Walter George Syverson Biography


	This biography appears on pages 547-548 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				WALTER GEORGE SYVERSON. 

	Walter George Syverson, of Willow Lakes, is a young man whose 
business enterprise and laudable ambition have led him beyond a point 
that many others of his years have attained and gained for him a 
creditable position among the business men of Clark county. He is a 
native son of South Dakota, having been born at Lead on the 10th of 
August, 1884, his parents being Edward L. and Josephine (Wamberg) 
Syverson. The father, who has followed blacksmithing as a life work, is 
still living, but the mother has passed away. In their family were four 
children. 

	Walter G. Syverson is indebted to the public-school system of the 
state for his educational privileges. Passing through consecutive 
grades, he was graduated from the Lead high school and afterward worked 
around his father's blacksmith shop for about four years. He then went 
to Bryant, where he secured the position of assistant cashier in the 
Farmers & Citizens Bank, spending four years in that position, and on 
the 3d of August, 1908, he became connected with the Bank of Willow 
Lakes, at which time he was made its cashier. He carefully and wisely 
directed its interests in that position and in 1911 he was elected to 
the presidency. The business of the bank, which amounted to ninety-
eight thousand dollars annually when he assumed charge has reached one 
hundred and seventy thousand dollars, and the institution has become of 
recognized value to the community, its policy being a conservative one 
that does not, however, hamper progress and advancement. 

	On the 9th of October, 1907, Mr. Syverson was united in marriage 
to Miss Mabel E. Monday, a daughter of Ed Monday, of Stevens Point, 
Wisconsin. Their children are three in number, namely: Edward, Margaret 
and Ruth. The religious faith of the family is that of the 
Congregational church and in politics Mr. Syverson is a republican. He 
belongs to Bryant Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; to Columbia Lodge, K. P. at 
Willow Lakes; and to the Willow Lakes camp of the Modern Woodmen. He is 
school treasurer, is treasurer of the creamery company, manager of the 
baseball team, enjoys fishing and motoring and thus in varied interests 
is leading an active life, connecting him with many of those things 
which have to do with the welfare and progress of society as well as 
the substantial benefits of the community.