D. Porter Cree Biography


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D. PORTER CREE. When success attends a man in a vocation in which he 
has not previously engaged it evidences his business capabilities, his 
determination, and his strength of character. The subject of this 
review has made a success of farming and stock raising on section two, 
in Greenleaf township, near the town of Miller South Dakota. He is one 
of the pioneer settlers of Hand county, and previous to his locating in 
Dakota had engaged in other pursuits. This, coupled with the fact that 
he had no means, and came to this country when reverses met the settler 
on every hand, makes his success the more remarkable. 

Mr. Cree was born in Clearfield county, Pennsylvania, July 21, 1859, 
the son of William Cree, whose personal history appears elsewhere in 
this volume. He received his education in his native state, and in 
Iowa, where he removed with his parents in 1869, settling in Jasper 
county, and later going with them to Davis county, where he learned the 
trade of carriage maker. He followed his trade in Kansas City and 
Ottumwa, Iowa, and afterward established a shop at Bloomfield, Iowa, 
remaining there until he located in Dakota in 1883. He took a claim 
south of his present location, in Ree Hills, and followed his trade in 
Miller until 1887, when he went to his present location, and engaged in 
the stock business. He has a half section of land on Wolf Creek, and 
handles about one hundred and fifty head of stock annually. He has a 
comfortable dwelling and is considered one of the well to-do 
agriculturists of Hand county. 

Our subject was married in 1897 to Miss Maggie Crawley, a native of 
Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. Cree are the parents of one child, Olive F. Mr. 
Cree is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He has served in various 
local offices and takes an active part in the advance of his township. 
In political views he is a Republican.