He was a veteran of the Revolutionary War as Elizabeth drew a pension. It is hard to tell if this is 1883 or 1863, but the math only works to age 75 based on an 1863 date.
Source: The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio by John Brainard Mansfield, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, pub (Part V Biographical Sketches) on pg 624: "The first religious society was of the Methodist Protestant persuasion. After worshiping in private houses, the class about 1838, built on Henry Gardner's place, in the southwest quarter of Section 12, a small log meeting house, known as the High Hill Church. It had a mud-daubed interior, seats made of split chestnut poles, no pulpit, but a platform instead, withal a typical pioneer structure. Among the early members were David and John Gardner and Nathan Meeks, Sr. The society did not attain a great numerical strength, and in a few years perished."
He was a veteran of the Revolutionary War as Elizabeth drew a pension. It is hard to tell if this is 1883 or 1863, but the math only works to age 75 based on an 1863 date.
Source: The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio by John Brainard Mansfield, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, pub (Part V Biographical Sketches) on pg 624: "The first religious society was of the Methodist Protestant persuasion. After worshiping in private houses, the class about 1838, built on Henry Gardner's place, in the southwest quarter of Section 12, a small log meeting house, known as the High Hill Church. It had a mud-daubed interior, seats made of split chestnut poles, no pulpit, but a platform instead, withal a typical pioneer structure. Among the early members were David and John Gardner and Nathan Meeks, Sr. The society did not attain a great numerical strength, and in a few years perished."
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DAVID GARDNER
1788 —- 1863
AGED 75 YR's
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ELIZABETH HIS WIFE
1791 —- 1864
AGED 73 YR.
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