Elias Gardner (1822 - 1889)

Born 10 Jul 1822 in Alabama

Husband of Mary Ann (Wood) Gardner — married 23 Jan 1848 in Pike Co., Georgia

Descendants

Died 13 Dec 1889 at age 67 in Eustace, Henderson, Texas, United States

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Biography

Elias was born on 10 Jul 1822.^[1]

Elias married Mary Ann Wood, who was ten years younger than he was, and together they had the following children:

1. Margaret V. Gardner (b. ~1849)^[2]
2. Steven A. Gardner (b. ~1850)^[3]
3. James M. Gardner (b. ~1852)^[4]
4. Georgia A. Gardner (b. ~1855)^[5]
5. Jonathan W. Gardner (b. ~1856)^[6] (See Research Notes)
6. Alabama A. "Mary" Gardner Underwood (b. 1859)^[7][8]
7. Jonathan Gardner (b. ~1860)^[9] (See Research Notes)
8. Martha Gardner (b. ~1861)^[10]
9. Josephene Gardner (b. ~1863)^[11]
10. Mary A. Gardner (b. ~1865)^[12]
11. Nellie Gardner (b. ~1869)^[13]

Research Notes

The 1860 Census lists a Jonathan W. who was four years old at that time, so was born in about 1856. The 1870 Census lists a Jonathan who was 10 in that year, so was born in 1860. There are two possibilities:

1. These are the same person, and the census taker in 1870 simply wrote down the wrong age.
2. These are two different children, the first having died sometime before 1860, and so when the next son was born in 1860, he was given the same name as the dead son, a custom that was common in that era.

Sources

1. ↑ Photo of tombstone on FindAGrave
2. ↑ 1860 Census
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8. ↑ 1870 Census
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12. ↑ 1870 Census
13. ↑ 1870 Census

See Also

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDD-HHQ : 13 December 2017), Elias Gardner, 1860
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXLB-5B5 : 12 April 2016), Alabama Gardner in household of Elias Gardner, Texas, United States; citing p. 26, family 166, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,090.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #66339663 for Dr Elias Gardner, 1822-1889; Burial: Goshen Cemetery, Eustace, Henderson County, Texas.