Pierre Romeo Pinard, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 944-946 in "History of South 
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	PIERRE ROMEO PINARD, M. D., is a native of the town of Batiscan, 
province of Quebec, Canada, where he was born on the 4th of May, 1870, 
being a son of John Noel and Amelia (St. Cyre) Pinard, of whose 
thirteen children the following named eight survive: Dr. Philip H. A., 
who is a practicing physician at Jefferson, South Dakota; Denise, who 
is the wife of Eugene Lemire, of Chassel, Michigan; Turibe, who is 
engaged in the grocery business in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Horace, who is 
a resident of Waterbury, Connecticut; Mary L., who is the wife of 
Horace Boiverre, of Montreal, Canada; Arthur, who is engaged in the 
manufacturing business in Madison, Wisconsin; Archie, who is a 
photographer in New York city; and Pierre R., who is the immediate 
subject of this review. 

	The parents were both born in Canada, and there the father of the 
Doctor prepared himself for the priesthood of the Catholic church, but 
shortly before the time when he was to have been ordained he found that 
his heart insistently demanded the object of its devotion and he 
accordingly was united in marriage to Miss St. Cyre. He then engaged in 
teaching as a vocation, and with the exception of a brief period, 
during which he served as government revenue inspector in Canada, he 
continued to follow the pedagogic profession, both he and his wife 
being devoted members of the Catholic church, while they resided in 
Montreal, Canada, until their deaths.  

	Dr. Pierre R. Pinard received his early educational training in 
the parochial schools, and he was but fifteen years of age at the time 
of his father's death, being thus doubly orphaned, since his mother 
passed away when he was a child of but three years. Being deprived of 
his father's care and guidance the lad was thrown upon his own 
resources at the age noted, and for the ensuing four years he worked 
for his board and clothing and a very small financial recompense, while 
he continued to attend school during this period. At the age of 
nineteen he had saved enough money from his small earnings to enable 
him to defray the expenses of one year in college, and he accordingly 
entered the Victoria College of Medicine and Surgery, in Montreal, 
where he pursued his technical studies for one year. His brother 
Philip, who was then engaged in the practice of medicine, then advised 
him to come to the United States to continue his medical studies, and 
in June, 1890, he accordingly came to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he 
secured employment, devoting the early morning hours and the evenings 
to the study of his chosen profession having as preceptor Dr. Messhoff, 
a prominent physician and surgeon of Milwaukee. In March, 1891, the 
subject came to Jefferson, South Dakota. where he continued his medical 
studies under the direction of his brother until the following autumn, 
when he was matriculated in the St. Louis College of Physicians and 
Surgeons, in St. Louis, Missouri, where he remained during the winter, 
while the following summer was passed in Jefferson, this state, and 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he continued his studies under his former 
preceptors and also found employment, in order to secure the funds with 
which to continue his collegiate work. In the autumn he again entered 
the college in St. Louis, where he was graduated with honors in the 
spring of 1893, receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine and coming 
forth well qualified for the active practice of the profession in 
preparing himself for which he had labored so indefatigably and 
earnestly. He located in Chassel, Michigan, where he remained a short 
time and then came to South Dakota, establishing himself in practice in 
Lesterville, where he successfully continued for six years, after which 
he passed a year in the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the expiration 
of which he located in Geddes, being numbered among the founders of the 
town, and here he has since been actively engaged in the practice of 
his profession, having the confidence and high regard of the people of 
the community and being recognized as one of the skilled physicians and 
surgeons of the state. He is a member of the South Dakota State Medical 
Society and on June 1, 1902, he was appointed medical examiner on the 
board of pension examiners in this section. On May 1, 1903 he was 
appointed vice-president of the Charles Mix county board of health. In 
1903 the Doctor took a two-months post-graduate course at Chicago 
Polyclinic and three weeks at the Illinois School of Electro-
Therapeutics, of Chicago. He and his wife are communicants of the 
Catholic church, and fraternally the Doctor is identified with the 
Modern Woodmen of America and the Ancient Order of United Workmen.  

	On the 23d of June, 1896, was solemnized the marriage of Dr. 
Pinard to Miss Susie Lawrence, of Lesterville, this state, and they are 
the parents of two children, Noel Lawrence and Kenneth Oscar. Dr. and 
Mrs. Pinard are prominent in the social life of the community and are 
numbered among the most popular citizens of Geddes.