Frank L. Blackman Biography This biography appears on page in "History of Minnehaha County, South Dakota" by Dana R. Bailey and was scanned, OCRed and edited by Joy Fisher, http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00001.html#0000031 . This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the SDGENWEB Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm BLACKMAN, FRANK L., was born at Batavia, Genesee county, New York, August 13, 1855, but removed with his parents to Rockford, Ill., where he attended the common schools and graduated from the high school. He then assisted his father until he removed to Sioux Falls, where he arrived in September, 1878, and since then has been principally engaged in the real estate business at that place; was one of the trustees of the Deaf Mute school four years; alderman from the First ward two terms, and city auditor of the city of Sioux Falls two terms, and was for some time traveling in the interest of the Sioux Falls Press. Mr. Blackman is an energetic business man, makes a good official, and is highly respected socially and as a citizen.