Biography of Charles W. Siglinger

	This biography is from "Memorial and biographical record; an illustrated
 	compendium of biography, containing a compendium of local biography,
	including biographical sketches of prominent old settlers and 
	representative citizens of South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle & 
	Co., Chicago, 1898. Page 293.

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CHARLES W. SIGLINGER, the senior member of the firm of Siglinger & 
Wickre, butchers and live stock dealers, Webster, Day county, is one of 
the best known business men of that thriving town. Mr. Siglinger was 
born on the 16th of September, 1859, in Marion county, Illinois. His 
parents, Gottlieb and Sophia Siglinger, were both natives of Germany, 
and came to this country about the year 1858. They had three children, 
two sons and a daughter. Both of his parents died before our subject 
was six months old, and he was brought up by an aunt. He attended the 
schools of his native state, and until his nineteenth year worked upon 
a farm. He then went to Yellow Medicine, Minnesota, and secured a 
position as a clerk in a general store. He remained there until the 
spring of 1883, when he removed to Webster, South Dakota, soon 
afterward becoming a clerk in the store of John Norton at that place. 
He continued in the employ of Mr. Norton until 1888, when he was 
elected to the office of sheriff of Day county, which he held for two 
years. In 1890 Mr. Siglinger went into the cattle buying and shipping 
business, which he continued very successfully until 1893. He then 
formed a partnership with Mr. A. A. Sandvig under the firm name of 
Sandvig & Siglinger, and together they established the present live-
stock and implement concern. In the spring of 1895 Mr. Sandvig retired 
and his interest was purchased by Mr. H. O. Wickre, who has since been 
connected with the firm. Two years later the butcher business was 
added. Messrs. Siglinger and Wickre have been very successful in a 
business way, and it may safely be

said that to-day the firm controls as large a trade in the goods which 
it handles as any house in Day county, and is rated among the most 
solid and substantial commercial enterprises in that section. Mr. 
Siglinger is a Republican in politics, but with the exception of one 
term as sheriff, already mentioned, he has never held public office. He 
is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the A. O. U. W.

	On the 14th of July, 1886, Mr. Siglinger married Miss Amelia C. 
Moulton, a resident of Webster, and a daughter of M. M. and Amelia 
Moulton. Mr. and Mrs. Siglinger are the parents of five children: 
Ethel; Ira and Ina, twins; Jessie; and Charles, the latter being 
deceased.