Ebenezer Magoffin was born in Missouri on November 4,1868 to Beriah and Manlius Magoffin.  In 1883 the family moved to Washington, D.C., and then to Dakota Territory near Redfield, South Dakota where Beriah Magoffin had contracts on several mail routes. During 1883-84 Ebenezer served as a page boy in the U.S. House of Representatives and also attended Spencerian Business College. In 1886 the family moved to Monango in Dickey County and established the Monango Mercantile Cash Co. In 1895 they established briefly the Magoffin and Son Cheeze Factory.  Mr. Magoffin was camp clerk and Secretary of Modern Woodmen of America for over 50 years going back to 1893. He was elected State Senator from Dickey County on the Democratic ticket in 1936 and 1938.

This collection consists of correspondence and subject files arranged alphabetically.  In the correspondence is a letter of introduction as Senate page, letters in regard to a land title and the Monango Store name change and personal correspondence from friends and relatives. The correspondence is all incoming and arranged chronologically.  In the subject files is biographical information on the Magoffin, Thomson and Northrop families. 
 

Personal and Family Papers