Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 365
SHEDERICK B. CARD

Shederick B. CARD, a resident of section 10, Jefferson, came to Harrison County with his family May 10, 1854, and settled at Six-Mile Grove, Cass Township, where he bought a piece of land on section 20, and remained there thirteen years, and then went to Ohio, and remained in that State eighteen months, and there sold his Harrison County farm. He soon returned and settled at Whitesboro; the land he selected was the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 10, Jefferson Township. He rented land there until 1874, and then moved to his present place. Upon going to this land all was wild and new, with no improvements, and as one looks at his present well improved farm, they are convinced of the fact that he has not been an idle man.

To learn something of our subject's earlier life and ancestry, it may be said that he was born in Portage County, Ohio, February 4, 1833. He is a son of Bostwick S. and Hannah (BLACKBURN) CARD, and is the fourth in a family of eight children. He spent his early years 'midst the forests and prairie openings of the Buckeye State. He attended the common district schools in his native State and one term after coming to Harrison County.

Mr. CARD remained at home until he was married, which event occurred November 13, 1853. His wife's maiden name was Susan M. CHAMBERLAIN, who was a native of Ohio, born December 14, 1835, and the daughter of Peter and Susan (HAMILTON) CHAMBERLAIN. She is the youngest child in a family of seven children. The father and mother both died in Ohio, the latter dying in 1867.

Mr. and Mrs. CARD have been blessed with six children -- Clara, born in 1854; Twins, who died in infancy; Orlin O., born in 1863; Lorin, in 1871; and Clay, in 1875. When Mr. CARD came to Harrison County he was $5 in debt. He came down the Ohio River to St. Louis, and from there to St. Joseph, and there hired livery and came to this county. The first summer after he came here he worked at any labor he could do; he remained eighteen months before he bought his land.

Politically our subject believes in the principles as administered by the Republican party. During all of the years of his residence in Harrison County he has borne the respect of his neighbors and worked for the general upbuilding and development of his county and township. And by industry and a study of agriculture he has built for himself and his family a comfortable home, and like most of the early settlers who have been frugal and painstaking, is surrounded by the comforts of a pleasant life.

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