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D.A. Ard, 86, veteran citizen of Henderson County and among the oldest residents of this section, passed away at the family home on Owen Street Friday morning at 6:48 o'clock.
Funeral services were held from the home on Owen Street at 10 o'clock Friday with Revs. D.R. Cartlidge and Marvin Johnson conducting the service. Burial was at the City Cemetery here.
Mr. Ard had been seriously ill for several days and the end was not unexpected.
David Augustus (Pick) Ard was born October 5, 1848 at Ozark, Dale county Alabama. He came to Texas when he was 23 years of age, coming by train to Hallsville, near Marshall, where the T.P. lines stopped. He went south from there ,walking and catching rides in ox carts to what is known as Old Fincastle in this county. Here he lived with his uncle John Ard until 1874 when he married Miss Laura LaPrad and moved to the old Friendship community, South of Brownsboro. Here he farmed with ox team, hauling his cotton to Shreveport to market. They later moved to Black Jack; then to Murchison where they lived until eight years ago when they came to Athens.
Nine children were born to this union, four having died in infancy. Those surviving are Mrs. John McRae, Mrs. Will Lee, Mrs. Jack Lewis, all of Athens and Will D. Ard of Brownsboro and Mrs. Agnes Lawler of Dallas. His widow also survives. Surviving also are seventeen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
On November 4th, Mr. and Mrs. Ard celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary. At that time all the children but one was present, as were fifteen of the grandchildren and two of the five great-grandchildren.
Mr. Ard was well and favorably known to a large circle of friends over the county. Not withstanding his advanced age, he was very active up until the time he became ill and was a familiar figure on the streets of Athens.
Published in the Athens Review Jan. 3, 1935
D.A. Ard, 86, veteran citizen of Henderson County and among the oldest residents of this section, passed away at the family home on Owen Street Friday morning at 6:48 o'clock.
Funeral services were held from the home on Owen Street at 10 o'clock Friday with Revs. D.R. Cartlidge and Marvin Johnson conducting the service. Burial was at the City Cemetery here.
Mr. Ard had been seriously ill for several days and the end was not unexpected.
David Augustus (Pick) Ard was born October 5, 1848 at Ozark, Dale county Alabama. He came to Texas when he was 23 years of age, coming by train to Hallsville, near Marshall, where the T.P. lines stopped. He went south from there ,walking and catching rides in ox carts to what is known as Old Fincastle in this county. Here he lived with his uncle John Ard until 1874 when he married Miss Laura LaPrad and moved to the old Friendship community, South of Brownsboro. Here he farmed with ox team, hauling his cotton to Shreveport to market. They later moved to Black Jack; then to Murchison where they lived until eight years ago when they came to Athens.
Nine children were born to this union, four having died in infancy. Those surviving are Mrs. John McRae, Mrs. Will Lee, Mrs. Jack Lewis, all of Athens and Will D. Ard of Brownsboro and Mrs. Agnes Lawler of Dallas. His widow also survives. Surviving also are seventeen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
On November 4th, Mr. and Mrs. Ard celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary. At that time all the children but one was present, as were fifteen of the grandchildren and two of the five great-grandchildren.
Mr. Ard was well and favorably known to a large circle of friends over the county. Not withstanding his advanced age, he was very active up until the time he became ill and was a familiar figure on the streets of Athens.
Published in the Athens Review Jan. 3, 1935
Home Guard Alabama Militia CSA
D.A. Ard, 86, veteran citizen of Henderson County and among the oldest residents of this section, passed away at the family home on Owen Street Friday morning at 6:48 o'clock.
Funeral services were held from the home on Owen Street at 10 o'clock Friday with Revs. D.R. Cartlidge and Marvin Johnson conducting the service. Burial was at the City Cemetery here.
Mr. Ard had been seriously ill for several days and the end was not unexpected.
David Augustus (Pick) Ard was born October 5, 1848 at Ozark, Dale county Alabama. He came to Texas when he was 23 years of age, coming by train to Hallsville, near Marshall, where the T.P. lines stopped. He went south from there ,walking and catching rides in ox carts to what is known as Old Fincastle in this county. Here he lived with his uncle John Ard until 1874 when he married Miss Laura LaPrad and moved to the old Friendship community, South of Brownsboro. Here he farmed with ox team, hauling his cotton to Shreveport to market. They later moved to Black Jack; then to Murchison where they lived until eight years ago when they came to Athens.
Nine children were born to this union, four having died in infancy. Those surviving are Mrs. John McRae, Mrs. Will Lee, Mrs. Jack Lewis, all of Athens and Will D. Ard of Brownsboro and Mrs. Agnes Lawler of Dallas. His widow also survives. Surviving also are seventeen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
On November 4th, Mr. and Mrs. Ard celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary. At that time all the children but one was present, as were fifteen of the grandchildren and two of the five great-grandchildren.
Mr. Ard was well and favorably known to a large circle of friends over the county. Not withstanding his advanced age, he was very active up until the time he became ill and was a familiar figure on the streets of Athens.
Published in the Athens Review Jan. 3, 1935
D.A. Ard, 86, veteran citizen of Henderson County and among the oldest residents of this section, passed away at the family home on Owen Street Friday morning at 6:48 o'clock.
Funeral services were held from the home on Owen Street at 10 o'clock Friday with Revs. D.R. Cartlidge and Marvin Johnson conducting the service. Burial was at the City Cemetery here.
Mr. Ard had been seriously ill for several days and the end was not unexpected.
David Augustus (Pick) Ard was born October 5, 1848 at Ozark, Dale county Alabama. He came to Texas when he was 23 years of age, coming by train to Hallsville, near Marshall, where the T.P. lines stopped. He went south from there ,walking and catching rides in ox carts to what is known as Old Fincastle in this county. Here he lived with his uncle John Ard until 1874 when he married Miss Laura LaPrad and moved to the old Friendship community, South of Brownsboro. Here he farmed with ox team, hauling his cotton to Shreveport to market. They later moved to Black Jack; then to Murchison where they lived until eight years ago when they came to Athens.
Nine children were born to this union, four having died in infancy. Those surviving are Mrs. John McRae, Mrs. Will Lee, Mrs. Jack Lewis, all of Athens and Will D. Ard of Brownsboro and Mrs. Agnes Lawler of Dallas. His widow also survives. Surviving also are seventeen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
On November 4th, Mr. and Mrs. Ard celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary. At that time all the children but one was present, as were fifteen of the grandchildren and two of the five great-grandchildren.
Mr. Ard was well and favorably known to a large circle of friends over the county. Not withstanding his advanced age, he was very active up until the time he became ill and was a familiar figure on the streets of Athens.
Published in the Athens Review Jan. 3, 1935
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