He was elected the first register of deeds of Faulk County in 1883. He served three terms as states attorney and in 1899 was chosen to represent his district in the state senate. In 1909 he was appointed judge of the newly formed tenth judicial circuit.
June 2, 1885, Judge Bottum married Sylvia Grace Smith in LaFoon, SD. They raised seven children: Helen M. (Nellie), Fannie C., Dora H., Emily, Julia, Roswell and Joseph. An eighth child Carl H. died as an infant.
He was elected the first register of deeds of Faulk County in 1883. He served three terms as states attorney and in 1899 was chosen to represent his district in the state senate. In 1909 he was appointed judge of the newly formed tenth judicial circuit.
June 2, 1885, Judge Bottum married Sylvia Grace Smith in LaFoon, SD. They raised seven children: Helen M. (Nellie), Fannie C., Dora H., Emily, Julia, Roswell and Joseph. An eighth child Carl H. died as an infant.
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