Arthur F. Herrick Biography


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	representative citizens of South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle & 
	Co., Chicago, 1899. Page 264

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HON. ARTHUR F. HERRICK, a representative citizen of Lake township, 
Aurora county, whose home is located on the southwest quarter of 
section 5, is engaged extensively in the raising of stock. He was born 
in East Corinth, Maine, December 18, 1849, the only son and second 
child born to Joseph C. and Sarah (Chase) Herrick. His father is 
deceased, but his mother is living in Armour, South Dakota. The Herrick 
family is of English origin, and became connected with the new world in 
the seventeenth century by three brothers emigrating to this country. 
The father of our subject engaged in hotel keeping in Maine when Arthur 
F. was fifteen years of age, and followed that business in several 
places. When seventeen years of age, under the direction of his father, 
our subject began purchasing sheep for shipment to the Boston market, 
and when twenty years of age became connected with a general 
merchandise business. Two years later he moved to Chicago and drove an 
omnibus, after which he worked in the Minnesota lumber camps. In 1875 
he returned to his native state and with his father started a hotel in 
the village of Katahdin Iron Works. In May, 1881, he disposed of his 
interests in Maine and started for Dakota. At Rock Valley, Iowa, 
railroad traffic was stopped by floods, and our subject hired a team 
and drove to Vermillion river, where an engine was awaiting the 
paymaster of the road. He seized this opportunity to continue his his 
journey by rail, and soon reached Mitchell, South Dakota, where he 
located his farm and aside from general farming engaged in sheep 
raising. He disposed of his sheep in 1895 and invested in cattle, and 
now has twenty to twenty-five milk cows, and from fifty to seventy-five 
head of young stock. His farm is nicely located, and is well adapted to 
the raising of stock. 

Our subject was married in 1883 to Miss Evelyn M. Knowles, a native of 
Maine, born in 1858. Five children have blessed their home, and are 
named as follows: Roy, Herbert, Marjorie, Agnes, and Hattie. Mr. 
Herrick is a Republican, and an advocate of temperance, and is 
prominent in political circles. He has twice represented his district 
in the state legislature, and was a candidate for senator in 1898, 
being defeated by the fusionists. In the session of 1893 he introduced 
house bill No. 61, providing the method of drawing jurors in counties 
organized into civil townships, and in the session of 1895 he 
introduced bill No. 80, an act to amend the laws of 1893 regarding 
elections; also three other bills, all of which became laws, and was 
chairman of committee on ways and means. He has also served in public 
office as county commissioner. His services have been rendered with a 
view to the advancement of his county, and he has the respect of his 
community. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.