Memorials › Edward Benjamin “Ed” Gardner
May 1829 – 13 Oct 1907
| Birth | May 1829 |
| Death | 13 Oct 1907 |
| Cemetery | Nelta Cemetery Nelta , Hopkins County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Joshua Rivera on 19 Oct 2024 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77491432 |
Edward Benjamin Gardner was born in May of 1829 in Ireland. He and his brother, John, immigrated from Ireland to America. Ed Gardner married Mary Webb Sells 15 March 1871 in Hopkins County, Texas. She came to the marriage with a baby girl named Mollie Sells. Mary Sells Gardner died 31 December 1872. Ed Gardner then married a widow named Mary Martha Reeder Sells Vestal 27 August 1873 in Lamar County, Texas. They had six children named James Thomas, Edward Benjamin, Jr., William Oscar, John Walter, Lillie Mae, and George Lee Gardner. They also reared the orphaned daughter of his first wife, Mollie Sells. Edward Benjamin Gardner died 13 October 1907 in Hopkins County. He was buried in the Nelta Cemetery.
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