Meade-Yankton-Hughes County, SD Biographies.....Ash, Ben C. 1864 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com October 13, 2007, 1:24 am Author: Doane Robinson (1925) Ash, Major Ben C., 1851- ; native of Indiana; came to Yankton with his parents in 1859; sheriff of Hughes County, 1882-86; agent. Lower Brule Indians, 1896-1900; long a deputy U. S. Marshal; located the Bismarck-Deadwood trail in 1876; extensive cattleman on the Moreau River in Perkins County. Robinson, II, 1849. Additional Comments: Extracted from: DOANE ROBINSON'S Encyclopedia of South Dakota FIRST EDITION Published by the Author PIERRE 1925 COPYRIGHT BY DOANE ROBINSON. 1925 WILL A. BEACH PRINTING COMPANY PRINTERS AND BINDERS SIOUX FALLS File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/sd/meade/bios/ash202gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/sdfiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb