Verne E. Winston, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1041-1042 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				VERNE E. WINSTON, M. D. 

	Dr. Verne E. Winston, a successful physician and surgeon of 
Keystone, South Dakota, was born at Evansville, Rock county, Wisconsin, 
on the 4th of October, 1881. His parents, Frederick H. and Etta 
(Bartholomew) Winston, were natives respectively of Rock county, 
Wisconsin, and Waukesha county, that state. The father conducted a 
jewelry store in Evansville for a number of years and is still residing 
in that city although he is now living practically retired. The mother 
died there about 1895. They were the parents of two children, of whom 
Dr. Winston is the elder, the younger being Ruth L., a graduate of 
Beloit College and a teacher in the public schools of Burlington, 
Wisconsin. 

	Dr. Winston received his elementary and secondary education at 
Evansville and later attended the University of Wisconsin for a year, 
after which he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons of 
Chicago, from which he was graduated with the M. D. degree in 1903. For 
one year he was in a free dispensary in Chicago and thus gained 
practical knowledge concerning a great variety of diseases. At the end 
of that time he located for practice at Friendship, Wisconsin, and 
after remaining there for four years removed to Hermosa, South Dakota. 
He practiced there for three years and was then for a year located in 
Keystone, after which he was for two years physician in charge of the 
Hill Institute at Rapid City. At the expiration of that period of time 
he returned to Keystone and has since actively engaged in the practice 
of his profession there. He keeps in touch with the advance of medical 
science and has gained a large and lucrative practice He also owns land 
in South Dakota but practically his entire time is given to his work as 
a physician and surgeon. 

	Dr. Winston was married on the 1st of October, 1914, to Miss 
Emerald G. Frankman, a daughter of John and Barbara (Gubka) Frankman, 
who were both natives of Germany. The father devoted his time to 
ranching after emigrating to the United States. During the Civil war he 
served in a Wisconsin regiment, thus proving his loyalty to his adopted 
country. He passed away in Arkansas and his wife died in South Dakota. 
Mrs. Winston was born in Sioux county, this state, and has always been 
interested in the development and advancement of South Dakota. 

	Dr. Winston is a republican but has been content to perform his 
civic duties as a private citizen, finding that his practice leaves him 
no time to participate actively in political affairs. Fraternally he 
belongs to the Masonic blue lodge and in his life embodies the spirit 
of human brotherhood which is the basic principle of Masonry. He stands 
high in his profession and the success which he has gained is fully 
deserved.