Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Gardner, Elizabeth 1836 - 
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   MRS. ELIZABETH GARDNER of Dassel township, came to Meeker county in July,
1866, with her brother-in-law, Andrew Davidson, bringing with her her only
child, Peter, who was then four years of age. She, at once, took up a homestead
of eighty acres of land on section 14, Dassel township, where she has since made
her home. She is the widow of Bradford Gardner.

   The husband of our subject was a native of Pennsylvania, who, when a young
man, came west to Wisconsin and settled, where he was united in marriage with
Elizabeth McCalister, a native of Scotland, horn in Whitehorn, Wigton Shair,
1836, who had come to America in 1855 and subsequently located at Caledonia,
Wisconsin. After their marriage they lived in Sauk County, in the "Badger
State," until November 20, 1863, when Mr. Gardner, being drafted, entered
Company D, First Wisconsin Infantry as a recruit and served with that gallant
regiment until the battle of Buzzard's Boost, in the Atlanta campaign, when he
fell mortally wounded, and died in the hospital at Chattanooga, Tennessee,
September 8, 1864. Filling an honored soldier's grave, his life offered up a
sweet sacrifice upon the altar of his country, his mission on earth was
accomplished, and while the comrades regret his loss, they dare not murmur
against the decree of the Most High, that snatched him from his loving widow and
his boy.

   Mrs. Gardner and her son remained at their home in Wisconsin until they came
to Minnesota, grieving after the brave soldier who had lain down his life in
defense of his country and who is enshrined in every patriot's breast.

   Peter has always remained with his beloved mother. He was born in Sauk
county, Wis., May 14, 1862, and was married December 24, 1885, to Miss Sarah
Arrowood, a native of Minnesota, and daughter of G. D. and Louisa Arrowood,
natives of North Carolina and Kentucky, who came to this town in 1865.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from 
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888


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