Ward Bertram Dyer Biography


	This biography appears on page 228 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				WARD BERTRAM DYER

	Ward Bertram Dyer, of the law firm of House & Dyer, of 
Chamberlain, was born in Ohio, on the 25th of July, 1880, a son of 
Alvin and Mary Dyer, both of whom are deceased. The father was by 
profession a physician. Ward B. Dyer received his elementary and 
secondary education in the public schools and took his law course in 
the Ohio State University, from which he was graduated in 1906. For 
about a year he practiced in his native state and then came to South 
Dakota, locating successively at Gann Valley, Kimball and Chamberlain. 
in 1912 he formed a partnership with Mr. House and they are now known 
as two of the best lawyers in Brule county. They have a large practice 
and represent important interests. 

	Mr. Dyer was married on the 8th of July, 1906, to Miss Bessie L. 
Wagner, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of John and Margaret (Book) 
Wagner, of Canton, Ohio, They have one daughter, Margaret. Mr. and Mrs. 
Dyer attend the Congregational church. He is a republican and while 
living in Buffalo county, this state, served acceptably as states 
attorney. Fraternally he is connected with the Masonic order, in which 
he has taken the chapter degrees in the York Rite, and he is also 
identified with the Woodmen and the Odd Fellows. He is a stockholder 
and director of the Kimball State Bank and has already made his 
presence felt in Chamberlain, where he is recognized as one of the 
leading young professional men of the town and as an excellent citizen.