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Born 1828, Perry County
From History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens (1906)
LOYD 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.
As printed in History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens (1906). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Their biographies name Lloyd S. Gardner: Boyd S. Gardner (b. 1828)
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