John Fitzgibbon Biography


	This biography appears on page 528 in "History of Minnehaha
	County, South Dakota" by Dana R. Bailey and was scanned, OCRed
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FITZGIBBON, JOHN, was born near Troy, New York, September 25, 1856.  He removed 
with his parents to Wisconsin when two years old, and was reared on a farm.  
Received his education in the common schools, and was graduated from a 
commercial college.  On the 21st day of April, 1880, came to Sioux Falls, 
and was employed on the Queen Bee mill a little over a year, and then 
entered the employ of M. Germ  in his grocery store, where he remained 
five years.  The next three years he was steward at the Cataract hotel.  
On the first day of August, 1890, the firm of Sheridan & Fitzgibbon was 
established, and it has since then been engaged in the coal, wood and flour 
business in Sioux Falls.  Mr. Fitzgibbon is a genial good fellow, a good 
business man, and a respected citizen.