Turner County, SD Biographies.....Way, Robert J. May 15, 1866 - 
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Source: MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OIF Turner, Lincoln, Union and Clay Counties, South Dakota. (1897)
Author: Geo. Ogle & Co.

ROBERT J. WAY, the present clerk of courts of Turner county, S. Dak., first saw the
light in Ellenburg, N. Y., May 15, 1866. He was but twelve years of age when he
accompanied his parents to Dakota territory, in 1878 and since then has always lived
in Turner county. In the districts schools he acquired a practical education, and
remained at home till he was nineteen years of age. He worked at whatever he could
find to do that produced a living, being employed in drilling wells for four years,
and two years at farming. In 1894 he was elected to his present office, clerk of
courts, and re-elected to that position in 1896. He affiliates with the Republican
party in politics, stanchly , supporting its principles, and is a member of the K.
of P., and A. O. U. W. orders at Parker.

Mr. Way was united in marriage April 3, 1891, to Miss Mable Gorton, by whom he has a
family of three children, Ray, Lloyd and Gail. Mrs. Way is a native of Iowa, and
came to Dakota in 1876 with her parents.

The parents of Mr. Way, Tabor I. and Mary (Henderson) Way, now reside in Dolton
township, Turner county. He is a native of Vermont, and removed to a place near
Plattsburgh, N. Y., with his parents when but twelve years of age. He was married in
New York, and in 1868 came with his wife and family to Iowa, staying there until
1878, when he arrived in Dakota and located in Middleton township, Turner county, on
a farm. This property he improved and made his home for two years, when he sold out
and settled where he now lives. He and his wife were the parents of ten children,
Robert J. Way being the second child in order of their birth.


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