Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-15

Conn. On May 1s. 1s42, when the boy and came to Norwich and entered the employment of Ebenezer Fuller who then kept a drygoods store at 112-11i Main street After several years with Mir Fuller, who was the father of the late James E. Fuller of Norwich, he was for a short while in the office of the steam boat company then plying between Nor wich and New York. March 1. 1s49. he entered the Thames bank, then state bank, of which he became assistant cash tier on June 26, 1854. He was elected cashier June %. 1851, succeeding Ly- man Brewer. the only cashier the bank had had from its organization in 1925. He was elected cashier of the Thames National bank upon it's organization. Jan. 10. 1865. and elected a director Jan. 12. 1869 When he resigned, Sept Is. 1871. to become q partner of the late M K Jessup of New York in the firm of NJ. K. Jessup & Co.,. he had been connected with the Thames bank for over 22 years In 1874 Mir. Bard became president of the Continental National bank in New York. then at , Nassau street on the site of the present Hanover National bank. About this time also Mir. Bard was president of the Mineral Range and the Hancock and Calumet railroad com panies. and in 1878 he was made bank commissioner of the state of Connecticut. In the early sos he joined the New York, West Shore and Buffalo railroad 1 then in formation and during the period l of construction was vice president. hut resigned when the road passed into tho | control of the New York Central He 1 then returned to Norxich. where his l family had lived continuously. and he was at various times a director in and president of the Merchants National | bank. the First National bank and the | Thames Loan & Trust Co His lonces; business service was with the Norwich Savings Sociaty which he became trustee in 1854. a director in 1888. 2 vice president in 1894. a-I was presi- dent from 1901 until his . rement from business in 1913. At his death he was was sertor trustee after a service of nearly 61 years.
 Mir. Bard was an officer of the Nor. wich Bleaching. Dyeing and Printing Company at the time of its consolida. ton with other bleacheries to form tht United States Finishing Company ir | 1899, and served as a director uuti
 1913. for many years being also vic'
 president. He was a trustee of the Nor
 wich Free Academy from 1880 until hi
 death.
 
 First National hank. vice president ani
 director of tine IT. s. Finishing Co. vic president and director Of the Richmon
 Radiator Co. director of the Otra Wool en O.. Yantic Woolen Co, and the Cn . cas Paper CO.
 . During his younger days Mir. Ear ,, was member of the Second Conere-s
 tional church but at the time of the frr
 nation of the Park Congregation
 rar ha saI zs
 being one of its first members. , His first wife was the late Eliza Pei
 kins Daniels, daughter of Albert Dar
 iels of Canandaigua- \. '. She died 2 1871 and in 1873 he married the late F. . len E. Thacher, widow of wareham Wi 2 Hams, of Norwich. She died May I 1904. .. He leaves surviving a son. Albert i. Bard of New York. a daughter. Mary l U lFWilliams (Mrs. Robert Williams) liym 7 in Boston, a step-son, Robert William . and two step-daughters, the Misses He :, en and Annie Williams Of 241 Broadwa Norwich.
 In the latter years of his life he ha I spent some time at Brooklyn, Conn, b v boyhood home, where his older bruth and only other remaining member of q ' family, J. Sprague Bard, died two yea : ago. He also had resided for a tine VI Old Windham.
 s ss Unhagging industry was a characteri :" tic of his long and active business Ii
 and there was never day until his r a tirement that he was not at his desk Ei nn Al ing personal attention to the details ~ the responsible positions which he mel 'tt Having had a wide experience in finanIi
 matters. his knowledge and energy r. i been of great benefit. both to the inst
 tutions and individuals who have soug n his advice. Always thorough, never d
 ing things by halves, he succeeded whc s others have failed, and when bo retir -.' from active business life at the age 2 S6, his vigor of intellect was as brig 'I and keen as ever.
 Mir Bard for many years enjoyed ie close intimacy with many financial IT.: le of great prominence and national ceIe T. rity. He had always been a student " conditions, which. with natural aptitu for handling difficult financial probler 'e gave him keen discernpent and unu ie ual analytical power which made I It judgment dependable and valuable.