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John Bard
Find A Grave Memorial ID # 90609447
“He was born at Hyde Park in Dutchess County, New York, which was named in 1705 by his ancestor, Pierre Fauconnier, when he was granted the 10,000-acre estate. The Bard family mansion stood precisely where the Vanderbilt Mansion stands today.
Bard became President of the New York Life Insurance & Trust Company, which was founded by his father. In 1849, he married his first wife, Margaret Taylor Johnston, whose father was a successful Scottish immigrant and the co-founder of New York University. Bard and his wife were both devout Christians, and after purchasing the historic Blithewood Estate they devoted themselves to education and founded St. Stephen's College, which eventually became Bard College.
Margaret brother, John Taylor Johnston, was president of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, the principal founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MOMA) in New York City, president of the governing board of the University of the City of New York (now NYU), and a board member of the Presbyterian Hospital, the Woman's Hospital of New York and the Saint Andrew's Society.
After the death of their only son in 1868, the Bards and their three daughters moved to Europe, though they always remained closely involved with the welfare of the college they founded. Mrs Bard died at Rome in 1875. John then proceeded to live at Chichester in England and then Dresden in Germany. While in England in 1886, he married his second wife, Annie Belcher of Brighton. He finally returned to America in 1895, living at 2034 O Street in Washington, D.C.”
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John Bard's Timeline
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June 2, 1819
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Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York, United States
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| 1887 |
1887
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England
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February 12, 1899
Age 79
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Washington, District of Columbia, DC, United States
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February 13, 1899
Age 79
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Bard College Cemetery, 101 Campus Road, Annandale On Hudson, Dutchess County, New York, 12504, United States
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