Harry Hardman Biography


	This biography appears on pages 963-964 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				HARRY HARDMAN.  

	Harry Hardman, who is a successful attorney practicing in Lake 
Andes, was born in Minden, Nebraska, August 1, 1884, a son of R. M. and 
Sarah A. (Blackburn) Hardman, who in 1903 came to South Dakota and 
located at Brookings. They are now living in Texas, where the father, 
who is an Episcopal clergyman, is in charge of a church The mother is 
also still living.  

	Harry Hardman attended the public schools and was subsequently a 
student in the Kearney Military Academy, from which he was graduated 
with the class of 1902. He then served an apprenticeship in the B. & M. 
machine shop, where he remained for two years. At the end of that time 
he entered the law college of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and 
remained there for two years. He next removed to Brookings, South 
Dakota, and was for a time in the office of Philo Hall, then attorney-
general of South Dakota. Subsequently Senator A. B. Kittridge appointed 
Mr. Hardman as financial clerk of the Yankton Indian Agency and he held 
that position for two and a half years. In 1906 he was admitted to the 
bar of South Dakota and two years later took up his residence in Lake 
Andes, where he engaged in the real-estate business for some time, 
after which he held the position of cashier of the Lakeside State Bank 
for two years At the expiration of that period he entered upon the 
active practice of his profession, in which he has since been engaged, 
winning a fair measure of success. He was his party's candidate for 
county judge but was defeated. His practice requires the greater part 
of his time and attention, but he also looks after his landed 
interests, which comprise South Dakota farm lands.  

	Mr. Hardman was married January 24, 1907, to Miss Lillian Vandal, 
a daughter of Moses N. Vandal, and they have a son, Benedict E. Mr. 
Hardman has served as school treasurer and as city clerk and city 
attorney, making a creditable record in those offices. His religious 
faith is that of the Episcopal church, but his wife is a communicant of 
the Roman Catholic church, Fraternally he is connected with the Masonic 
order, being a Master Mason. The Commercial Club finds in him a stanch 
supporter of its plans for the development of Lake Andes and his 
recognized public spirit has added to the respect and esteem in which 
he is generally held.