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Stephen Gardner

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Stephen Gardner

Birth
Providence, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
1 Jun 1844 (aged 47–48)
Lawrence County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Lancaster, Wabash County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Stephen Gardner was the son of Jesse and Christianna (Simrell) Gardner, born 1796 in Providence, Luzerne (now Lackawanna County), Pennsylvania. He married Abby Foster of Pennsylvania sometime before 1824 and they had nine children together. The family settled in Illinois by April 1838, with Stephen arriving about 1830, as his household is counted twice during the 1830 census; Lawrence Co, Illinois and Greenfield Township, Luzerne (now Lackawanna), Pennsylvania. He died 1 Jun 1844 somewhere in Lawrence County, Illinios (probably Allison.) After his death, his widow moved to Greenwood County, Kansas where she died, but was buried in New Albany, Wilson, Kansas.

Stephen and Abigail (Foster) Gardner's children
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Stephen (? - infant)
Emma Jane (1825 - 1897)
__m. R. Piercy
Jesse (1827 - 1895)
William (1829 - 1907)
Orlenzo (1832 - 1922)
Mary Elizabeth (1834 - 1918)
__m.1 Thomas Lewis
__m.2 Silas Dexter
Napoleon Bonaparte (1838 - 1918)
Samuel (1841 - 1928)
David (1843 - 1906)
Stephen Gardner was the son of Jesse and Christianna (Simrell) Gardner, born 1796 in Providence, Luzerne (now Lackawanna County), Pennsylvania. He married Abby Foster of Pennsylvania sometime before 1824 and they had nine children together. The family settled in Illinois by April 1838, with Stephen arriving about 1830, as his household is counted twice during the 1830 census; Lawrence Co, Illinois and Greenfield Township, Luzerne (now Lackawanna), Pennsylvania. He died 1 Jun 1844 somewhere in Lawrence County, Illinios (probably Allison.) After his death, his widow moved to Greenwood County, Kansas where she died, but was buried in New Albany, Wilson, Kansas.

Stephen and Abigail (Foster) Gardner's children
__________

Stephen (? - infant)
Emma Jane (1825 - 1897)
__m. R. Piercy
Jesse (1827 - 1895)
William (1829 - 1907)
Orlenzo (1832 - 1922)
Mary Elizabeth (1834 - 1918)
__m.1 Thomas Lewis
__m.2 Silas Dexter
Napoleon Bonaparte (1838 - 1918)
Samuel (1841 - 1928)
David (1843 - 1906)

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Tombstone Lists 1799 as date of birth

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