The Dakota Experience Creating Communities: The Frontier (1860-1880)
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LIST OF THE MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE COUNCIL
OF THE
FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE TERRITORY OF DAKOTA,
WITH THEIR RESIDENCE, AGE, OCCUPATION, & C.

Name.
Residence.
Post-office.
Occupation.
Age.
Nativity.
Settled in Dakota.
Married or Single.
H. D. BETTS,
Vermillion,
Vermillion,
Lawyer,
27
New Hampshire,
1860
Married.
J. W. BOYLE,
Vermillion,
Vermillion,
Lawyer,
36
Pennsylvania,
1860
Married.
D. T. BRAMBLE,
Yankton,
Yankton,
Merchant,
29
Vermont,
1859
Single.
W. W. BROOKINGS,
Sioux Falls,
Sioux Falls,
Lawyer,
29
Maine,
1857
Single.
A. COLE,
Sioux Point,
Willow,
Farmer,
47
Ohio,
1860
Single.
JACOB DEUEL,
Vermillion,
Vermillion,
Engineer,
31
New York,
1859
Married.
J. S. GREGORY,
Mixville,
Mixville,
Merchant,
31
New York,
1857
Married.
ENOS STUTSMAN,
Yankton,
Yankton,
Lawyer,
36
Indiana,
1858
Single.
J. H. SHOBER,
Bon Homme,
Bon Homme,
Lawyer,
29
Virginia,
1858
Single.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
OFFICERS.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
J. H. SHOBER,*
Bon Homme,
Bon Homme,
Lawyer,
29
Virginia,
1859
Single.
JAMES TUFTS,†
Tuftsville,
Tuftsville,
Lawyer,
29
New Hampshire,
1857
Single.
E. M. BOND,‡
Vermillion,
Vermillion,
Lawyer,
28
New York,
1861
Single.
W. R. GOODFELLOW,||
Sioux Point,
Yankton,
Lawyer,
24
Ohio,
1860
Single.
S. W. INGHAM,§
Yankton,
Yankton,
Minister
24
Indiana,
1860
Single.
CHARLES F. PICOTTE,¶
Yankton,
Yankton,
Farmer,
31
Dakota,
1854
Married.
E. B. WIXSON,**
Elk Point,
Elk Point,
Landlord
28
New York,
1860
Single.
W. W. WARFORD,††
Bon Homme,
Bon Homme,
Farmer,
26
Pennsylvania,
1859
Single.
*President. †Secretary. ‡Assistant Secretary. ||Engrossing and Enrolling Clerk. §Chaplain. ¶Sergeant-at-Arms. **Messenger. ††Fireman.

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