Thomas J. Shanard Biography


	This biography appears on pages 325-326 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				THOMAS J. SHANARD.  

	Thomas J. Shanard is well known in financial circles of South 
Dakota as president of the Dolton State Bank and as cashier of the 
First National Bank of Bridgewater, having served in the latter 
capacity during the past two decades. His birth occurred in 
Brownsville, Minnesota, on the 6th of January, 1869, his parents being 
J. H. and Mary A. Shanard the latter of whom is still living. In 1872 
the family came to South Dakota, locating at Elk Point, where the 
father conducted a hotel on the present site of the First National 
Bank. Subsequently he removed to Yankton and there embarked in the 
lumber business, conducting an enterprise of that character in 
association with Harry Wynn. His demise occurred in 1911, after he had 
resided in this state for a period covering nearly four decades, and in 
his passing the community lost one of its prosperous business men as 
well as respected and public-spirited citizens.  

	Thomas J. Shanard, who was but three years of age when brought to 
this state by his parents, pursued his early education in the public 
schools and afterward attended the University of South Dakota, being 
graduated from that institution with the class of 1891. Subsequently he 
was identified with his father in the lumber business for three years 
and on the expiration of that period came to Bridgewater to take the 
position of cashier of the First National Bank of that place, E. L. 
Abel being president of the institution. In this capacity he has served 
continuously during the past twenty years and has won and maintained an 
enviable reputation as a courteous, obliging and able official, his 
efforts contributing in no small degree to the continued growth and 
success of the bank. He is likewise president of the Dolton State Bank. 
He is also extensively interested in real estate and has gained 
recognition among the substantial and representative citizens of McCook 
county.  

	On the 4th of June, 1913, Mr. Shanard was united in marriage to 
Miss Clara Morgan, a daughter of John C. and Clara (Wilson) Morgan, of 
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Shanard have one child, John 
Morgan. Mr. Shanard gives his political allegiance to the republican 
party, while fraternally he is identified with the Masons, the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent Protective Order of 
Elks. He is fond of motoring, baseball and other outdoor sports, 
finding therein needed recreation. The period of his residence in South 
Dakota covers more than four decades and he is therefore largely 
familiar with its annals from pioneer times down to the present, while 
in the work of development and progress he has done his share.