"Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ65-48S : 21 July 2015), Henry A. Gardner and Martha Ann Shaw, 16 Oct 1873; citing Shelby, Alabama, United States, county courthouses, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,571,844.
Her marriage: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DQ-B94S
1860 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDD-SZZ
1870 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHK1-GMP
1880 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4V6-RBQ
1900 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M96M-M8P
1910 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKW7-7P5
1920 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXCB-D2D
Her DEATH: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDV5-J7N
Find a grave: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKS-3T9F
Martha Gardner is buried in Union Methodist Church Cemetery, Westover Ala.
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