1920 Census Miller, Hand, South Dakota, January 8, 1920
Pusey, John, head, 58, wd, b. Illinois, US, US, lawyer general practice;
Ursula, daughter, 23, single, b. South Dakota, Illinois, Michigan, no occupation.
1930 Census Miller, Hand, South Dakota, April 2, 1930
Pusey, John, head, 69, wd, 25 1st marriage, b. Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Lawyer;
Bertha, daughter, 35, single, b. South Dakota, Illinois, Michigan, stenographer in a law office.
South Dakota Death Index, 1905-1955
Certificate #176618, p607
Name: John Pusey
Died: June 7, 1937, Hand County
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Miller Pioneer Answers Final Summons
John Pusey, Veteran Attorney and Founder of the Gazette, Dies Monday
John Pusey, one of Hand county's most colorful figures, died at his home in this city, Monday evening, June 7th. He had been in poor health several months, and his death was not unexpected.
John Pusey, the eldest son of William and Margaret Pusey, was born in Champagne, Ill., May 5, 1861. The passing away of his father when he was a young lad left much of the responsibility of the family on his shoulders. He attended the common schools and received his higher education in Westfield College in Champagne.
In the spring of 1882 he came to Miller, Dakota Territory, and filed on land in Hand county. In the fall of the same year he returned to Champagne and studied law in the office of Swan & Pusey. The following spring he returned to Miller and established his permanent home. In 1885 he was admitted to the Bar and became a member of the legal firm of Pusey, Bowne & Moon. Later he formed a partnership with John H. Baldwin.
Always active in political affairs, he held various offices in the early days. During the last Cleveland administration he served as postmaster. In 1885 he established the Miller Gazette, and in 1898 was elected representative from this district, and in the years following he served as states attorney and county judge. For over 25 years he was legal representative for the Chicago & North Western Railway in Hand county.
Surviving him are three sisters, three sons; Edwin, Will J. and Paul, all of California; two daughters, Bertha and Ursula of Miller; and three grandchildren, John and Ursula of California, and Robert of Miller. A daughter, Anna May, preceded her father in death.
John Pusey was a man of more than ordinary ability, both in his profession and outside of it. He took a keen interest in all public matters and was a real booster for Miller, where he spent 55 years of his life. Of a genial nature, he got a real kick out of life pulling jokes on his friends, and even on himself when the occasion was right. His passing is sincerely regretted by a large circle of friends.
Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church this afternoon, Rev. Joseph Andrews officiating. Members of the Masonic lodge attended in a body. Pallbearers were W. W. Bohning, J. J. Bushfield, C. M. Carroll, Paul F. Burke, Judge Frank R. Fisher and D. C. Walsh. Honorary pallbearers were G. C. Briggs and J. H. Cole.
Interment was made in the G. A. R. cemetery.
Miller Gazette, Miller, Hand, South Dakota
Thursday, June 10, 1937, p1 c3
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Heather Hall # 48030601 provided below bio. ~ 5-4-2024
Bio from "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. I (1904), pp 875-876.
JOHN PUSEY, one of the leading members of the bar of Hand county, and who has been called upon to serve in various offices of public trust, including that of county judge, while he was also a member of the state legislature for two terms and postmaster at Miller for four years, is a native of Champaign county, Illinois, having been born on the parental farmstead on the 5th of May, 1860, and being a son of William R. and Margaret (White) Pusey, of whose eight children he was the fourth in order of birth, while of the number five are living at the present time. Mr. Pusey was reared to the life of the farm. and his early educational training was secured in the district schools, after which he continued his studies in the high school in the city of Champaign. In the meantime he had taken up the study of law, in that city, having as preceptors the firm of Lothrop & Pusey, the junior member of the firm being his brother, who was one of the representative members of the bar of that county. After attending high school at Champaign he attended college at Westfield, Illinois. While pursuing his collegiate course he also devoted his attention to teaching in the public schools at such intervals as seemed expedient, and after leaving college he resumed the reading of law under his former preceptors. In June, 1882, Mr. Pusey came to South Dakota and located in the village of Miller, as one of the first practitioners of law in Hand county, the village of Miller, now the county seat, having been founded only the year previous. He was admitted to the bar of the territory of Dakota shortly after locating here, and has ever since been engaged in the practice of his profession, save for the intervals during which his time and attention have been demanded in connection with official duties. Mr. Pusey founded the first Democratic newspaper on the line of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad between Huron and Pierre, in what is now South Dakota. This paper was known as the Miller Gazette and had its inception in 1883. He continued as editor and publisher of the Gazette until 1884, making the same a power in connection with political affairs in this section of the state, and in the year noted he disposed of the property, the publication of the paper being continued at the present time.
Mr. Pusey has been specially active in connection with public affairs and is one of the leaders of the Democratic party in the state, while it was his distinction to hold the position of chairman of the Democratic state central committee in 1900 and 1902. He is a man of positive character and marked executive ability, and in the capacity noted he marshaled his forces with consummate ability and discrimination. In 1892 he was elected to the bench of the county court and served thereon for a term of two years, at the expiration of which, under the administration of President Cleveland, he was appointed postmaster of Miller, serving until 1899, when he was elected to represent his district in the state legislature, serving during the general assembly of 1899 and making a most enviable record as a conscientious and able legislator and one signally true to the interests of his constituency. In this connection he gained prominence and marked popular commendation by reason of his able and uncompromising efforts in opposition to the bill introduced in the house to create a system of state dispensatories for the sale of intoxicating liquors, such as is in existence in South Carolina at the present time, and it was largely due to him that the bill met a decisive defeat, thus avoiding to the commonwealth the ignominy of legalized partnership in the liquor traffic. In 1900 Mr. Pusey was elected state's attorney of Hand county, in which office he served one term, since which time he has given his attention to the active work of his profession, retaining a large and representative clientage and having high prestige at the bar of his adopted state. Fraternally, he is identified with the Masonic order, the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America, in which last mentioned he was delegate to the head camp in 1894 and state consul for the preceding three years.
1920 Census Miller, Hand, South Dakota, January 8, 1920
Pusey, John, head, 58, wd, b. Illinois, US, US, lawyer general practice;
Ursula, daughter, 23, single, b. South Dakota, Illinois, Michigan, no occupation.
1930 Census Miller, Hand, South Dakota, April 2, 1930
Pusey, John, head, 69, wd, 25 1st marriage, b. Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Lawyer;
Bertha, daughter, 35, single, b. South Dakota, Illinois, Michigan, stenographer in a law office.
South Dakota Death Index, 1905-1955
Certificate #176618, p607
Name: John Pusey
Died: June 7, 1937, Hand County
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Miller Pioneer Answers Final Summons
John Pusey, Veteran Attorney and Founder of the Gazette, Dies Monday
John Pusey, one of Hand county's most colorful figures, died at his home in this city, Monday evening, June 7th. He had been in poor health several months, and his death was not unexpected.
John Pusey, the eldest son of William and Margaret Pusey, was born in Champagne, Ill., May 5, 1861. The passing away of his father when he was a young lad left much of the responsibility of the family on his shoulders. He attended the common schools and received his higher education in Westfield College in Champagne.
In the spring of 1882 he came to Miller, Dakota Territory, and filed on land in Hand county. In the fall of the same year he returned to Champagne and studied law in the office of Swan & Pusey. The following spring he returned to Miller and established his permanent home. In 1885 he was admitted to the Bar and became a member of the legal firm of Pusey, Bowne & Moon. Later he formed a partnership with John H. Baldwin.
Always active in political affairs, he held various offices in the early days. During the last Cleveland administration he served as postmaster. In 1885 he established the Miller Gazette, and in 1898 was elected representative from this district, and in the years following he served as states attorney and county judge. For over 25 years he was legal representative for the Chicago & North Western Railway in Hand county.
Surviving him are three sisters, three sons; Edwin, Will J. and Paul, all of California; two daughters, Bertha and Ursula of Miller; and three grandchildren, John and Ursula of California, and Robert of Miller. A daughter, Anna May, preceded her father in death.
John Pusey was a man of more than ordinary ability, both in his profession and outside of it. He took a keen interest in all public matters and was a real booster for Miller, where he spent 55 years of his life. Of a genial nature, he got a real kick out of life pulling jokes on his friends, and even on himself when the occasion was right. His passing is sincerely regretted by a large circle of friends.
Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church this afternoon, Rev. Joseph Andrews officiating. Members of the Masonic lodge attended in a body. Pallbearers were W. W. Bohning, J. J. Bushfield, C. M. Carroll, Paul F. Burke, Judge Frank R. Fisher and D. C. Walsh. Honorary pallbearers were G. C. Briggs and J. H. Cole.
Interment was made in the G. A. R. cemetery.
Miller Gazette, Miller, Hand, South Dakota
Thursday, June 10, 1937, p1 c3
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Heather Hall # 48030601 provided below bio. ~ 5-4-2024
Bio from "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. I (1904), pp 875-876.
JOHN PUSEY, one of the leading members of the bar of Hand county, and who has been called upon to serve in various offices of public trust, including that of county judge, while he was also a member of the state legislature for two terms and postmaster at Miller for four years, is a native of Champaign county, Illinois, having been born on the parental farmstead on the 5th of May, 1860, and being a son of William R. and Margaret (White) Pusey, of whose eight children he was the fourth in order of birth, while of the number five are living at the present time. Mr. Pusey was reared to the life of the farm. and his early educational training was secured in the district schools, after which he continued his studies in the high school in the city of Champaign. In the meantime he had taken up the study of law, in that city, having as preceptors the firm of Lothrop & Pusey, the junior member of the firm being his brother, who was one of the representative members of the bar of that county. After attending high school at Champaign he attended college at Westfield, Illinois. While pursuing his collegiate course he also devoted his attention to teaching in the public schools at such intervals as seemed expedient, and after leaving college he resumed the reading of law under his former preceptors. In June, 1882, Mr. Pusey came to South Dakota and located in the village of Miller, as one of the first practitioners of law in Hand county, the village of Miller, now the county seat, having been founded only the year previous. He was admitted to the bar of the territory of Dakota shortly after locating here, and has ever since been engaged in the practice of his profession, save for the intervals during which his time and attention have been demanded in connection with official duties. Mr. Pusey founded the first Democratic newspaper on the line of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad between Huron and Pierre, in what is now South Dakota. This paper was known as the Miller Gazette and had its inception in 1883. He continued as editor and publisher of the Gazette until 1884, making the same a power in connection with political affairs in this section of the state, and in the year noted he disposed of the property, the publication of the paper being continued at the present time.
Mr. Pusey has been specially active in connection with public affairs and is one of the leaders of the Democratic party in the state, while it was his distinction to hold the position of chairman of the Democratic state central committee in 1900 and 1902. He is a man of positive character and marked executive ability, and in the capacity noted he marshaled his forces with consummate ability and discrimination. In 1892 he was elected to the bench of the county court and served thereon for a term of two years, at the expiration of which, under the administration of President Cleveland, he was appointed postmaster of Miller, serving until 1899, when he was elected to represent his district in the state legislature, serving during the general assembly of 1899 and making a most enviable record as a conscientious and able legislator and one signally true to the interests of his constituency. In this connection he gained prominence and marked popular commendation by reason of his able and uncompromising efforts in opposition to the bill introduced in the house to create a system of state dispensatories for the sale of intoxicating liquors, such as is in existence in South Carolina at the present time, and it was largely due to him that the bill met a decisive defeat, thus avoiding to the commonwealth the ignominy of legalized partnership in the liquor traffic. In 1900 Mr. Pusey was elected state's attorney of Hand county, in which office he served one term, since which time he has given his attention to the active work of his profession, retaining a large and representative clientage and having high prestige at the bar of his adopted state. Fraternally, he is identified with the Masonic order, the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America, in which last mentioned he was delegate to the head camp in 1894 and state consul for the preceding three years.
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