Joseph Gardner was born in Yorktown, Pennsylvania, January 26, 1844, and died at his home in Akron, Iowa, March 29, 1923, aged 79 years, 2 months and 3 days.
When a boy he, with his parents, moved to Clinton County, Iowa, near the village of Wheatland. He was united in marriage with Mary Louise Jouber on November 2, 1865, and to this union seven children were born-Mrs. Eber Bly, of Spokane, Wash.; W.H. Gardner, of Selby, S.D.; E.W. Gardner, of Fergus Falls, Minn.; Mrs. B.V. Goodroad, of Sulphur, S.D.; Mrs. E.U. Goodroad, Mrs. Wilson Heasley and Mrs. Harvey Welch, of Akron vicinity.
In the year 1870 he, with his wife and three small children, moved from eastern Iowa to Union county, South Dakota (the Dakota Territory), and took a claim helping to settle the country, along with the other old pioneers, some of whom have gone before and a few are left to follow on. He lived on his farm near Pleasant Hill, with the exception of two years in Vermillion, until three years ago, when he moved to Akron, Iowa, where he resided until death came as a merciful relief to his sufferings. He suffered a stroke of paralysis October 28, 1922, from which he was confined to his bed until the end.
Besides his wife and children, he leaves to mourn his departure a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren and one brother, Henry Gardner, of Jamestown, North Dakota. He was a charter member of the Pleasant Hill U.B. Church. A man of sterling character and industrious habits a kind and devoted husband and father and a helpful neighbor and staunch friend, he was held in highest esteem by all who knew him and will be widely missed and mourned.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Weaver at the Pleasant Hill U.B. Church on Saturday afternoon, March 30th, west of here in Union County, S.D., and interment was in the cemetery there.
[Source: The Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel; Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA; Tuesday, April 3, 1923; Volume LIII, Number 27]
When a boy he, with his parents, moved to Clinton County, Iowa, near the village of Wheatland. He was united in marriage with Mary Louise Jouber on November 2, 1865, and to this union seven children were born-Mrs. Eber Bly, of Spokane, Wash.; W.H. Gardner, of Selby, S.D.; E.W. Gardner, of Fergus Falls, Minn.; Mrs. B.V. Goodroad, of Sulphur, S.D.; Mrs. E.U. Goodroad, Mrs. Wilson Heasley and Mrs. Harvey Welch, of Akron vicinity.
In the year 1870 he, with his wife and three small children, moved from eastern Iowa to Union county, South Dakota (the Dakota Territory), and took a claim helping to settle the country, along with the other old pioneers, some of whom have gone before and a few are left to follow on. He lived on his farm near Pleasant Hill, with the exception of two years in Vermillion, until three years ago, when he moved to Akron, Iowa, where he resided until death came as a merciful relief to his sufferings. He suffered a stroke of paralysis October 28, 1922, from which he was confined to his bed until the end.
Besides his wife and children, he leaves to mourn his departure a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren and one brother, Henry Gardner, of Jamestown, North Dakota. He was a charter member of the Pleasant Hill U.B. Church. A man of sterling character and industrious habits a kind and devoted husband and father and a helpful neighbor and staunch friend, he was held in highest esteem by all who knew him and will be widely missed and mourned.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Weaver at the Pleasant Hill U.B. Church on Saturday afternoon, March 30th, west of here in Union County, S.D., and interment was in the cemetery there.
[Source: The Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel; Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA; Tuesday, April 3, 1923; Volume LIII, Number 27]
Joseph Gardner was born in Yorktown, Pennsylvania, January 26, 1844, and died at his home in Akron, Iowa, March 29, 1923, aged 79 years, 2 months and 3 days.
When a boy he, with his parents, moved to Clinton County, Iowa, near the village of Wheatland. He was united in marriage with Mary Louise Jouber on November 2, 1865, and to this union seven children were born-Mrs. Eber Bly, of Spokane, Wash.; W.H. Gardner, of Selby, S.D.; E.W. Gardner, of Fergus Falls, Minn.; Mrs. B.V. Goodroad, of Sulphur, S.D.; Mrs. E.U. Goodroad, Mrs. Wilson Heasley and Mrs. Harvey Welch, of Akron vicinity.
In the year 1870 he, with his wife and three small children, moved from eastern Iowa to Union county, South Dakota (the Dakota Territory), and took a claim helping to settle the country, along with the other old pioneers, some of whom have gone before and a few are left to follow on. He lived on his farm near Pleasant Hill, with the exception of two years in Vermillion, until three years ago, when he moved to Akron, Iowa, where he resided until death came as a merciful relief to his sufferings. He suffered a stroke of paralysis October 28, 1922, from which he was confined to his bed until the end.
Besides his wife and children, he leaves to mourn his departure a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren and one brother, Henry Gardner, of Jamestown, North Dakota. He was a charter member of the Pleasant Hill U.B. Church. A man of sterling character and industrious habits a kind and devoted husband and father and a helpful neighbor and staunch friend, he was held in highest esteem by all who knew him and will be widely missed and mourned.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Weaver at the Pleasant Hill U.B. Church on Saturday afternoon, March 30th, west of here in Union County, S.D., and interment was in the cemetery there.
[Source: The Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel; Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA; Tuesday, April 3, 1923; Volume LIII, Number 27]
When a boy he, with his parents, moved to Clinton County, Iowa, near the village of Wheatland. He was united in marriage with Mary Louise Jouber on November 2, 1865, and to this union seven children were born-Mrs. Eber Bly, of Spokane, Wash.; W.H. Gardner, of Selby, S.D.; E.W. Gardner, of Fergus Falls, Minn.; Mrs. B.V. Goodroad, of Sulphur, S.D.; Mrs. E.U. Goodroad, Mrs. Wilson Heasley and Mrs. Harvey Welch, of Akron vicinity.
In the year 1870 he, with his wife and three small children, moved from eastern Iowa to Union county, South Dakota (the Dakota Territory), and took a claim helping to settle the country, along with the other old pioneers, some of whom have gone before and a few are left to follow on. He lived on his farm near Pleasant Hill, with the exception of two years in Vermillion, until three years ago, when he moved to Akron, Iowa, where he resided until death came as a merciful relief to his sufferings. He suffered a stroke of paralysis October 28, 1922, from which he was confined to his bed until the end.
Besides his wife and children, he leaves to mourn his departure a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren and one brother, Henry Gardner, of Jamestown, North Dakota. He was a charter member of the Pleasant Hill U.B. Church. A man of sterling character and industrious habits a kind and devoted husband and father and a helpful neighbor and staunch friend, he was held in highest esteem by all who knew him and will be widely missed and mourned.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Weaver at the Pleasant Hill U.B. Church on Saturday afternoon, March 30th, west of here in Union County, S.D., and interment was in the cemetery there.
[Source: The Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel; Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA; Tuesday, April 3, 1923; Volume LIII, Number 27]
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