Background
Bard, Thomas Robert was born on December 8, 1841 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert M. and Elizabeth S. (Little) Bard.
Bard, Thomas Robert was born on December 8, 1841 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert M. and Elizabeth S. (Little) Bard.
Graduate Chambersburg Academy at 18, at head of class. Studied law.
Transportation agent, Cumberland Valley Railroad at Hagerstown, Maryland., 1861. Sent by Colonel Thomas A. Scott, 1865, to look after latter’s landed interests in Southern California, where has since resided. Largely interested in lands and in development of oil industry.
United States senator, 1900-1905.
Married Mary B. Gerberding, April.