T. W. Taubman Biography


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T. W. TAUBMAN, a prominent representative of the journalistic 
profession, is the well-known editor and proprietor of the "Plankinton 
Herald," of Plankinton, South Dakota, with which he has been connected 
for ten years. He was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa, in April, 1865, a son 
of William P. and Mary A. (Taylor) Taubman, the former a Manxman, the 
latter an American. In their family were five children, of whom our 
subject is the fourth in order of birth. He was reared in his native 
city, attended its public schools, and later spent one year at the 
State Normal School of Iowa. 

In 1882, Mr. Taubman accompanied his parents on their removal to 
Plankinton, South Dakota, where the father opened a lumber yard, in 
which our subject worked for two years. In 1885 he entered the office 
of the Journal Printing Company, and during the three years spent there 
he thoroughly mastered the newspaper business in various departments. 
He established the "Plankinton Herald," which he edited for two years 
and then sold, but in 1891 bought back the paper, which he has since so 
successfully published. It is the largest paper printed in Aurora 
county, being a seven-column folio, and Its circulation, which is also 
the largest in the county, is steadily increasing. In his political 
proclivities, Mr. Taubman is a stalwart supporter of the Democratic 
party and its principles, and both personally and in his editorial 
utterances he wields a potent influence in furthering the interest of 
its cause. The paper is also the only Democratic organ in the county. 

In 1892, Mr. Taubman was united in marriage with Miss Minnie G. 
Samuels, who was born in this country of Welsh parentage. Her father, 
Mr. Samuels, was a blacksmith by trade and came to South Dakota in 
1889. The only child born to our subject and his wife died at the age 
of three months. 

Mr. Taubman is an active and prominent member of the South Dakota Press 
Association, of which he is vice-president, and is also financier for 
the Ancient Order of United Workmen in Plankinton, which he has 
represented in the grand lodge of the state. He has served as chief of 
the fire department of the city for the past ten years, and during 
President Cleveland's second administration was postmaster of 
Plankinton, the duties of which office he most capably and 
satisfactorily performed.