Dr. Isaac N. Gard
Dr. Isaac N. Gard, a son of the Rev. Stephen Gard, the earliest resident preacher in the county, was born in Trenton in 1811, attended the Miami University in Oxford, and graduated at the Ohio Medical University in March, 1831, beginning medical practice in Jacksonburg the same year, where he continued until 1834. He then went to Greenville, Darke County, where he has remained ever since, with some brief interruptions, now having been a practitioner over fifty years. In 1841 and 1842 he represented the counties of Darke, Mercer, Shelby and Miami in the lower house of the Legislature. In 1858 and 1859 he represented the counties of Darke, Miami, and Shelby in the State Senate. He served one year as president of the Greenville and Miami Railroad during its construction, and sixteen years as trustee of the Southern Lunaric Asylum at Dayton.
From A History and Biographical Cyclopædia of Butler County Ohio, With Illustrations and Sketches of its Representative Men and Pioneers, Western Biographical Publishing Company, Cincinnati Ohio, 1882.