Turner-Clay County, SD Biographies.....Langan, Hugh And James A. 
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Source: MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF Turner, Lincoln, Union and Clay Counties, South Dakota. (1897)
Author: Geo. Ogle & Co.

HON. HUGH and JAMES A. LANGAN. Were these two brothers to withdraw their business
from the town of Centerville, a lack would be felt in the enterprises of that
thriving place, which it would take some time to supply. They are engaged in the
real-estate and live-stock business, their landed possessions aggregating in the
neighborhood of 7,000 acres in various sections of the country, and their
stock-dealing interests are among the largest in the west.

The parents of these two gentlemen were natives of Ireland, from which country they
emigrated in 1856 to America. They spent a short time in Chester countv, Pa., and
later on removed to Clinton county, Iowa, and settled 011 a farm near Dewitt. In
this latter place Hugh and James were raised and grew to maturity. They attended the
common schools of the district and made their home with their parents until they
engaged in the drug business together in Dewitt, and this enterprise they operated
for a period of ten years in connection with general farming and stock raising. In
1879 they sold out and removed to Crawford county, of the same state, and began
operations in real estate and dealing in live stock, and this they still conduct in
connection with their interests in Turner and Clay counties, S. Dak. They
established themselves in Dakota in 1884, buying at that time about 3000 acres in
the two counties, and this, with their holdings in Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and
Wisconsin, amounts to some 7000 acres, as stated above. Langan Brothers are also
known as among the largest handlers of live stock in the west, and they do a very
extensive business in this line. They have on hand at this writing about 500 head of
cattle, but have not stocked up yet for the winter, as during the cold months they
feed on an average in the neighborhood of 600 head.

Hon. Hugh Langan, the elder, was born in county Donegal, Ireland, in 1850, and was
about six years old when he accompanied his parents to this country. He is yet a
single man and looks after the interests of the firm in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota
and Wisconsin. Politically he is a stanch Republican, and is well known and
universally liked by all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance. In 1885 he
represented Turner and Clay counties in the territorial legislature, and his record
in that body is a credit alike to himself and the district he represented.

James A. Langan, who looks after the South Dakota end of the business, was also born
in county Donegal, Ireland, in 1852, and was four years old when he came to America.
He has been associated with his brother since their first business venture, and he
has taken an active part in developing the enterprises in which they are mutually
interested. He was married, in 1888, to Miss Mary E. Glynn, a native of Scott
county, Iowa, and a daughter of Thomas and Anna Glynn, and this union has been
productive of the bright little children, on whom the following names have been
bestowed: Hugh, Cyril, and Miriam. James A. Langan is also a Republican in his
political views.

That the members of the firm have prospered goes without saying, and this fact is
conclusive evidence of their business tact and good judgment regarding investments.
The}' make their various enterprises fit together, and in carrying on their affairs
display the utmost courtesy, a high sense of honor, and a desire to do well by those
with whom they deal, while not neglecting their own interests.


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