The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-03-26

family to Elkton, in 1861, size became Il con
iirmrd invalid, being confined constantly 10
her room for Il long period, and until her
death, which occurred on the oath of
August, 1851.
Previous ~ bis marriage, Mr.. Foard,
while quite = Young man, engaged in mer-
camille pursuits in Elkton, being employed
rs u clerk by the late Levi II. Evans,
brother of DIR. Amos \. Evans, who trans
acted Il lucrative business in he store house,
Il portion of which is now occupied by John
Perkins. Mr. Evans was succeeded in bus
mess, in the year 1929, by Ichulon Rudolph
and William Torb"rt, under the firm name
of Rudolph X Torbert. William Torbert
continued business in the same location for
Il number % years, and until his retirement
in 1861.
Among Samuel Il. Fnard's con;empora-
rir.i WIS Col. &. l.. Howard, VIII" ut III"
same time clerkel for John Sharpiey,
local Methodist preacher who did business
1T the old brick store house, now occupied
by Roger W!twnrti!. Jun"thnn Il. Torhert,
brother of VIM. Torherf and father Of the
late Gen. a. +. \. Torhert, whose recent I'M
timely death by the sinking rf TIE steamer
irrd CTH2 excited so general an expression
of sympathy all over the country, also
rIrri.e.i for Mr.. .harplev, and WAS an init
mate associate of Samuel T. Foari'S. As
Young men they were great social tavorite*,
the recollection of many mir;htul moments
of thrir earlier lives having been frequently
recalled by Mr.. Foard, and recited by him
20 the writer. From 1880 the date OF his
marriage, until 1851, Mr.. Foard resided
upnn his farm.
H. had, however, in the meantime hern
several times invested with the responsible
ity OF public p''siiion. In 1891, he was
elected = member Of the Board of County
Commissioners, his associates being VIII
liam Mackey, John Il. Francis, and John
son Shippers. He WAS reelected 10 the
same POSITION in 1886, with Samuel Gay,
johnson Shippers, Thomas G. CronkShanks
and Vim. NJ. Townsend. In ISIS, he WAS
elected to the House of Delegates of Mary
land, under the administration of Governor
Vim. Grason, with whom he was personally
intimate. On rhe Goth Of March, 1871. he
WAS commissioned by Governor Grason,
Judge Of the Orphans' Court, with Joseph
Cou,ion and WIN. VI. Townsend. Some
differences OF opinion having arisen II dis
tuvb the perfect harmony of the cuur., Mr..
F"ard vacated this judicial position, his
last sitting with his aSsoeiates being on
N"ccsber Il, 1871. In the following Spring.
William II. Giipin, William Torheri and
Eentrlirt Craddock We're commissioned their
Successors.
III 1851, the year Of his removal to Elkton,
he engaged in mercantile pursuits with
Edmund Brown, under the firm of Brown
u Foarl, i'll he old brick store house that
then stood upon the site ON Main street, on
which the " Hum" block now stands
This partnership continued for two years.
Mr.. Fuard afterwards engaged in the lum-
Der and grain. trade with Mr.. john &. Al
bridge, now of Chicago, Ill, purchasing
the stock and lumber yard of tie late James
5. Purnell, on the lot on North street, on
which now stands the residence of VIM. J.
Jones, Esq, and The Cccu Wig Office
Several Years later, in 1863. he engaged in
the same trade with his Sonin-law, II. ID.
NJ. Howard, on the lot nov" owned by Scott
x Bro. This partnership lasted for three
Years. Afterwards he associated with him
his son, Samuel +. Foardl Jr.. succeeding
the firm of Reese x Foard in which s. +.
Foard, Jr., had been n partner, and en-
gagged us s e. Foard n Son in general iner-
chandisng. lie relinquiShed this business
in 1871, and was shortly afterwards appoint
ed Notary Public, having been subsequently.
in 1876, appointed Justice OF the Peace. an
office held by him at the time OF his death,
he also having been for IL number of Years
one of the Board Of Trustees of the Elktpn
Academy.
Mr.. Foard's children werelivp in number
Robert Levi Foar,l, his eldest son. after
reading law in the Office Of the late Col
John {. Groome, and being admitted 10 th,
Bar of Cecil county in the Autumn of 1872,
removed To Columbus, Texas, where he is
now engaged i'll the practce of lis prof,.s
Sion. Anna Rebecca Foard, his eldest
daughter, and married 10 the Hon John NJ
Miller, the present STATE Senator from this
county, on June ., 1893. Laura V Foard,
the wife OF Charles l.. Bonldcn, married
September 80. 1858, now residing with her
husband i'll Eikton. E.avinia NJ. Howard,
lately deceased, wife OF II. d. NJ. Howard:
and Samuel Il. Foard. Jr., all resident in
Elkton.
Few men Of his generation started life
with more tattering prospects than Samuel
y. Foard, 10 whose memory in addition to
the duty We owe him rs Il public journalist,
we wish to add our tribntr of personal es-
teen and regard. Samuel Il. Foard was
possessed of many noble qualities OF man
hood. AS u friend, he was unSc!fsh, gen
erouS and sympathetic. As a parent, he
WIS considerate, kind and indulgent. Ii
the kindly impulses that characterized him
We're inconsistent with III" aggressive spirit
that impels men in the rivalr;CS and COM
petitions OF business, and the greedy SCI
lower place in our esteem, a. the ros>cSsor
# higher order oil qualities, less appre-
ciated possibly by the Hnretlectivr, but none
the less challenging and deserving cur re-
gard. To say that he had faults is but to
declare him human. Whatever they were
they We're not more numerous, or Of higher
degree, than those shared in common by his
fellow men. He was our lifetime friend,
and with those who shared his irendShi y,
We now join in honoring his memory.