RIST, SYLVESTER S.

RIST, MILLEN

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Date: 10/1/2004 at 12:59:44

Biography reproduced from page 363 of the History of Kossuth and Humboldt Counties, Iowa published in 1884:

Sylvester S. Rist, the present treasurer, was elected for his first term at the general election of 1879, and re-elected in 1881.

S. S. Rist, the present county treasurer, was born in Worcester Co., Mass., Dec. 18, 1833. He is a machinist by trade. In 1856 he came to Kossuth county with his parents. He married Mary A. Millen, Aug. 31, 1858. They have six children. In 1879, he was elected to the office of county treasurer, and re-elected in 1881 and 1883.