of Wapello County, Iowa · from Ireland · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Joseph Gardner b. 1819
Joseph Gardner⚭ Clarissa Nogle, Eliza Black
childrenElizabeth Gardner · James Gardner · John Gardner · Lydia Gardner · William B. Gardner
Source: History of Wapello County, Iowa, and representative citizens
Their story
What the record says
Native of Ireland.
Came to America with parents in 1834 at age 15, landing at New York.
Came to Iowa 1844 and settled in Columbia township, Wapello County.
Thrice married: Clarissa Nogle (children Elizabeth, James, John, Lydia), Eliza Black (child William B.), and Mrs. Jane Johnson (no children).
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