrived in South 
Dakota, where he has since made his home. He was born in Du Page 
county, Illinois, August 16, 1870, and is a son of Oliver L. and Mary 
(Gushard) Stutenroth. The father has been bookkeeper for the Redfield 
Roller Mills for the past sixteen years. On coming to this state in 
1883 he took up a homestead, which he improved, and remained upon the 
farm until he accepted his present position, He comes of German 
ancestry, the family having been founded in America about the time of 
the Revolutionary war, one of the ancestors serving with the Hessian 
soldiers in that conflict. 

	At the usual age Dr. Stutenroth became a pupil in the public 
schools of Illinois and continued his education in South Dakota after 
his arrival in Spink county. In 1891 he went to Watertown, making his 
home with his uncle, C. W. Stutenroth, and while there pursued a course 
in a commercial college located in that city. He was also employed in 
the dental office of his uncle. He went to Sisseton, when the Sisseton-
Wapiton Reservation was opened, and located a claim adjoining the 
Sisseton town site. After fourteen months he proved up on his claim and 
sold out. He added the money which he received in that transaction to 
his other savings and then went to Chicago, where he entered the dental 
department of Northwestern University, which conferred upon him the 
degree of D, D. S., in 1896. He has since practiced in Redfield with 
success and deserves much credit for what he has accomplished, for he 
worked his way through college and has won his present position through 
determined effort, assiduous study and close adherence to high ideals. 

	Dr. Stutenroth was married in Redfield, in September, 1899, to 
Miss Bertha Dawson, a daughter of John T. and Julia (Burns) Dawson. Her 
father was one of the pioneer farmers of Spink county but since 1898 
has resided at Jeddo, Michigan. Dr. and Mrs. Stutenroth have two 
children, Ruth and Charles E., both of whom are attending school. 

	While a prominent representative of the dental profession, Dr. 
Stutenroth is equally prominent in other fields. He is a stalwart 
democrat and at the present time is a member of the state senate. He 
had the honor of being the first and only democratic representative 
elected from his district when he was sent to that body of the state 
legislature in 1913, and also the only member of the dental fraternity 
ever connected with the state legislature. On his election as senator 
in 1914 he became the only man who had ever represented his district in 
both bodies of the legislature. For the past five years he has been an 
alderman of Redfield and he is the president of the Redfield Commercial 
Club, of which he became one of the charter members, In Masonry he is 
widely known and popular, belonging to the lodge, chapter and 
commandery and to the Mystic Shrine. Along strictly professional lines 
he is connected with the South Dakota Dental Association, of which he 
has served as secretary and president. His activity in many fields and 
the beneficial results which have followed his efforts have made him a 
valued citizen of the county in which he has now maintained his 
residence for almost a third of a century.