Charles F. Raymond Biography


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HON. CHARLES F. RAYMOND is a man of progressive, enlightened views, and 
his standing as an old settler of Davison county and a citizen of 
prominence of Mt. Vernon township is well known. There are few more 
wide-awake men to be found among the population of the state than this 
gentleman, and he is deservedly held in high esteem and respect by his 
fellow men. He is a farmer by occupation, but in addition to the duties 
pertaining to that calling he has devoted much time to the interests of 
the community in which he lives until he has attained an enviable 
position in the politics of South Dakota. 

Mr. Raymond was born in Kane county, Illinois, April 5, 1856, a son of 
G. C. and Sophia (Bumpus) Raymond. The father, who was also a farmer by 
occupation, was born at Lowell, Mass., in 1818, and died in the year 
1888. The mother was born in Bedford, Massachusetts, about the year 
1828. Our subject is the seventh in order of birth of a family of nine 
children, and made his home with his parents until he reached the age 
of twenty-seven years. In 1883, he moved to Aurora county, Dakota, took 
a homestead and made that his home for about six months. He then 
purchased his present farm and moved to it with the intention of 
developing it into a range for beef stock. Starting with a few head of 
Herefords and has since increased his herd to eighty head of full-blood 
cattle. This has indeed proved a profitable venture and has yielded him 
a handsome income each year. He ships to many of the neighboring 
states, and at one time he shipped sixty head to the Black Hills. An 
artesian well supplies the place with abundance of water, both for the 
stock and for irrigation purposes, and the barns and out-buildings 
compare favorably with the best farm improvements in the township. 
Charles F. Raymond is a man of influence in his community, and his 
standing as a good citizen is irreproachable. The Republican party, 
with which he has always identified himself, bestowed upon him, in 
1890, the honor of representing the interests of his county in the 
house of representatives, and in 189, he was sent to the upper house. 

Mrs. Raymond, who in her girlhood was known as Miss Carrie Humiston, 
was born December 7, 1855. She was united in marriage to the subject of 
our sketch in February, 1877, and their wedded life has been blessed to 
them by the advent of seven children, six of whom are now living, and 
their names are as follows: Clark, deceased, Emlie, Jesse, Clarence, 
Elliott, Charles and Ethel.