Daniel F. Burkholder Biography


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	representative citizens of South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle & 
	Co., Chicago, 1899. Page 270

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HON. DANIEL F. BURKHOLDER, a prominent newspaper man of Brule county, 
has become widely and favorably known for his ability and integrity, 
and the enterprise and business ability he has demonstrated. His paper, 
the '`South Dakota Democrat, " published at Chamberlain, has a large 
circulation and wields much influence upon all public questions of the 
hour. 

Mr. Burkholder was born May 5, 1865, in Ontario, Canada, the second 
child in a family of four born to Isaac E. and Harriet (Eby) 
Burkholder, of German and French descent respectively. The latter is 
still living in Michigan. 

While our subject was still a lad his father moved his family to Port 
Huron, Michigan. At Fort Gratiot, a suburb of Port Huron, our subject 
and his brother, aged 13 and 15 years respectfully, started a 
newspaper, the "Fort Gratiot Enterprise" and conducted it with a 
surprising degree of success considering the youth of its founders and 
managers. After three and a half years the brother died, and soon 
afterward our subject sold out and on May 4, 1883, went to Chamberlain, 
Dakota, where he secured work on the "Register" until 1885. During the 
winter of that year he purchased the "Dakota Democrat," which had been 
established by John La Fabre, July 4, 1883. Upon the admission of the 
state to the union the name of the paper was changed to the "South 
Dakota Democrat." 

Mr. Burkholder was married to Miss Susie Pilger, whose parents, Henry 
and Mary Pilger, established the first business enterprise in the city 
of Chamberlain, in the fall of 1881. To Mr. and Mrs. Burkholder five 
children have been born, named as follows: Alice, deceased, Arthur, 
Verne, Guy, and Charles. In political views Mr. Burkholder is a 
Democrat, an advocate of high license, and an anti-suffragist. He has 
been active in political affairs of his section of the state, and 
served in the lower house of the legislature, having been chosen for 
the session of 1897