Samuel H. Hurst Biography

	This biography appears on page 574 in "History of Minnehaha 
	County, South Dakota" by Dana R. Bailey and was scanned, OCRed 
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HURST, SAMUEL H., was born in Rochester, New York, March 25, 1854.  In 1862 he 
removed with his parents to Rochelle, Illinois, where he attended the public 
schools, and Mount Morris Seminary. When about twenty years of age, having 
become an expert baseball player, he was employed by baseball companies for 
three seasons. In November, 1877, he came to this county and located in Sioux 
Falls, where he has since been employed in the lumber business. He is now 
serving his seventh year as alderman of the Fourth ward. He is a man with 
positive elements in his make-up, is a good official and a good citizen. He is 
prominent in the order of Odd Fellows, and has a host of friends.