Faulk County, SD Biographies.....Pangburn, Frank A. 1856 - 
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Author: C. H. Ellis


    FRANK A. PANGBURN was born on December 10th, 1856, in Fayette county, Iowa.

His home with his parents was on a farm, yet he enjoyed an excellent opportunity

for an education, completing a collegiate and commercial course and graduating

from the Upper Iowa University.



    After being engaged in teaching school for one year, in 1882 he came to

Spink county, Dakota Territory, and located government land and then went to

LeRoy, Minn., and engaged in teaching for six months.



    In 1883, Mr. Pangburn came to Faulk county and took a homestead six miles

west of Faulkton, and for four years, while he was holding down his homestead he

was engaged in the real estate business at Faulkton. On June 21st, 1887, he was

united in marriage to Miss Minnie M. Johnson, from Cedar county, Iowa. To them

have been born six children, viz: Jessie M., Paul W., Frank J., Merrill W., and

a son and daughter who died in infancy. Soon after his marriage Mr. Pangburn

moved on a farm one mile north of Faulkton where he has since resided.



    At the first general election in 1884, after the organization of Faulk

county, Mr. Pangburn was elected clerk of court, but the presiding judge

exercised his authority under the territorial organization and appointed a

personal friend from Iowa to fill that position. In 1889 he became

superintendent of the Faulkton public schools, and after teaching for four years

he was elected county superintendent of the schools, which office he

successfully filled for four years. Since that time he has been engaged in

farming and stock raising and in teaching school winters.



    While Mr. Pangburn is a loyal and influential member of the republican party

he has never sought preferment, yet he has always been interested in the

advancement of all educational interests.



    Socially, Mr. Pangburn is a member of the order of United Workmen and the

Degree of Honor, also a member of the Modern Brotherhood of America and at the

present time is president of the latter organization.



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HISTORY OF

FAULK COUNTY

SOUTH DAKOTA

CAPTAIN C. H. ELLIS



TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PIONEERS AND PROMINENT CITIZENS



ILLUSTRATED

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