Robert McFarland Bard

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Robert McFarland Bard

Also Known As: "Bob"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Peters Twp., Franklin, PA, United States
Death: January 28, 1851 (41)
Chambersburg, Franklin, PA, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Captain Thomas Bard and Jane Cochran McFarland
Husband of Elizabeth Smith Little
Father of Mary Parker Bard; Sen. Thomas Robert Bard; Cephas Little Bard, Dr. med. and Louisa Jane Bard
Brother of Richard Bard; Thomas Poe Bard; John Bard; Archibald Bard; Oliver Barbour Bard and 3 others

Managed by: William Harden Waesche, Jr.
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About Robert McFarland Bard

Marriage: 12 February 1839 (Age 29) Elizabeth Smith Little.

Occupation/Service: Lawyer; Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA, USA.

Secretary of his school district. (*1 Vol I Pg 15).

School board member (1839). Chief Burgess (1847).

Noninated for Congress (1850).

Places Lived: Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA, USA.

Education: Educated at Hagerstown, PA, USA. Law Education at Chambersburg, PA, USA.

Religious: A Presbyterian & Calvinist. (*1 Vol I Pg 16)

Tradition/Misc.: Advocate of temperance. Against slavery.

(*1 Vol I Pg 15).

Death: (41 Years).

Sources: The Bard Family, by G.O. Seilhamer; Pg. 211, 226.

  • 1 "Oil, Land and Politics the California Career of Thomas R. Bard", by William H. Hutchinson, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, USA 1965. (A two volume biography of Thomas R. Bard.)

Reference #I0409

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Robert McFarland Bard's Timeline

1809
December 12, 1809
Peters Twp., Franklin, PA, United States
1840
April 15, 1840
Chambersburg, Franklin, PA, United States
1841
December 8, 1841
Chambersburg, Franklin, PA, United States
1843
April 7, 1843
Chambersburg, Franklin Cnty, PA
1844
June 3, 1844
Chambersburg, Franklin Cnty, PA
1851
January 28, 1851
Age 41
Chambersburg, Franklin, PA, United States