Reason R. Gardner Biography Hancock County, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Submitted by Dale Patterson Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia". Compiled and Written by: J.H. Newton, G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle Published by: J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA. Biographical Sketches of Hancock County: Reason R. Gardner: a son of John Gardner, was born October 13, 1822, in Brooke County. Came with his father to Hancock County in 1839. Was engaged as a clerk on a steamboat for a number of years. He also run the steam ferryboat at Liverpool for several years and spent a great deal of money in building up the ferry, and it is now said to be one of the best along the Ohio River. Filled the office of County Assessor for one term. Married Miss Melvina Desbrow in 1864. Their union resulted in one child. Our subject's death occurred in 1878.