1900 Biography - George M. Hogue

GEORGE M. HOGUE. Among the younger business men of Kidder county who have rapidly risen to the front, may be mentioned Mr. Hogue. He is the popular druggist of Steele, and has followed his vocation there for many years and is very proficient in his line, and owns and operates the only drug store in the city.

Our subject was born on a farm in Guernsey county, Ohio, May 12, 1873, and was a son of S. A. and Cornelia (Farrel) Hogue, both of whom were of American descent and the mother a native of Ohio. The father was a farmer throughout his career, and served as a soldier in the Civil war four years.

Mr. Hogue was reared on the farm and attended the common schools, and at the age of nineteen years began farming for himself; but this venture proved a failure. The family moved to Dakota in 1884, and the father became an old settler and took government land. Our subject entered the drug store of Dr. L. C. Smith, at Steele, when twenty years of age, and clerked for him three years, and in 1896 purchased the store and established his own business. He has the largest and best stock of drugs of any store in the county, and in 1899 passed the examination and became a registered pharmacist. The store was established in 1881 by C. H. Dyer, who sold the same to Dr. Smith about 1885, and it was the second drug store established in Kidder county.

Our subject was married, in 1898, to Miss L. M Whitford, a native of Michigan of American descent. Her father, O. A. Whitford, was an old settler of Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Hogue are the parents of one child, upon whom they have bestowed the name of Clara. The daughter was born in Steele, North Dakota, in 1899. Mr. Hogue has served one term as alderman, and has been elected as city clerk. He is actively interested in local affairs of a public nature, and is identified with the Republican party, politically. He has made many friends in North Dakota, and has successfully conducted his business in Steele.

Extracted 22 Nov 2020, by Norma Hass, from Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota published in 1900, page 744.