The Atlanta constitution., 1898-10-03
FAMILY AND ANCESTRY OF
THOMAS FRANCIS BAYARD

1hofnaS Francis Bayard was a distin-
gulshed member of an eminent family.
since long before the revolutionary war
ulneS the Bayards have been conspcuous
III the countryS history as patriots and
many acquired national fame as Jurists
NlchoiaS. the first ancestor to come to
Ahiellca son Of an Amsterdam mer-
chant, though of French Iiuguenot ex-
| traction and a nephew of Governor Stuyve-
Sant was secretary of the province of
New York in 1872 mayor of New York In
1000 and holder of several other important
provincial Offices Colonel John Bayard a
grandson, was a member of the provincial
council of 1774; a leader of the movement
for Independence in Philadelphia a mem
Der of the council of safety; colonel of the
Second Continental regiment raised in
Philadelphia in 1155; speaker Of the as
sembly in 17T; member of tho continental
congress in 1855, besides having been hon
ored with many other offices of great trust
-Four members of the Bayard family. di-
rect descendants of the foregoing, have had
senatorial honors bestowed upon them by
the little state of DelaWare-Thomas Fran
els Bayard. his father; James Asheton
Bayard, his grandfather. of the same
name. the negouator of the treaty of
Ghent and his uncle Richard Henry Bay
ard. His Grandmother's fa,Aer. Governor
Bassett of Delaware, was also the recipl-
Thomas Francis Bayard was born in
Wilmington. Del, Oct. 18th, 1928, and was
a younger son In his thirteenth year he
entered school at Flushing, l.. |. Here he
remained two years. At the expiration of
that period, being intended by his father
for mercantile pursuits, a CIerkship was
obtained for him in the establishment of
Mr.. Bayard's brother-in-aW, August Van
Cortlandt Schermerhorn. Here he received
an excellent business training.
In 1913 his elder brother dled, Whercupon,
at the request of his parents, he returned
to Wilmington. Having a liking for his
fathers profession. that of law. he became
IL student with that end in view and was
admitted to the bar in 1851. He Immediate
ly began the practice Of his profession with
his father and was successful from the
beginning. his local fame spreading rapid
ly. In 1858 he appointed United States
district . 'Orney for Delaware, but resign
ed in the following year. In 1900 Mr.. Bay
ardl removed TO Philadelphia, where ne
formed a legal Co-partncrship with William
Shippen. This connection lasted five years,
being terminated by the death Qf Mr.. Ship
pen. Mr. Bayard, on the death Of his
father returned to Wilmington. where he
was needed by his father. who was then
engrosscd with public duties. When the
war of the rebellion began Nj. Bayard
was pursuing his profession. With the first
mutterings of war the people of Whining
ton set about establishing means of self
protection. A militia company was or
8anized and Thomas f. Bayard was elected
its first lieutenant. IN June, 1861, meet
ing Of citizens was hcl3 at Dover and
Iicuteuant Bayard was one of the prin-
cipaia. He denounced tine "aI and his Io-
marks on that occasion have been quoted
in later years as an argument against his
availability as a presidential candidate.
Meanwhile Mr.. Bayard'8 popularity in his