Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
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REV. KIRTLAND CARD

Rev. Kirtland CARD (deceased) was among the first men who effected a settlement in Harrison County, locating in Cass Township in 1863. He was born in Portage County, Ohio, in 1828, of Scotch descent, and was the son of Bostwick and Hannah (BLACKBURN) CARD, natives of Connecticut and Pennsylvania, respectively. He received his education at the common schools in the Buckeye State, and began preaching in 1859 and continued until 1864, as a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. At this time he was compelled to quit the ministry on account of ill health. He was married September 10, 1847, to Polly CALVIN. By this marriage nine children were born, six of whom are still living: John B., Amelia, Sylvester K., Mary, Luella and William.

Mr. CARD proclaimed the Gospel at many points in Western Iowa, in pioneer days, and during the Civil War. He was a man highly respected for his manliness, and Christian graces. He passed from the scenes of life, in the spring of 1891. The widow lives at the home left her by the deceased, with the two youngest children.

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