Frank M. Rood

Frank Mumford Rood (born October 13, 1856 in Lenoxville , Pennsylvania , † December 4, 1945 or December 7, 1945) was an American businessman, rancher, banker and politician ( Republican Party ).

Career

Frank Mumford Rood was the second child of John T. Rood and his wife Ruby, née Rogers, in Susquehanna County . His father was born in Massachusetts and came from one of the oldest colonial families in the state. He was a teacher and a farmer. His mother was from Pennsylvania. Rood had five siblings. His childhood was overshadowed by the civil war. He attended public school and then Wyoming Seminary . Then he attended a business seminar at a college in Kingston, Pennsylvania.

After finishing school he devoted himself to the lumber business in Lenoxville, which he pursued for two years. As a result of the possibilities in the northwest, he finally moved to the Dakota Territory and settled there in Deadwood ( Lawrence County ). There he worked in the wood business the following year. The following year he moved to Whitewood, Lawrence County, where he took a claim and ran for a year. He then moved to Fort Meade ( Meade County ). Rood owned a ranch there and raised cattle. In 1893 he moved to Stanley County . He continued raising cattle until 1906 when he sold the cattle and land.

In 1906 he was elected a member of the House of Representatives from South Dakota , where he represented the 26th District (Stanley County and Lyman Counties ) from 1907 to 1908 .

He then spent a year in Canada and on the Pacific coast . In 1908 he returned to South Dakota and settled in Philip ( Haakon County down), where he pursued commercial transactions and real estate transactions. His holdings of this kind and their capable management were the basis of his prosperity. Rood put his business on a firm footing, which earned him a handsome annual income. In addition to his other businesses, he was a director of the Bank of Philip.

On May 28, 1886, he married Miss Eva J. Voorhees (1859-1945), daughter of Abraham and Jane Voorhees, née Elliott. Her father came from the state of New York and her mother from Paisley ( Scotland ). Mrs. Voorhees immigrated to the United States when she was young. She grew up in Irvington ( New Jersey on), where she also went to school. Mrs. Rood was born in Newark, New Jersey. The Rood couple had a daughter named Hazel W.

Rood was a member of Philip Lodge No. 150 ( Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ), the Oriental Consistory No. 1 ( Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite ) from Yankton and the Naja Temple ( Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine ) from Deadwood.

In the 1914 election he was elected Secretary of State of South Dakota for a two-year term and was re-elected once. Rood held the post from 1915 to 1919. During this time he was beautiful in Pierre ( Hughes County ) down, but ran his business nationwide.

Rood belonged to a congregational church .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Eva J. Voorhees Rood in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 6, 2017.

Web links

• Frank M. Rood in the Find a Grave database (English) (different year of birth)
• Frank M. Rood at The Political Graveyard
• Frank M. Rood on the South Dakota Legislature website
• Frank M. Rood on the website of usgwarchives.net