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Joniah Ward Gardner
18 Oct 1814 – 31 Aug 1892
| Birth | 18 Oct 1814 |
| Death | 31 Aug 1892 |
| Cemetery | Armstrong Cemetery Rushville , Buchanan County , Missouri , USA |
| Added by | Kelly on 16 Jul 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39530483 |
Bio
Portrait & Biographical Record of Buchanan and Clinton Counties Missouri Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Together with Biographies and Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States Chicago, Chapman Brothers, 1893, Pg 496: ... Joniah W. Gardner, one of the representative farmers of that county, who emigrated to Buchanan County, Mo., in 1853, settling upon a farm just east of Rushville which he was engaged in cultivating for twenty years, retiring in 1883 from farm life and removing to Andrew County, where he entered upon the mercantile business at Rosendale. He continued in that occupation until his death, which occurred August 31, 1892, at which time he was seventy-eight years of age. He was a leading citizen and active in all public affairs. He was a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and of the Odd Fellows. He was an esteemed member of the Christian Church, with which he had been connected for about half a century. His wife was before her marriage Miss Catherine Watson, whose family history appears in the record of Elijah Watson in another portion of this volume. She was a lovable Christian character, a devoted wife and faithful mother, and had a host of friends whom she had drawn to her by here lovable qualities. At the age of sixty-six year she passed to the better land to receive the reward which was surely awaiting here after the years she had spent in the Master's vineyard. Her death occurred October 18, 1884, and her memory is still cherished in the hearts of all who had the good fortune to know her.
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Dear Parents Tho We Miss You Much We Know You Rest With God (on same stone as Catherine Gardner)
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- Francis Marion "Frank" Gardner 1838–1893
- Charles E Gardner 1840–1878
- James Harrison Gardner 1842–1911
- Elisha Polk Gardner 1844–1929
- Elias M Gardner 1847–1905
- Margaret Ann Gardner Criss 1848–1930
- William Armstrong Gardner 1856–1929
- Alice J. Gardner Wells 1858–1934
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