Robert A. Voy Biography


	This biography appears on page 763 in "History of Dakota 
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				ROBERT A. VOY. 

	Robert A. Voy, a resident of South Dakota for the past thirty-
seven years, has since 1899 been the farmer at Riggs Institute of 
Flandreau, a government school for Indians. His birth occurred in 
Germany on the 17th of February, 1861, his parents being John David and 
Maria Voy, both of whom are deceased. The family home was established 
in South Dakota in 1878. 

	Robert A. Voy attended the public schools in the acquirement of 
an education and after putting aside his textbooks turned his attention 
to agricultural pursuits, while subsequently he was engaged in the 
livery business at Scotland, this state, for a number of years. On the 
1st of April, 1894, he entered the government service as additional 
farmer at the Yankton agency and since the 1st of August, 1899, has 
been the farmer at Riggs Institute, a government school for Indians at 
Flandreau. In this capacity he has made a very creditable record, 
possessing a comprehensive knowledge of the best methods of agriculture 
and instructing those under him most effectively. 

	In 1884 Mr. Voy was married to Aner Ogden, of Scotland, a 
daughter of Robert and Hannah Ogden. To this union were born the 
following children: Marie, the wife of J. S. Hoard, of Chicago, a 
teacher in the public schools; Clara, the wife of Otto Raben, of 
Armour, South Dakota; William F., a resident of Dell Rapids; and Amy, 
who married Orley Dawkins, of Dunn Center, North Dakota. On the 16th of 
June, 1910, Mr. Voy was joined in wedlock to Mrs. Mary Alice Atchison, 
of Yates Center, Kansas. Fraternally he is identified with the 
independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Woodmen and the Masons, now 
serving as high priest of Chapter No. 19, R. A. M., of Flandreau. He 
represented his chapter at the meeting of the grand chapter at Sioux 
Falls in 1915. He is also identified with the Eastern Star, of which 
his wife is likewise a member. 

	His religious faith is that of the Methodist church. He is fond 
of hunting and finds his greatest pleasure and recreation in the out-
of-doors. Mr. Voy is actively and helpfully interested in all measures 
instituted to promote the growth and development of this state and has 
long been numbered among its valued, enterprising and substantial 
citizens.