Biography of Dr. C.A. Gardner,  page 453.   History of Northeast Indiana; 
LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, and DeKalb Counties, Vol. II, under the editorial 
supervision of Ira Ford, Orville Stevens, William H. McEwen, and William H. 
McIntosh.  The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1920.  

   Dr. C.A. Gardner.  Among the professional men of Kendallville, Indiana is 
Dr. Cyrus Alvin Gardner, who has been in the practice of medicine and 
surgery in that place of the past fifteen years.
   Doctor Gardner was born in Fairfield Township, DeKalb County, Indiana, 
January 10, 1875, a 
son of Henry and Sarah (Miller) Gardner.  His father was a native of 
Pennsylvania and his mother of Ohio.  His father, at the age of six years, 
moved with his parents to Holmes County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood.  In 
1845 he located on a farm in DeKalb County, Indiana, being one of the early 
pioneers of the county.  He remained on the same farm until 1899, when he 
moved to Kendallville, where he lived until his death.
   Doctor Gardner was born and reared on a farm. He received his 
preliminary education in the district school, graduating from the grades 
in 1893.  In September of the same year he entered the academic department 
of Wittenberg College at Springfield, Ohio, graduating from that department 
in the spring of 1895. In the fall of the same year he entered Wittenberg 
College, completing the course in the spring of 1899 with the degree of A.B.  
He was prominent in student affairs in college.   He was president of 
his senior class and was also especially active in athletics.  He was a 
member of the college track team and of the varsity football team, being 
captain of the college team when Wittenberg gained the Ohio championship.  
He is a member of the Greek letter fraternity, Phi Gamma Delta.
   In the fall of 1899 Doctor Gardner entered Rush Medical College at 
Chicago and completed his course there June 18, 1902, receiving the degree 
of M.D. The same year he received from Wittenberg College the degree of A. 
M.  Immediately after graduating, from Rush Medical College Doctor Gardner 
located in Kendallville, Indiana, where he has a high reputation in medical 
circles. He is secretary of the Board of Health and Charities of Kendallville, 
is surgeon for the Ft. Wayne and Northwestern Railroad, and was acting 
surgeon for the New York Central lines in 1918.  He is an active member of 
the Noble County Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Society and of 
the American Medical Society.
   Doctor Gardner was married in Chicago, November 12, 1901, to Etta Mae 
Barringer of Springfield, Ohio.  They are members of the Presbyterian 
Church and he is a Knight Templar Mason.

Submitted by:
Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
Agoodwin@ctlnet.com