T. W. Parrott Biography This biography is from "Memorial and biographical record; an illustrated compendium of biography, containing a compendium of local biography, including biographical sketches of prominent old settlers and representative citizens of South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, 1899. Pages 792, 793 Scan, OCR and editing by Maurice Krueger,mkrueger@iw.net, 1998. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the SDGENWEB Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://usgwarchives.org/sd/sdfiles.htm T. W. PARROTT has for the past six years been successfully engaged in the real estate and abstract business in the flourishing little city of Woonsocket, South Dakota, and his ability, enterprise and upright methods have gained for him an enviable reputation. Although he is still a young man, his popularity is established on firm basis, that of his own well-tested merit. His portrait is presented with this biography. Mr. Parrott was born in Dubuque county, Iowa, in 1871, of American parents, his father being a native of Iowa. He is the third in order of birth in a family of six children, and after attending the country schools for some time, he pursued his studies in the high school of Ida Grove, Iowa, and took a business course in a commercial college of Iowa City, where he was graduated. He then worked in a real estate office at Iowa Falls for three years, and in April, 1893, came to Woonsocket, South Dakota, where he embarked in the real estate and abstract business on his own account, being at that time just twenty-one years of age and the youngest man to begin business in the town. He has extended his operations, and besides the business already mentioned he manages a farm of four hundred and eighty acres of land, most of which is used for grazing purposes, and is also engaged in the cattle business. In 1896, Mr. Parrott was united in marriage with Miss Alvena Barth. He takes no part in political affairs, but gives his attention strictly to his business interests, and is recognized as one of the most energetic, progressive and industrious young men of his adopted city. He is both widely and favorably known and makes friends wherever he ages.