456                 HISTORY OF CLAY COUNTY

    In February, 1868, Mr. Gard married Sarah E. Anderson. She was
born in Owen county, Indiana, in Jackson township, a daughter of Robert
Anderson, and granddaughter of Isaac Anderson, an Indiana pioneer.
Isaac Anderson came from North Carolina, presumably his native state,
to Indiana in 1822, with his wife and children making the journey with
teams, and bringing all of his earthly possessions. Locating in what is
now Cass township, Clay county, he entered a tract of government land,
a part of which is now included within the limits of the village of Poland.
This section of the country was then a vast wilderness, the home of wild
beasts, and the hunting ground of the Indians. Reclaiming a farm from
the forest, he continued as a farmer until his death, about 1854. His wife,
whose maiden name was Barbara Dyer, survived him, and in 1859, with
three of her sons and some of her neighbors, went to Kansas, making an
overland journey. Settling in Bourbon county, she was there during the
troublous times that preceded and during the Civil War, continuing her
residence in that county until her death, at a ripe old age. She reared
seven children, namely: James, Joel, Robert,- George, Daniel, Isaac and
Eliza. Born near Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1813, Robert Anderson
was a lad of nine years when he came with his parents to Cass township,
Clay county, where he was reared. On attaining his majority, he entered
eighty acres of government land in Jackson township, Owen county, and
there built the log cabin on which his children were born. For a number
of years thereafter Terre Haute, twenty-five miles away, was the nearest
market. Deer were plentiful, roaming at will through the, woods, which
was also the home of bears and wolves. Subsequently clearing a large part
of the land, he replaced the log cabin with a frame house, erected a fine set
of farm buildings, and there lived until his death, at the advanced age of
eighty-three years. He married Lydia Cagel, who was born in North
Carolina, and came with her father, John Cagel, to Cass township, Clay
county, where he bought land and improved a homestead. She died in
1871, having reared seven children, as follows: Mary Jane, Daniel, John
C., Sarah, Edward, Elizabeth and Alice.
    Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Gard, namely: Willis L.;
John R.; Iva F.; Mary V., who died at the age of eighteen years; Henry
R., who lived but fourteen years; Ada M.; Frederick C.; and Flona E.,
who died when sixteen years old, in March, 1908. Willis L. married
Dovey Chamberlain. John R. married Martha Jackson, and they have
three children, Jessie 0., Hugh M. and Vola. Iva F., wife of Ross
Tucker, has six children, Edith, Jacob, Sarah, Lucy, Ernest and Velma.
Ada, wife of John Knust, has two children, Herbert and Effie. Fred C.
assists his father in the care of the home farm. Mr. and Mrs. Gard and
their family are members of the Christian church. Mr. Gard is a Demo-
crat and is somewhat independent in his franchise. He is a member of
the G. A. R. Post at Cory, Indiana.

    HORATIO A. MORGAN has made his home in Brazil since 1869, and
was born in Vermilion county, Illinois, November 22, 1846, a son of Zack-
quill and Mary (Morgan) Morgan, a grandson of Uriah Morgan, who
was born in Virginia, and a great-grandson of David Morgan, the
progenitor of the family in America. David Morgan was born in Wales
and came to Virginia about the year 1700, his family having been among
the first to locate in the Old Dominion state and Morgantown was named
in their honor.