Bio from "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904), pp 1230-1231.

HERMAN H. NATWICK was born September 15, 1859, in Dane county, Wisconsin, and is the son of Henry O. and Elizabeth Natwick, the father for many years a prosperous farmer of that state. Herman H. was reared on the family homestead, where he early formed the habits of industry and studious investigation which have characterized his subsequent career, and after receiving a preliminary education in the public schools, he prosecuted the higher branches of learning for three years in Beloit College. Leaving the latter institution at the age of eighteen, he began the study of law with Judge Miller, of Grant county, Wisconsin, subsequently prosecuting his legal reading and investigation under the direction of Judge Lyons, of La Crosse, in whose office he remained until admitted to the bar in the year 1878.

Mr. Natwick began the practice of his profession the above year, in Brookings, South Dakota, where he built up a large and lucrative business, and with the general business and public interests of which place he was actively identified until 1890. Meantime, in 1884, he was elected to the territorial council, in which body he served two years, was mayor of Brookings from 1886 to 1888 inclusive, and in addition to these public positions he was for four and a half years register of the land office at Chamberlain, having been appointed to the latter post by President Harrison in 1889. Mr. Natwick took a leading part in the organization of the Co-operative Savings and Loan Association of Brookings, of which he was made attorney and business manager and which was moved from that place to Sioux Falls in June, 1894. Since the latter year it has done a large and extensive business, being one of the leading enterprises of the kind in the state and managed by men of ability and wide experience, the official roster at this time including the names of the following gentlemen: R. F. Pettigrew, president; H. H. Natwick, vice-president; C. G. Leyse, secretary, and Hon. A. B. Kittridge, general counsel.

Mr. Natwick changed his residence from Brookings to Sioux Falls in June, 1894, and since that time has made the latter city his home. In 1900 he was one of the originators of the Central Banking and Trust Company, of which he has since been president, and more recently he became the possessor of the Sioux Falls traction franchise, with the object in view of soon supplying the city with a fully equipped and thoroughly up-to-date street railway system. Mr. Natwick's progressive spirit has led him to engage in various important business and industrial enterprises, including, among others, the Queen Bee Milling Company, the valuable property of which he and other parties purchased in the fall of 1902 and which, under the present efficient management, will ere long be completely remodeled and put into successful operation. In addition to his extensive law practice and the business concerns noted, Mr. Natwick has large landed and live-stock interests, owning at this time a valuable farm of one thousand acres, six miles from Sioux Falls, which he has stocked with the celebrated Red Polled breed of cattle, and a ranch of two hundred and forty acres on which are some of the finest blooded horses to be found in the state of South Dakota. In the matter of live stock he is quite enthusiastic, being an authority on fine grade cattle and blooded horses, in the raising of which he has met with the most encouraging success and from the sale of which he derives no small share of his income. Politically Mr. Natwick wields a potent influence for the Republican party, not only in local affairs, but throughout the state, being invariably chosen delegate to state conventions, in which bodies he has served ever since coming to Dakota, and he has also been honored with seats in national conventions, having been a member of the one which nominated Benjamin Harrison for the presidency.

Mr. Natwick is one of the representative men of his city, and few citizens of the state are as widely and favorably known. He stands for progression in all the term implies, has led a very busy life and discharged worthily the duties of every station to which called. Mr. Natwick is a married man, his wife having formerly been Miss Lizzie M. Haskell, a native of Wisconsin. They have had one child, a daughter, Mabel, who was born November 4, 1885, and whose death occurred on the 24th day of December, 1901.

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Description on application for passport Dec 18th 1895:

Age: 39

Stature: 6'

Forehead: High

Eyes: Blue

Nose: Straight

Mouth: Small

Chin: Prominent

Hair: Brown

Complexion: Fair

Face: Thin