My Genealogy Hound

HENRY GARDNER, farmer; P. O. Troy; born in Ireland; is a son of Charles and Ann Gardner, who were also born in Ireland, and lived and died there. They were parents of six children, of whom four are now living, viz., John, who is somewhere in America; William, who came to America, but returned again to Ireland, where he still lives; Charles, living in Canada; and Henry. Mr. Gardner, our subject, came from Ireland to America in 1847, and was in Canada about two years, then removed to Miami Co., and located first on the Robert Sproul farm, where he lived about eighteen years; then on the farm where he now resides. On Feb. 28, 1854, he married Rebecca Jane, daughter of Robert and Isabella Sproul. They have had six children, viz., Nancy Bell, Robert Charles, Sarah Elizabeth, William Thomas, Samuel Ellsworth and Elvin Hays. Mr. Gardner has now resided twelve years on his present farm of 150 acres of fine land, with good buildings and improvements.