*Thomas Lardin
born 1765 in the north of Ireland
died 1833

father:
unknown

mother:
unknown

siblings:
unknown

spouse:
*Christina Harsh
born 10 October 1775 Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
died 09 December 1831

children:
Margaret Lardin
Thomas Lardin
James Lardin
Daniel Lardin
Catherine Lardin
John Lardin
Mary Lardin
Jane Lardin
*William Lardin born 19 May 1808 Butler Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania
died 24 March 1896 Clinton Township, Pennsylvania
Robert Lardin born 7 May 1810
Joseph Lardin born 1813 died 1882

biographical and/or anecdotal:
Thomas Lardin Irish Immigrant born 1765 Northern Ireland.
Settled on a 1000 acre plot in what is now Butler County. Along with Patrick Harvey, these were the first two settlers of what is now Clinton Township, Butler, Co. but was then part of Alleghney Co. Some of his children were born east of the mountains and the rest here.
In the earliest Butler Co. histories, Thomas Lardin was the owner of the first iron plow in Butler County. He was Scotch-Irish and fell out with some of his sons over the matter of religion when some were converted to Methodism.
They claimed he was much of a gentleman. When the clearing was made on his land, they had to keep fire going to keep wolves and bears away from the children.
He was probably not Irish since he was not Catholic.

notes or source:
http://homepages.msn.com/spiritst/rlardin/index1.html