Hyde County, SD History - Books .....Preface And Dedication 1908
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Book Title: History Of Hyde County

TO THE OLD SETTLERS OF HYDE COUNTY, WHO HAVE MADE ITS EARLY HISTORY,
AND ALSO TO THE LATER SETTLERS AS WELL, 
WHO ARE AIDING IN MAKING ITS PRESENT HISTORY,
THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED


PREFACE

    The compiler of these pages came to Hyde County with his parents in the
spring of 1884, then only a few months old, and lived here for several years,
and after an absence in Iowa for a few years, returned here in 1905, so that he
claims some distinction as an old settler, arid feels that he has the authority
of the public, and of all interested in the county, to prepare for them these
pages, which constitute the history of the county up tothe present time. It is
always well at certain periods of the ever onward passing of time to preserve
records and incidents of the locality where one lives, for there are many things
constituting its history, which, unless preserved, will pass into oblivion. Our
readers know that we are never looking for perfection in any department of
life's labor, and in this history, if it is found that we have omitted something
or have unintentionally erred in some statement, let the criticism be sparingly
and charitably made.

THE NAME

    Hyde County was named after James Hyde, who was one of the earliest and most
influential citizens of Clay County, South Dakota. He died in Vermillion May 28,
1902, and at the time of his death the papers there gave him prominent mention.
Among other things said of him we reprint the following from the Dakota
Republican of April 2, 1902.

    "Last Friday morning the death angel visited a Vermillion home and removed
from that home a kind husband and loving father, and removed from Vermillion
circles a true neighbor and loyal friend.

    James Hyde was one of the pioneers of this county. He came to South Dakota
at the close of the Civil War, and since his coming here he has been prominently
and actively identified with all the interests that went to make up the material
growth of this county. He was widely and favorably known, and all who had the
good fortune to make his acquaintance came to know him as their friend. To his
family he was the embodiment of all that is implied in a kind and loving husband
and father, and his death falls heavily upon the bereaved ones. But his earthly
sufferings are over and he has gone to a brighter and better land. James Hyde
was born on April 14, 1842, at Mapleton, Penn. When he was a lad of eight years
of age his parents moved to Iowa, where he lived until he was twenty years old.
On May 23, 1862, he enlisted in Co. B, Second Battalion, Sixteenth U. S.
Infantry, and saw a large amount of service during the war up to the time he was
mustered out and received an honorable discharge at Lookout Mountain, May 24,
1865. Out of the three years he was in the service, he spent fourteen months in
Southern prisons. He was confined in Libby prison for three months, and for
eleven months he endured as best he could the horrors of Andersonville. When the
war was over he came west and settled in South Dakota. In 1868 he was married to
Miss Helen Miner, daughter of Captain Nelson Miner, who, with seven children,
still survive him.

    Mr. Hyde was prominent in society circles. He held a membership in Miner
Post, No. 8, G. A. R., and in Dakota Pine Camp, No. 450, M. W. A. He was also
prominent in Masonic circles, being a member of the R. A. M. and A. F. & A. M.
in this city, and also of Vermillion Commandery No. 16, Knights Templar."

    He represented Clay County in the Territorial Legislature of 1872. We are
indebted to his daughter, Mrs. Rosa E. Beebe, of Vermillion, S. D., for the
kindly interest she has taken in furnishing material for the above mention.


Additional Comments:

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HISTORY OF HYDE COUNTY 
SOUTH DAKOTA
FROM ITS ORGANIZATION TO THE PRESENT TIME
BY JOHN B. PERKINS
1908


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