Jacob M. Beidleman Biography


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	representative citizens of South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle & 
	Co., Chicago, 1899. Page 241

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JACOB M. BEIDLEMAN, ex-soldier and deputy register of deeds, of Spink 
county, and a pioneer settler, is one of the best known and highly 
respected citizens of his locality. He is a native of New York and was 
born March 24, 1840. The family is of German origin and the first 
record in America is of three brothers who emigrated to the United 
States in 1774, two settling in Pennsylvania, and one, of whom our 
subject is a descendant, settling in New York. The family has furnished 
its quota of -courage in our wars, and engaged in the Revolution, the 
war of 1812, and the Civil war. 

Upon leaving New York, as a child, our subject settled in Janesville, 
Wisconsin, and in 1855 went to Appleton, Wisconsin, where he completed 
a business course, and also began the study of law. At the beginning of 
the war he enlisted for his country's cause, and became a member of 
Company D, Third Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, in May, ~861, and was 
sent to join the army of the Potomac. Some severe skirmish work 
followed and they then joined Banks in the Shenandoah at Winchester, 
and our subject was soon afterward sent to the hospital at Alexandria 
with a severe eye trouble, and after five months treatment was 
discharged from the service for disability. For several years he was 
unable to engage in active business pursuits, and his first effort was 
the general merchandise business in Minnesota, after which he worked 
for a time at the painter's trade in Minneapolis. He and his brother-
in-law engaged in a merchandise business in Concord, Minnesota, but our 
subject was called to Mantorville to serve as county register of deeds 
of Dodge county. He located in Spink county, South Dakota, in June, 
1881, and took land near Redfield, and was joined by his family the 
following year. He invested his funds in improvements, and started 
farming oh an extensive scale; but hail destroyed his crops, fire 
destroyed his barn and other adverses met him and he went to work in a 
bank at Huron, leaving his farm in charge of his son. He became 
interested in the real estate business, and afterward, in 1895, he 
became connected with the "Redfield Press." 

Our subject was married in 1867 to Miss Hannah Duryea, a native of New 
York. Mrs. Beidleman is a lady of refinement, and presides over her 
household with true womanliness in their newly-erected dwelling. Their 
home has been blessed by the birth of five children, named as follows: 
Lura (deceased), Katie E. (deceased), George H., Archie D. and Harry. 

Mr. Beidleman is a prominent member of the Ancient Order of United 
Workmen, the Knights of Pythias, and the G. A. R. He is a public-
spirited citizen and has figured prominently in local affairs, and as a 
delegate to various state conventions has given his influence toward 
advance and reform. In 1886 he was elected auditor of Spink county, and 
the fact of his being reelected is evidence of his popularity and the 
confidence reposed in him. He was deputy treasurer for four years, and 
discharged the duties of his position in an able and creditable manner. 
In political views he is a Republican and a supporter of the temperance 
movements and equal suffrage.