Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Gardner, James K. 1849 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley (1910)

   James K. Gardner, of Cheney, Kan., where he is actively engaged in the real
estate and loan business, was born May 2, 1849, at Cadiz, O. He is a son of
Samuel and Elizabeth (Leard) Gardner. His father was a native of Virginia, and
on the maternal line his remote ancestry is traced to Scotland. The parents came
from Virginia to Ohio and afterwards removed to McLean county, Illinois, where
the father was engaged in farming up to the time of his death, which occurred in
1885. He lived an exemplary life, being strong and well grounded in Methodism.
He was a Republican, and took a decided interest in the affairs of his party.
James K. Gardner left his home in Illinois and removed to Morton township,
Sedgwick county, Kansas, in 1882, and the same year he married Miss Emma L.
Rankin, a daughter of W. H. and Elizabeth Rankin, of Bloomington, Ill. Four
children have been born of this union, two boys and two girls, only one of whom
is now living, Caroline L.. now attending the Illinois Wesleyan University, at
Bloomington, Ill. When Mr. Gardner first located in Morton township he had
barely enough money to buy a team of horses. He worked at painting for two
years. He purchased 160 acres of land and for three years, while working on the
farm, he also worked at the trade of painter. He then moved into Cheney and
opened up the real estate, insurance and loan business, and was successful from
the start. In 1909 the firm of Gardner & McCue, real estate and loans, was
organized, and the firm is now transacting a large and lucrative business in
these lines. Fraternally Mr. Gardner is a Mason, belonging to Morton Lodge, No.
254, A. F. and A. M., in which he has filled all the chairs. He is also a member
of Wichita Consistory, No. 2, and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is
a director in the Citizens' Bank of Cheney, has been a member of the city school
board for fifteen years, city councilman for three years, city treasurer for
three years, and police judge for two years, which latter position he now holds.
Mr. Gardner is a Republican in polities. He has several times been a
representative to the Masonic Grand Lodge. He is known as a public spirited,
enterprising man, and successful in all his undertakings. He is a faithful
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a strong worker in the denomination,
and has contributed liberally to its support. He has been a superintendent in
the Sunday school of his church for fifteen years.

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History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account
of the cities, towns and villages of the county

Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley
Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910)


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