GARDNER, FRANKLIN

GARDNER, WILSON

Posted By: Marilyn Norris Holmes
Date: 4/14/2013 at 14:57:33

The 1880 History of Poweshiek County Iowa

Warren Township

Page 803

GARDNER, FRANKLIN--Farmer, section 33, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born October 1, 1831, in Belmont county, Ohio, where, after finishing his education he engaged in tilling the soil till the spring of 1859, when he moved to Bureau county, Illinois, there engaging in farming till August 16, 1862, when he enlisted in company B, Ninety-third Illinois infantry, in which he served one year, being discharged on account of poor health; was at the siege of Vicksburg. After receiving his discharge he returned to Illinois, and farmed there till April, 1868, when he moved to Brooklyn, Iowa, and worked by the day and at farming till January, 1876, when he moved upon the farm where he now lives and cultivates 125 acres of land. Mr. Gardner was married March 8, 1866, in Illinois, to Miss Eliza Wilson, a native of Belmont county, Ohio; they have three children; George Everett (born June 19, 1867), Marie (born November 14, 1870) and Willie (born June 16, 1875).