Marvin Loyd Weed Biography


	This biography appears on page 25 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				MARVIN LOYD WEED. 

	Marvin Loyd Weed, a successful representative of business 
interests in Fort Pierre, is the proprietor of a general mercantile 
establishment and enjoys an enviable patronage in this connection. His 
birth occurred in Oakdale, Wisconsin, on the 11th of October, 1867, his 
parents being William David and Helen (Meloy) Weed. His paternal 
grandmother, Caroline (Jones) (originally Jans) Weed, was a descendant 
of Anneke Jans, who owned a farm in what is now the heart of New York 
city. 

	Our subject was twelve years of age when in 1879 he accompanied 
the family on their removal to Solomon City, Kansas. The following 
year, however, they became residents of Livermore, Humboldt county, 
Iowa, and from there removed to Sully county, South Dakota, on the 16th 
of May, 1884. The father, who was a shoemaker by trade, died in 1910, 
but the mother is still living and now makes her home in McMinnville, 
Oregon. 

	Marvin L. Weed has devoted his attention to merchandising 
throughout his entire business career. He lived with his parents on the 
homestead until 1889, when he went to Onida, South Dakota, where he 
entered the employ of a mercantile establishment as clerk, remaining 
there until 1897. He was afterward in the employ of the McLaughlin 
Company at Highmore, South Dakota, but in 1902 located in Fort Pierre 
and was in the employ of F. F. Dorothy for two years. In 1904 he 
established the business which has since been conducted under the firm 
style of M. L. Weed & Company, being now the proprietor of an 
attractive and up-to-date establishment which enjoys an extensive and 
profitable trade. He carries a large and well selected stock of goods 
which he sells at reasonable prices and has an unassailable reputation 
for business integrity and fair dealing. 

	On the 24th of June, 1903, at Genoa, Illinois, Mr. Weed was 
united in marriage to Miss Carrie Venelia Arnold, a daughter of Elijah 
B. Arnold, and they have one child, Helen Venelia Weed. In his 
political views Mr. Weed has always been a republican, regarding the 
principles of that party as most conducive to good government, and he 
is now acceptably serving as one of the county commissioners of Stanley 
county.