Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
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Archibald Bard and Elizabeth Beatty




Husband Archibald Bard 1

           Born: 27 Jun 1765 - Peters Twp, Cumberland (later Franklin) Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Oct 1832 2
         Buried:  - Churchill Cemetery, Franklin Co, PA


         Father: Richard Bard (1736-1799) 3 4
         Mother: Catherine Poe (1737-1811) 3 5


       Marriage: 



Wife Elizabeth Beatty 1

           Born: 17 Jan 1771 - Antrim Twp, Cumberland (later Franklin) Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Jan 1852 2
         Buried:  - Churchill Cemetery, Franklin Co, PA


         Father: William Beatty (1738-1802) 2 6 7 8
         Mother: Mary Johnston (      -      ) 2 7




Children
1 M Richard Bard 2

           Born: 5 Jul 1800 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Jan 1831 2
         Buried:  - Franklin Co, PA
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


2 F Maria Bard 2

           Born: 1801 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Oct 1830 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Adam McKinnie (      -      ) 2


3 F Catharine Bard 2 9

           Born: 1802 or 12 Nov 1804 2 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 1861 - Michigan 9
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Franklin Darragh (      -      ) 2 9
           Marr: 4 Dec 1834 2 9


4 M William Beatty Bard 2

           Born: 13 May 1803 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Feb 1880 - Delaware, Delaware Co, OH 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


5 F Margaret Bard 10 11

           Born: 31 Jul 1806 - Franklin Co, PA 9 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Sep 1885 - Franklin Co, PA 9
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Alexander Erwin McDowell (1808-1891) 10 12
           Marr: 14 May 1834 9 10


6 M Isaac Bard 2

           Born: 28 Apr 1808 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Jul 1876 13
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Rowana Humphrey (1808-1852) 13
           Marr: 10 Feb 1840 13


7 M James Johnston Bard 14

           Born: Abt Apr 1810
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Dec 1810 14
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


8 F Elizabeth Johnston Bard 14 15

           Born: 28 Dec 1811 15
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Aug 1819 14 15
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


9 F Eliza Jane Bard 14 16

           Born: 20 Feb 1814 16
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 May 1887 16
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Abner M. Fuller (      -      ) 14 16
           Marr: 30 Apr 1845 16


10 M Archibald Bard 14

           Born: Abt Nov 1815
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 May 1816 14
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


11 F Martha Olivia Bard 14 16

           Born: 18 Jun 1817 16
     Christened: 21 Sep 1817 14
           Died: 1 Mar 1878 - Ohio 16
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Archibald Bard


He was a prominent citizen of Peters township, and for twenty-one years was an Associate Judge of Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He held this office continuously from his first appointment, April 2, 1811, until his death. After he had been on the Bench six years Judge Bard was ambitious to succeed Gen. John Rea in Congress, according to a letter printed in the Philadelphia Aurora, May 28, 1817. "It may be proper here to mention," says the writer, "that we have in this county, as well as some others, that kind of aristocracy which is called family interest, in which the public is sacrificed to family combinations. This county is divided into several connexions of this kind, instead of parties. These are the Reas, the Maclays, the Bards, the Findlays, and several others, none of them powerful enough alone, others not of sufficient consequence to be noticed. In the first instance General Rea went to Congress, but Judge Bard began to think that he would look quite as well there as the General. At one of their delegate meetings Bard was brought forward by General Waddle, but our delegates and those from Bedford would not consent to it, so he fell through, and seeing his connexions were too weak of themselves, he formed a league with the Maclays and finally ousted Rea; ludicrous to tell, William Maclay was taken up instead of Bard, and he is still obliged to stick to the judgeship."
Judge Bard was concerned in the settlement of many estates, and was held in much esteem by his neighbors as an adviser. He came to Chambersburg to a meeting of the return judges on the 12th of October, the day of the cholera outbreak of 1832, took the infection and was one of the victims of the epidemic.

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Sources


1 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 25, 101.

2 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 25.

3 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 18.

4 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 158, 374.

5 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 374.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 179.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 458.

8 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 207, 465.

9 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 219.

10 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 101.

11 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 219, 393.

12 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 393.

13 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 28.

14 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 26.

15 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 206.

16 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 207.


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