Gardner, James L.

GARDNER

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Date: 6/29/2021 at 00:16:18

History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.849

JAMES L. GARDNER
James L. Gardner, who owns and operates a good farm of eighty acres on section 27, Lincoln Township, is a native of Illinois, his birth occurring in Logan County, that state on Christmas day of 1875. He is a son of Giles C. Gardner, of Palmyra Township, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. He was a lad of about eight years when brought by his parents to Iowa and in Warren County he was reared and educated in much the usual manner of farm boys. However, he received more than ordinary school privileges, not only attending the public schools of Palmyra and Indianola but also Simp­son College, and later completing a business course at a Burlington Commercial College.
In Indianola, on the 19th of December 1901, Mr. Gardner was united in marriage to Miss Maggie L. Darnell, who was born and reared in this county, being a daughter of C. W. Darnell, who is also represented in this volume. She attended the Indianola high school and Simpson College. Mr. and Mrs. Gard­ner began their domestic life upon the farm in Lincoln Township where they yet reside. In connection with general farming he is also engaged in fattening stock for market and makes a business of buying and shipping horses, cattle and hogs. He annually fattens about three carloads which he ships to the city markets and he has found his stock-raising interest quite profitable.
Mr. and Mrs. Gardner lost their only child, Dorothy Mildred, who died in infancy in the fall of 1906. They have a wide circle of friends in the community where their married life has been passed and wherever known are held in high regard. In politics Mr. Gardner is an unswerving Republican but has never cared for political honors.