BIO: Cephas Little BARD, M.D., Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA

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Medical Men of Franklin County, 1750-1925 by Ambrose Watts Thrush, M.D.;
Chambersburg, Pa.; Medical Society of Franklin County, Page 91 
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CEPHAS LITTLE BARD, M.D.

1843 – 1902

Dr. Bard was a son of Robert M. and Elizabeth (Little) Bard and a grandson of 
Dr. Peter W. Little, Mercersburg, Pa.  He was educated at the Chambersburg 
Academy, studied medicine with Dr. A. H. Senseny, Chambersburg, Pa.  Dr. Bard 
was a volunteer in the Civil War, serving 1861 to 1863.  He was mustered out in 
1863 and was graduated M.D. 1864 from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 
Pa., and at once entered the Army as Surgeon.  After the war he began the 
practice of medicine in Chambersburg in partnership with Dr. T. J. McLanahan.  
In 1868 he removed to California, where he later attained prominence as a 
physician and a public spirited citizen.  He died in 1902 in California.