Minnehaha County, SD Biographies.....Amidon, Joseph B. 1801 - 1862
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Author: Doane Robinson

  Amidon, Joseph B. 1801-1862; was born in Connecticut; was among the first to
bring his family into Dakota. When Minnehaha County was created and organized by
the legislature of 1S62 he was made county judge. He was killed. August 25,
1862, by hostile Indians while making hay, at about the present site of the
penitentiary in Sioux Falls. His son, a lad of fifteen, was killed at the same
time.

Robinson, I, 204.


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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


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