THE BARD FAMILY
Nine Generations of the Bards of "Carroll's Delight"
Descendants of David Bard
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David Bard, son of Archibald Beard (or Bard) was born in 1744 and died March 12, 1815; he was a 1773 graduate of Princeton College and was licensed as a Presbyterian minister by the Presbytery of Donegal, probably in 1777; he and his wife, Elizabeth Diemer (born 1752, died 1824), had six children; he served as a U.S. congressman representing Pennsylvania districts for a total of 16 years (1795-99, 1803-15), with his first election in 1794 to the Fourth Congress. Congressman Bard, not known as an orator, addressed the U.S. House on Feb. 14, 1804, in what was his only notable speech, and that was directed against the slave trade.
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Errata and Information Sources:
BB ("Bard Book"): "The
Bard Family:
A History and Genealogy of the Bards of 'Carroll's Delight' Together
With
a Chronicle of the Bards and Genealogies of the Bard Kinship," by G.O.
Seilhamer,
Chambersburg, Pa., Kittochtinny Press, 1908.
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This summary of nine generations of the Bard family of "Carroll's Delight" was revised December 13, 1996, by Richard A. Bard of Miami, Fla.; Primary Source: "The Bard Family: A History and Genealogy of the Bards of 'Carroll's Delight' Together With a Chronicle of the Bards and Genealogies of the Bard Kinship," by G.O. Seilhamer, Chambersburg, Pa., Kittochtinny Press, 1908; "This book is dedicated to the Hon. Thomas Robert Bard of Hueneme, Ventura County, Cal., in recognition of his constant assistance in gathering the facts that it contains and of his liberal support in the research that made it possible."
BARD WEB SITE (courtesy of Curtis Bard): http://www.localnet.com/~cbard/
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