John and Jane were Joseph A. Bard's great-grandparents, grandparents of Chester Earl Bard, parents of Ellen McKee Bard Starkey. John was a Civil War veteran who saw action as a Privatewith the Illinois 76th Infantry at Vicksburg, Mississippi and Fort Blakely, Alabama.John's Civil War records and pension files are in the National Archives in Washington, DC.Although Jane had remarried as a widow, she and John are buried together in the GAR Cemetery in Watseka, IL.
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