The Gardner Families of Pickaway County, Ohio

LLOYD S. GARDNER, one of Whisler’s most highly esteemed residents, and an honored survivor of the Civil War, owns a valuable farm of 40 acres in Salt Creek township, Pickaway County. Mr. Gardner was born in Perry County, Ohio, on the 8th of July, 1828. and is a son of Isaac and Julia (Selby) Gardner.

The father of Mr. Gardner was born in Maryland and was a soldier in the War of 1812. The family came to Ohio from Maryland and were among the early settlers in Perry County.

Lloyd S. Gardner was reared in his native county, where he remained until 20 years of age, and then removed to Hocking County, where he remained until the fall of 1857, when he came to Pickaway County and has been a resident of Salt Creek township continuously ever since. For many years he engaged as a carpenter and building contractor and erected many of the residences and bams which still stand as evidences of his honest work through Pickaway and adjacent counties. On May 2, 1864, he enlisted as a private for service in the Civil War, entering Company K, 155th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., in answer to the call for 100-day volunteers. His services covered 120 days and during this time he performed a soldier’s duty faithfully and cheerfully. Upon his return he resumed his carpenter and contracting work.

On April 14, 1850, Mr. Gardner was married (first) to Margaret Dorman, of Hocking Couhty, Ohio, and they had eight children, the five survivors being: Isaac N., of Columbus; John A., a physician of Toledo; Ovid L., of Columbus; Effie O., wife of Jacob Mitchell, of Columbus; and Lizzie M., wife of Edward Liest, of Macon County, Missouri. On December 29, 1872, Mr. Gardner was married (second) to Mary M. Harman, who was born in Salt Creek township, t’ickaway County, Ohio, June 7, 1843, and is a daughter of David and Elizabeth (Imler) Harman, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania and the latter in Salt Creek township, Pickaway County. The two children of this marriage are: Charles W., of Columbus; and Laura L., wife of Ira Whisler, of Salt Creek township.

Mr. Gardner is one of the leading members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Whisler, in which he has been a class leader for over 50 years. He gives his political support to the Prohibition party, having always cast his influence in the direction of temperance and morality. He is held in high esteem as a citizen and has served for several years in the responsible positions of director and treasurer of the Whisler Special School District. Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow — belonging to the lodge at Adelphi. An upright, honorable and useful man and a model citizen, Mr. Gardner has a wide circle of friends.

Mr. Gardner witnessed the falling of the stars in 1833, when he was a child of but five years.

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GEORGE HOLLAND GARDNER, AI. D., a prominent physician of Ash- v i lie, was born August 3, 1873, in J Salt Creek township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and is a son of Isaac N. and Sarah Ann (Hummed) Gardner.

The father of Dr. Gardner was born in Hocking County, Ohio, and was a member of an old Ohio family. For 20 years he was a prosperous merchant. His present residence is Columbus, where he lives retired. On the material side the grandparents were from Pennsylvania, members of old Pennsylvania Dutch families.

The subject of this sketch attended the local schools in his native place and was about 19 years old when he began to read medicine with Dr. J. W. Barnes, of Columbus, under whose preceptorship he prepared for the Ohio Aledical University at Columbus. He remained in this institution three years and was graduated in the class of 1897. Dr. Gardner settled first at South Bloomfield, Ohio, where he practiced for one year and eight months, and their was located at Commercial Point for two and a halt years, after which he practiced in Youngstown for a short period and then removed to Ashville, in November, 1901. Here he met with a hearty welcome and has built up a large and satisfactory practice. His professional ability has been so frequently shown that he now commands the confidence of Ins fellow-citizens. lie is connected as examiner, with the Prudential Life Insurance Company, the Equitable Insurance Company, of Iowa, and the Continental Life Insurance Company.

Dr. Gardner was married on April 10, 1898, to Kittie Welch, a daughter of J. C. and Flora (Llott) Welch. The family has long been identified with the interests of Pickaway County.

Dr. Gardner, in addition to professional connections, belongs to Ashville Lodge, Knights of Pythias; Circleville Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and to the Knights of the Maccabees at Ashville.

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Emanuel Snvcler, father of our subject, was a native of Pennsylvania and of German extraction. He came to Pickaway County in childhood, with his parents, and resided here during the remainder of his life. Ide was a prominent citizen of Walnut township and served a number of years as trustee of walnut township. He was always a Democrat. His death occurred in 1885.

After completing his common-school education, Irvin E. Snyder entered Capital University at Columbus and subsequently Heidelberg College, at Tiffin, Ohio, where he was graduated in 1890. with the degree of B. S. Following this he entered the law department of the Ohio State University and was graduated in the class of 1892. In the same year he

; was admitted to the bar and entered upon the I practice of his profession at Circleville in the; same year. His ability was quickly recognized, and he soon became an important political factor. In 1896 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Pickaway County and in 1899 was re-elected to the same office, giving the county most satisfactory service. He has also been a member of the City Council of Circleville and ! is one of the public-spirited, enterprising citizens. Politically he is a Democrat.

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