Dollard, Robert
soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born March 14, 1842, in Fall River, Mass. He entered the union army from Massachusetts with the fourth regiment of that state, which composed in part what is known as the minute men of that period who were the first to respond to the call for troops to save the union. He served with credit and distinction throughout the war, rising to the rank of major and the command of his regiment. He was a member of the constitutional conventions of South Dakota of 1883 and 1885; was district attorney; member of the legislature of Dakota territory in 1889; state senator in 1893; and a member of the state legislature in 1897.