MR. STEPHEN GARDNER, who died in Hastings, Minn., March 11, was born Dec. 7, 1806, in Bolton, Mass. He was fitted to enter Harvard College, but chose a different career, being disposed from an early age to mark out an independent course for himself. Leaving home in December, 1827, he soon turned his footsteps toward Pittsburg, Penn., where he found employment for a time in the salt works.
In the spring of 1831 he served under Gen. Gaines during the Black Hawk war. In 1832 he supplied steam boats with wood, employing a large force of workmen, and it was during this year that Mr. Gardner, living in a log shanty and working hard, laid the foundation of his large estate. He removed to Columbia, Ill., and being upright, honest and high-minded in his business relations he met with
gratifying success. During the rebellion he showed his patriotism by furnishing the money to fit a company for the battlefield.
In 1864 he removed to Hastings, Minn., where he purchased the important mill site at Vermillion Falls, with about 100 acres of land. In the same year he built a large stone mill, one of the finest in the State, and his flour commanded a higher price than any other brand in Minnesota. He also built an weight-run flouring mill at Cannon Falls,
Minn. He was also largely interested in banking, being President of the First National Bank of Hastings, the Merchants' National Bank of Minneapolis and the First National Bank of Cannon Falls, in all of which he was a large stockholder.
Mr. Gardner first married (in 1848) Miss Agnes Cleghorn of New York, but lost both wife and child by cholera in 1849. In 1850 he was married to Miss Louise B. Ingalls of Griffin, Georgia, by whom he had seven children, six still living. His wife died about four years ago.
In the spring of 1831 he served under Gen. Gaines during the Black Hawk war. In 1832 he supplied steam boats with wood, employing a large force of workmen, and it was during this year that Mr. Gardner, living in a log shanty and working hard, laid the foundation of his large estate. He removed to Columbia, Ill., and being upright, honest and high-minded in his business relations he met with
gratifying success. During the rebellion he showed his patriotism by furnishing the money to fit a company for the battlefield.
In 1864 he removed to Hastings, Minn., where he purchased the important mill site at Vermillion Falls, with about 100 acres of land. In the same year he built a large stone mill, one of the finest in the State, and his flour commanded a higher price than any other brand in Minnesota. He also built an weight-run flouring mill at Cannon Falls,
Minn. He was also largely interested in banking, being President of the First National Bank of Hastings, the Merchants' National Bank of Minneapolis and the First National Bank of Cannon Falls, in all of which he was a large stockholder.
Mr. Gardner first married (in 1848) Miss Agnes Cleghorn of New York, but lost both wife and child by cholera in 1849. In 1850 he was married to Miss Louise B. Ingalls of Griffin, Georgia, by whom he had seven children, six still living. His wife died about four years ago.
MR. STEPHEN GARDNER, who died in Hastings, Minn., March 11, was born Dec. 7, 1806, in Bolton, Mass. He was fitted to enter Harvard College, but chose a different career, being disposed from an early age to mark out an independent course for himself. Leaving home in December, 1827, he soon turned his footsteps toward Pittsburg, Penn., where he found employment for a time in the salt works.
In the spring of 1831 he served under Gen. Gaines during the Black Hawk war. In 1832 he supplied steam boats with wood, employing a large force of workmen, and it was during this year that Mr. Gardner, living in a log shanty and working hard, laid the foundation of his large estate. He removed to Columbia, Ill., and being upright, honest and high-minded in his business relations he met with
gratifying success. During the rebellion he showed his patriotism by furnishing the money to fit a company for the battlefield.
In 1864 he removed to Hastings, Minn., where he purchased the important mill site at Vermillion Falls, with about 100 acres of land. In the same year he built a large stone mill, one of the finest in the State, and his flour commanded a higher price than any other brand in Minnesota. He also built an weight-run flouring mill at Cannon Falls,
Minn. He was also largely interested in banking, being President of the First National Bank of Hastings, the Merchants' National Bank of Minneapolis and the First National Bank of Cannon Falls, in all of which he was a large stockholder.
Mr. Gardner first married (in 1848) Miss Agnes Cleghorn of New York, but lost both wife and child by cholera in 1849. In 1850 he was married to Miss Louise B. Ingalls of Griffin, Georgia, by whom he had seven children, six still living. His wife died about four years ago.
In the spring of 1831 he served under Gen. Gaines during the Black Hawk war. In 1832 he supplied steam boats with wood, employing a large force of workmen, and it was during this year that Mr. Gardner, living in a log shanty and working hard, laid the foundation of his large estate. He removed to Columbia, Ill., and being upright, honest and high-minded in his business relations he met with
gratifying success. During the rebellion he showed his patriotism by furnishing the money to fit a company for the battlefield.
In 1864 he removed to Hastings, Minn., where he purchased the important mill site at Vermillion Falls, with about 100 acres of land. In the same year he built a large stone mill, one of the finest in the State, and his flour commanded a higher price than any other brand in Minnesota. He also built an weight-run flouring mill at Cannon Falls,
Minn. He was also largely interested in banking, being President of the First National Bank of Hastings, the Merchants' National Bank of Minneapolis and the First National Bank of Cannon Falls, in all of which he was a large stockholder.
Mr. Gardner first married (in 1848) Miss Agnes Cleghorn of New York, but lost both wife and child by cholera in 1849. In 1850 he was married to Miss Louise B. Ingalls of Griffin, Georgia, by whom he had seven children, six still living. His wife died about four years ago.
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