Biography of Henry Gardner, page 567 / 568.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State  Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Henry Gardner, farmer and stock-raiser, Fairfield Township, was born in 
Westmoreland County, Pa., Feb. 14, 1830, the youngest son of John and 
Barbara (Camp) Gardner, and was an infant when his parents moved to Holmes 
County, Ohio, where he was reared and educated, remaining there till 1859, 
when he came to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled on a tract of land he had 
bought in 1850.  He built a cabin for his family, and began to clear and 
improve his land.  He now has a valuable farm of 160 acres, and thirty-eight 
acres a short distance north of his homestead.  Mr. Gardner has been an 
energetic, frugal citizen, and one of the most public spirited and influential 
men of this township.  He was married April 27, 1855, to Eliza Swihart, a 
native of Holmes County, Ohio, daughter of George and Catherine (Snider) 
Swihart.  They had a family of five children---Sarah A., John Q., George W., 
William H., and one that died in infancy.  Mrs. Gardner died April 10, 1864.  
Oct. 5, 1866, Mr. Gardner married Mrs. Sarah Ann (Miller) Dunn, daughter of 
Jacob and Sarah (Ash) Miller.  To them have been born five children---David 
S., Clarence E., Harvey E., Cyrus A., and Irvin H.  In politics Mr. Gardner 
is a Democrat.  He and his wife are members of the Evangelical Lutheran church.

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