Joseph Mitchell Donovan Biography


	This biography appears on pages 512, 515 in "History of Minnehaha
	County, South Dakota" by Dana R. Bailey and was scanned, OCRed
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DONOVAN, JOSEPH MITCHELL, was born in the beautiful town of Littleton, New 
Hampshire, on the 28th day of April, 1866.  He was graduated from the high 
school at Littleton in 1884; then went to Georgetown, D. C., and attended 
the Georgetown University, receiving the degree of A. M. in 1887, and the 
degree of LL. B. in 1889.  He was admitted to the bar of the District of 
Columbia in June, 1889, and in October of that year removed to Sioux Falls, 
where he has since been engaged in the practice of law.  He has had quite a 
large special practice, and if appearances are to count he is not suffering 
for the wherewithal to clothe and nourish his body. Always a gentleman, 
genial and companionable, he is well liked by the profession and a large circle 
of acquaintances.