Biography of F. E. Dutton

F. E. DUTTON. - Brookings county has few more energetic or wide-awake 
men among the younger members of its business population than this 
gentleman. His name will be readily recognized by the citizens of Volga 
and vicinity as a prominent dealer in groceries, etc.

	Mr. Dutton was born at Medford, Minnesota, February 14, 1874. In 
the spring of 1880, he moved with his parents to Lake Preston, South 
Dakota, where he attended the district school and acquired a fair 
education. He worked with his father on the farm and also did a great 
deal of hunting, and was an expert and particularly fond of the latter 
occupation. This soon became a part of his business, and the bounty on 
the wolves which he has killed in a single day has amounted to over 
thirty-two dollars.

April 26, 1897, Mr. Dutton settled in Volga and at once started a store 
which he fairly stocked with groceries, notions, confectioneries, 
tobacco and fruits, and keeps a first-class well-regulated store. Mr. 
Dutton is an exemplary young man of temperate habits and is highly 
respected. As a citizen he is loyal in his adherence to the principles 
of right government, and as a friend and benefactor he has gained an 
enviable reputation, and has planted himself firmly in the esteem and 
confidence of his fellow-citizens. His father and mother now reside in 
Volga, moving there from Lake Preston together with the subject of this 
sketch. The father, W. A. Dutton, is a native of Canada, born November 
l2, 1843, and the mother, who bore the maiden name of Mary S. Else, was 
born in McHenry county, Illinois, February 25, 1846. Politically the 
entire family endorses the policy of the Republican party.