The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1882-07-27
HON. VIM. M. CUPPETT.
A Biographical Sketch of Our Popu-
lar Clerk of Courts.

| "A blOS fapHIcal SheIcH Oh HVPh'
lar Clerk of Courts.
The ADVOCATE takes pleasure this
week in giving the public short biograph-
ical sketch of one of Canton oldest and
prominent citizens, one who has always
proven true to his friends and to the in
terests Of his adopted home. The subject
Of this article is well known and therefore
we need not dwell very long on an intro
ductory. ......
Mr.. Cuppett was born December Goth,
1913, in Bedford county, Pa. He emf
grated with his parents westward and
settled in Delaware county, Iowa, in
May, 1850. He enlisted as sargeant in
the war of the rebellion, September 22d,
1862 was mustered out Of service at
Sioux City, October l7th, 1865, and re-
ceiyed his discharge at Davenport. This
making a private citizen again of Mr..
Cuppett, he went home and taught
school and worked at his trade until the
spring of 1868, when he, in company
with Gee Il. Rea and John w. Hewitt,
after a short consultation, decided to i'm
migrate toward the setting sun. The trio
arrived at the present site of Canton on
the 18th day of June, 1868. There are
plenty of settlers in Canton to-day who
know that living here in those by-gone
days were attended with hardships, trials
and trbulations, but Mr.. Cuppett put his
shoulder to the wheel and by his untiring
work and perseverance was the means, in
company with his friends, to secure to
Canton many facilities which went good
ways to make life comfortable in the west.
His many friends, in the fall of 1870,
secured his consent and ran him and was
elected Councilman, he taking his seat at
Yankton in January. SO well did he
serve his constituents that he was again
returned III 1878
Mr.. Cuppett WAS appointed clerk Of
courts in the year 1871, as the following
will show
TERRITORY OF DAKOTA, J
County of Lincoln.
District Court, First Judicial District.
[ hereby appoint William NJ. Cuppett, Of
Canton in the county OF Lincoln, in said
territory, Clerk of the District aforesaid.
Done at Nermilliolr in said district this
Signed ! j. P. KrDpEn.
Associate Justice Supreme Court and
Presiding Judge.
Mr. Cuppett was, on the citys becom-
ing an incorporated city, elected one of
the five councimen and was reelected
this spring with the other members. He
Is present at every meeting and gives all
matters pertaining to the city's good his
strict attention.
The reporter had occasion the other day
to refer to some matters in Mr.. Cuppett 5
Office and in looking over several Of the
many pondcrous books which constitutes
Mr. Cuppetts library" we noticed that
the books were a model Of neatncss and
correctness Not blot or erasure was
noticed to mar Il single page, and when
we reflect that AIr. Cuppett has filed the
office for - long years withouta complaint
arising from any one, and who has been
in his office day by day and week by week
accommodating his friends in and out of
Office hours, sometimes receiving his Just
fees but oftener only ''thank you we
believe he is entitled to the good words
contained in this article and are pleased to
say, and so will his many friends, that the
pleasant home Mr.. Cuppett has provided
for himself and family, where he enjoys a
rest in the bosom of his family, is not be-
grudged him, but will say long may he
live to enjoy these comforts.