Born: Prior to 1813.
Died: 1845.
Came from an Eastern State to Barney's Prairie settlement, in what is now Wabash County, in 1813. He was a man of ability, initiative and perspective, and was probably the leading man in that section. He was a member of the third Territorial Legislature, and was also a member of the convention that framed the State Constitution in 1818. He was the first elder of the Barney's Prairie Church. To him, with Min. James Pool, Joseph Wood and others, is due the honor of starting that church on the apostolic basis. Mr. Gard died in 1845.