Frank Tobin Biography


	This biography appears on page 671 in "History of Dakota 
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				FRANK TOBIN. 

	Frank Tobin is engaged in general farming on section 14, Nunda 
township, Lake county, and is busily employed in keeping his farm 
thoroughly up-to-date in all of its methods and equipments. He was born 
in Iowa, January 20, 1867, and is a son of Nicholas and Catherine 
Tobin, the former a farmer by occupation. Both he and his wife are now 
deceased. 

	Frank Tobin acquired his education in the country schools and 
when his textbooks were put aside he left Iowa and came to South Dakota 
in 1880, then a youth of but- thirteen years. His mother here 
homesteaded on section 14, township 108, range 52, and this land is now 
being cultivated by her son Frank, who is engaged in farming two 
hundred and forty acres of the rich land of Lake county. He makes a 
specialty of raising registered shorthorn cattle and ships a large 
number each year. He is also extensively engaged in raising hogs and 
thus adds materially to his annual income. He has all the necessary 
farm implements of recently improved pattern and workmanship and he 
believes in keeping everything upon his farm thoroughly up-to-date. He 
is likewise a stockholder in the Farmers Elevator and one of the 
directors of the Battle Creek Telephone Company. Occasionally he takes 
a few days off for a hunting or fishing trip, but with this exception 
confines his attention to farm work with excellent results. 

	In 1894 Mr. Tobin was united in marriage to Miss Helen Flemming, 
a daughter of John and Martha Flemming, who were of old-time families 
of this state. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Tobin are Nicholas, Walter, 
John, James, Annie, Mary, Nellie, Frances, Elmer, Raymond and Vincent, 
all of whom were born in South Dakota. 

	The religious faith of the family is that of the Catholic church 
and in political belief Mr. Tobin is a democrat. He has served as 
trustee and assessor in his township and has also been officially 
identified with the schools. Fraternally he is connected with the 
Woodmen and the Yeomen. He believes in South Dakota and its future, 
recognizes its opportunities and its natural advantages and in the 
improvement of his farm is contributing to the general development and 
prosperity of the region in which he lives.