Reuben Gardner

As printed in 1880

REUBEN B. GARDNER, farmer; P. O. Bennington; grand-son of John Gardner, who was born Aug. 5, 1759, in Scotland, was a soldier under Lord Cornwallis, and surrendered by him Oct. 19, 1781. Settled in the District of Columbia; in 1800 came to Zanesville, Ohio, thence to Delaware in 1812, or what is now Morrow Co., Ohio, purchasing the lands of one Munson, one of the very earliest settlers in Peru. His son, Robert Gardner, who was born Nov. 20, 1792, in the city of Washington, D. C., emigrated with his father to the Buckeye State, and in 1816, July ist, married Polly Benedict, who was born in the State of New York, June 11, 798. They had the following children: Nelson, born Aug. 9th, 1817; Sarah, Feb. 23, 1819; Reuben, June 18, 1820; Anna, March 23, 1822; Rebecca, Sept. 4, 1823; Phebe J., March 22, 1825; James, born Nov. 23, 1826, and died same year. Hannah C., born Nov. 15, 1833. December 8th, 1853, the nuptials of Reuben Gardner and Hannah O. Wilson were celebrated by the Rev. Wm. King. Hannah’s birthday occurred Sept. 3, 1831; she was therefore over 10 years his junior. Their family names are — Alice Eugenia, born Aug. 3, 1854, and died Oct. 24, 1878; Albert Nelson, born Feb. 4, 1859; Eva Bell, May 10, 1863; Nevada Alaska, Oct. 4, 1870. Cora Alaska, his grand-child, and whose home is with her grand-father Reuben, was born

May 8, 1875. On the 18th day of Feb., 1866, Eva Bell died, making two deaths, that have occurred in Reuben’s family. By occupation Reuben Gardner is a farmer, but largely engaged in stock-raising, the buying and selling of stock, etc. He has held the office of Township Trustee for 12 years, Trustee of Church and Parsonage, School Director for 20 years, Treasurer of the Odd Fellows Society for 3 years, with numerous other trusts. In religious opinions he is of the Methodist Episcopal case. A member of that church. In his agricultural purposes, sheep husbandry forms his strongest bias, and that of cattle his next, and one thing must always be observable with regard to him, and that is his remarkable power to remember names and dates.

As printed in History of Morrow County and Ohio : containing a brief history of the state of Ohio ... a history of Morrow County ... biographical sketches, portraits of some of the early settlers and prominent men, (1880). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.