History of Swansea, Massachusetts, 1667-1917; - citizen hylbom blog

Family Records 163
(VI) Jonathan Gardner, son of Capt. Henry, born Oct. 4, 1805, was
a farmer, and died Jan. 8, 1862. He was a member of the First Christian
Church, Swansea Centre. May 10, 1840, he married Sarah Slade, who was
born in 1816, daug;hter of William and Mary (Sherman) Slade, and died
Sept. 25, 1841. March 9, 1843, he married (second) Rebecca Chase, born
April 18, 1818, daughter of Samuel and Mary Chase. There was one child
by the first marriage, born and died in September, 1841. By the second
union there were four children: Leland, born April 21, 1844; Willard, born
Oct. 28, 1846, who died April 17, 1847; Charles H., bom Nov. 29, 1848;
and Mary E., born May 8, 1851, who married Howard Wood, son of Seth
and Mary (Carver) Wood.
(VII) Leland Gardner, born April 21, 1844, was educated in Swansea,
engaged in farming on Gardner's Neck, South Swansea, all his life. He was
active in putting through the new road to Fall River. He was a member of
the First Christian Church, Swansea Centre. He married. May 23, 1869,
Clarissa Hathaway, who was born April 8, 1845, daughter of Anthony and
Emeline (Pierce) Hathaway, of Somerset. They had two children : Francis
Leland Gardner and Chester R. Gardner.
(VIII) Francis Leland Gardner who was born Oct. 25, 1871, at
Gardner's Neck, South Swansea, was educated in the schools of his native
town, the Warren (R. I.) High School, and at the Bryant & Stratton business
college. Providence. He is extensively engaged with his brother, in
market gardening; and their greenhouses, built in 1894, have 50,000 square
feet of glass. The greenhouse produce is shipped to the New York market,
until about the middle of May, after which most of the shipments are to
Providence. Mr. Gardner built his present beautiful residence at South
Swansea, a house which shows culture and excellent taste. He has served
the town well in public affairs. He served for several years as town auditor;
and since 1904 has been selectman. In politics a Republican; socially a
member of Mount Hope Lodge, 1. 0.0. F. ; and active in the Swansea Grange.
June 27, 1900, he married Etta L., daughter of David B., and Mary A.
(Eddy) Gardner, of Swansea Centre.
They have had two children: Emily F., born May 12, 1903, who died
March 17, 1904; and Rachael L., bom April 26, 1909.
(VIII) Chester R. Gardner was bom Nov. 10, 1875, at Gardner's
Neck, South Swansea. He attended pubhc schools at home; the Fall River
High School, and the Bryant & Stratton business college, Providence; and
is now associated in business with his brother. He married Alice Cleveland,
born Dec. 29, 1874, of Somerset; and they have had two children: Raymond
C, bom April 12, 1904, who died Feb. 25, 1905; and Calvin L., born
May 2, 1906.
(VII) Charles H. Gardner, son of Jonathan and Rebecca (Chase)
Gardner, born Nov. 29, 1848, died June 8, 1903. He was a farmer all his
life. He was a member of the First Christian Church, Swansea Centre
and of Mount Hope Lodge, I. O. O. F. He married March 25, 1884, Emma
E., daughter of Benjamin Taylor and Parthenia Chase (Baker) Bufiington,
the latter also of Swansea, and their children were born as follows : Irving
J., Nov. 3, 1885; Arthur R., Nov. 26, 1887; Merrill B., Feb. 16, 1889;
Charles E., Feb. 21, 1890; Helen R., April 19, 1893; Lois Isabel, Jan. 18, 1899.
(VIII) Irving J. Gardner, son of Charles H., and Emma E. (Buffington)
Gardner, was born in Swansea, Nov. 3, 1885, and married Oct. 6, 1908,
Bertha Louise Horton, daughter of Andrew L. of Rehoboth, bom August
16, 1888. They have one child, Russell Horton, born July 1, 1909.
(Ill) Samuel Gardner (3), son of Samuel (2), was bora Feb. 17, 1717.
He married Oct. 30, 1740, Content Bray ton, daughter of Preserved and
Content Brayton. Issue: Elizabeth, born June 1, 1741, married Samuel
Luther; Anne, born Feb. 26, 1743, married Richard Barton; Samuel, bora