Background
HAMMERQUIST, Earl N. was born on October 15, 1890 in Farmingdale, South Dakota, United States. Son of Peter A. and Marie E. (Anderson) Hammerquist.
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Earl N. HAMMERQUIST
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Common School; Business College.
Career
Began work for C.M. & St.P. Railway, Rapid City. Became agent at Farmingdale, South Dakota, 1911-1916. Enlisted with Company 1, 4 South Dakota Infantry.
Served with this regt. on Mexican Border, 1916-1917. Re-enlisted in United States Navy, serving as Radio operator until close of war. Began farming and stock raising in the spring of 1919.
Engaged in operating and owning a large ranch near Farmingdale, South Dakota Leader in Farm Organization work in Western South Dakota President, Pennington Company Farmers Union, 1928. Holds Directorship in South Dakota Farmers Union, 1929-1930. Director, Farmers Union Cooperative Grain Association of Sioux City, Iowa Director, Farmers Union Brokerage Company of Soo City, Iowa Director, Farmers Union Livestock Commission Company, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Director, Farmers Union Marketing Association, Huron, South Dakota Director, Farmers Union Oil Company, Rapid City, South Dakota Director, Community Hospital, New Underwood, South Dakota Director, First Baptist Church, Farmingdale, South Dakota Elected to State Legislature, South Dakota, since 1928.
Religion
Baptist Church.
Membership
Member; Artist Fellowship & Master of Arts. Royal Arch Mason; Order of the Eastern Star. American Legion.
Connections
Spouse Alice L. Osborne, December 9, 1917, Filer, Idaho.
