Sackville, Sept. 13 - Thomas PICKARD, age 76, one of Sackville oldest citizens, died early this morn. Mr. Pickard was for many years connected with the Male Academy as matematical teacher. He was a prominent Liberal and sat for one session in the Local House. He had been in failing health for some time and his death was not a surprise to friends. Deceased leaves a wife, three sons and a daughter. Mr. Pickard was a member of a well known New Brunswick family. His brother was Rev. Dr. PICKARD, long identified with the interests of the Sackville educational institutions and he was kinsman of John PICKARD who represented York in the Dominion Parliament. Thomas Pickard graduated at the Wesleyan College, Middletown, Conn. where he took his A.M. degree in 1840. He married Mary DIXON of Sackville in 1854. In 1874 he was elected to the Provincial Legislature. The Pickard family came to this province in 1764 from Rowley, Mass., nearly twenty years before the Loyalists.