Samuel Cleland Polley

Background

POLLEY, Samuel Cleland was born on January 13, 1864 in Winnebago Valley, Houston Company, Minnesota, United States. Son of John C. and Amanda A. (Korn) Polley.

Education

Student State Normal School, St. Cloud, Minnesota, 1886-1888. Bachelor of Laws, University of Minnesota, 1890.

Career

Admitted to South Dakot bar, 1890, and practiced in Deadwood. State’s attorney, Lawrence County, 1901-1902. Secretary of state, South Dakot, 1909-1912.

Judge Supreme Court of South Dakot since 1913.

Connections

Married Lenore V. McConnell, November 15, 1899. Children: Catherine Louise, Cleland Alexander, Chalmers.

Father:

John C. Polley

Mother:

Amanda A. (Korn) Polley

Spouse:

Lenore V. McConnell

child:

Cleland Alexander Polley

child:

Chalmers Polley

child:

Catherine Louise Polley