Michael N. Strickling Biography


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MICHAEL N. STRICKLING. The farming interests of Hand county, South 
Dakota, have been enhanced by such property owners as the subject of 
this review. No task was too great for him to attempt to master it, and 
to his persistent efforts is due his success. He is one of the 
substantial pioneer settlers of his locality, and a representative 
citizen of St. Lawrence township, where his fine farm is located on 
section 27. 

Mr. Strickling was born in Seneca county, Ohio, September 6, 1836. His 
parents, Thomas and Elizabeth (Whitestine) Strickling, were natives 
respectively of Virginia and Maryland, and were early settlers in Ohio, 
locating there about 1810. The father was a farmer by occupation, and 
died in Seneca county, and the mother passed away in Williams county. 

Our subject was one of twelve children, and was reared and educated in 
his native state. At the breaking out of the Civil war he chose to 
serve his country, and enlisted in Company A, Thirty-eighth Ohio 
Volunteer Infantry, in 1861. He was discharged in 1862, and re-enlisted 
in 1863 in Company I, Ninth Cavalry. He was in many of the smaller 
engagements and did a great deal of detail service in hospitals. After 
nearly three years' service he returned to Ohio, and after a short stay 
there went to Benton county, Iowa, in 1865, where he engaged in 
teaching, and was afterward appointed postmaster at Blairstown. He 
served in this capacity for two years and then engaged in farming in 
Boone county. He went to Hand county in 1883 and located on his present 
farm, and is one of the successful general farmers and stock raisers of 
that locality. 

Mr. Strickling was married in 1869, Rowena May becoming his wife. Mrs. 
Strickling is a native of Illinois, and is a lady of worth, and the 
family are members of the Methodist church, are well known and highly 
respected. The family circle is completed by their three children: 
Charlie, Fred F. and Florence M. Mr. Strickling is a member of the 
Masonic fraternity. He is a prominent citizen of Hand county, and has 
been called upon to serve in all of the offices of importance in his 
township, and is now township treasurer. He was a candidate for county 
treasurer, but the ticket was defeated by a small majority. He is a 
Republican in political views and stands staunchly for the principles 
of his party.