William Dailey Biography

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	representative citizens of South Dakota..." Published by G. A. 
	Ogle & Co., Chicago, 1898. Pages 482-483

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WILLIAM DAILEY, who resides on section 32, Lone Rock township, Moody county, 
near Flandreau, is a very large land owner, and one of the most prominent 
farmers in that section.  Mr. Dailey was born in Mitchell county, Iowa, October 
11, 1855.  He is a brother of another well-known agriculturist of Moody county., 
James Dailey, whose sketch appears in this work. William received a good 
education in his younger days, in the common schools and a seminary at Osage, 
Iowa.  He remained at home until of age, when he began teaching in his native 
state.  In 1876 he went to Dakota, arriving at too early an age to take out a 
claim of his own from the government. He returned to Iowa, where he carried on 
farming for two years;  In the spring of 1878 he went to Dakota once more, and 
this time located upon the land which is now his home.  He put up a small shanty 
and "broke" one hundred acres of the land during the first year.  In 1889 he 
built the fine residence in which he now lives. His farm is a very finely 
improved one and now consists of seven hundred and twenty-five acres of good 
land, most of which is under cultivation.  Mr. Dailey carries on general farming 
and stock raising.  He has about one hundred fine Poland China hogs and some 
blooded cattle, and, altogether, one of the finest farms in that part of the 
state.  Mr. Dailey is a Populist politically, though he formerly adhered to 
Republican principles. He served three years as county commissioner, and was 
chairman of the county board in 1896.  He has been chairman of the township 
board for many years, and has held school and other minor offices.  Mr. Dailey 
is a member of the A. O. U. W. at Flandreau.

In February, i88i, Mr. Dailey married Miss Minnie Mallder, a native of New York 
city.  Mr. and Mrs. Dailey are the parents of four children, Robert, Edward, W. 
Lawrence and Myrtle.