While living in Rush Co. Indiana four of their children were married - Sarah Jane in 1832, Sina C. in 1839, Isabel in 1840, and Matthew J. in 1844. Matthew and Sina sold their land 21 Sep 1849, dB S, p. 56.

The family moved west to Montgomery Co. Indiana where they were found in the 1850 census. Matthew bought land 12 Feb 1852, dB 17, p. 541, and 28 Jan 1853, dB 18, p. 553. In October Matthew died intestate. Sina, widow of Matthew and their children, Samuel D. & Mary Ann his wife, Lemuel Burk & Isabel M. his wife, Robert Dearmond & Margaret H. his wife and David & Ellen his wife are listed as the heirs of law of Matthew. Matthew was buried in the cemetery at the western edge of New Richmond. He was 72y 5m 17d at his death. A couple of years later his daughter, Margaret, was laid to rest next to him.

Sina, widow of Matthew, and children, Samuel D. Garard & Mary Ann his wife, Lemuel Burk & Isabel M. His wife, Robert Dearmond & Margaret his wife, and David Garard & Ellen his wife are listed as the heirs of law of Matthew, DB20, p. 660, when they sold land 13 Feb. 1855. This was the known record Sina signed. Sina, evidently, went to live with her son David in Shelby Co., Indiana after the land was sold. Shelby Co., Indiana Probate Order Book 2, 1856-1858, p. 213 lists Martin M. Ray as the appointed administrator of Sina Garard's estate, 5 Dec. 1858. Her son, David signed a receipt 31 May 1856 for his share of what his mother would have been entitled to had she been living as the widow of Matthew R. Garard. Receipts from the other children as heirs include: M. J. Garard, Sina Garard, Samuel D. Garard, Isabel & Lemuel Burk, Sarah Jane & Thomas Davis, Robert Dearmond, widower of Margaret, his receipt in 1855 and John Cormican, widower of Maria, signed his receipt in 1856. Grandchildren who signed receipts were Matthew, Alexander, Robert L. Dearmond, & Jane Dearmond Whitehead, David Cormican & Martha Cormican Shirley.