of Faulk County, South Dakota · documented from the public record
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Joseph Bottum
Joseph Bottum⚭ Sylvia G. Smith (m. 1885)
childrenNellie Bottum · Fannie Bottum · Dora Bottum · Emily Bottum · Julia Bottum · Roswell Bottum · Joseph H. Bottum
Source: History of Faulk County, South Dakota (1910)
Their story
What the record says
History of Faulk County, South Dakota (1910).
Attorney and judge.
Raised on family homestead in Wisconsin (infant when parents removed there).
Graduated Ripon College 1877 (B.S.).
Studied law with Shephard & Shephard of Fond du Lac.
Admitted to the bar 1880.
Came to South Dakota, located at Sioux Falls, then Spink county (newspaper work), then LaFoon (Faulk county) 1883, then Faulkton 1887.
First register of deeds of Faulk county (1883).
State's attorney 1890-1894, 1906.
State senator (sixth general assembly, elected 1898 and 1902).
City attorney.
Appointed judge of the tenth judicial circuit by Gov.
Vessey.
Royal Arch Mason, Knights of Pythias, AOUW.
Married 1885, seven children.
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