Burnace W. Baer Biography


	This biography appears on page 1756 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	BURNACE W. BAER, senior member of the firm of Baer & Brewster, who 
conduct a successful abstract and real-estate business in Woonsocket, 
Sanborn county, is a native of the state of Iowa, having been born in 
Ash Grove, Davis county, on the 4th of February, 1877, and being a son 
of William R. and Alice (Wonn) Baer. The subject secured his preliminary 
educational discipline in the public schools of his native town, and 
then entered the high school at Harlan, Iowa, where he was graduated as 
a member of the class of 1895. Soon afterward he was matriculated in the 
Southern Iowa Normal School at Bloomfield, that state, where he 
completed a course of study and was graduated in 1896. Upon leaving the 
normal school he began reading law under the preceptorship of Thomas H. 
Smith, of Harlan, continuing his technical studies under these auspices 
for two years. He then entered the law department of the Iowa State 
University, at Iowa City, and was there graduated as a member of the 
class of 1900, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, while he was 
simultaneously admitted to the bar of his native state. In February, 
1901, Mr. Baer came to South Dakota and took up his residence in 
Woonsocket, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his 
profession. In 1902 he entered into partnership with Delmar H. Brewster, 
and they have since conducted a general real-estate and abstract 
business, the firm name being Baer & Brewster. In politics the subject 
is a staunch adherent of the Republican party and is an enthusiastic 
advocate of its principles and policies. In 1902 he was elected to the 
office of state's attorney of Sanborn county, and has proved a most able 
public prosecutor, so that it is most certain that he will be chosen as 
his own successor in the election of November, 1904. In a fraternal way 
he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

	On the 1st of June, 1904, Mr. Baer was united in marriage to Miss 
Blanche E. Smith, daughter of Ellis M. Smith, who is a prominent and 
influential citizen of Woonsocket, where he is engaged in the drug 
business.