John M. GARDNER
DEATH: Died in railroad accident at age 42. SOURCES: 1. 1870 Wilmington, New Castle, DE 2. Marriage from the Delaware Gazette 1854-59, 1861-64 by Richards & Richards 3. 1997 Ordinance Index - nil 4. Ancestral File - nil
Mollie never married. Died at 21 of a burst appendix.
Died of TB. Was a Methodist minister.
SOURCE -DEATH: Submitter is in possession of obituary and funeral program SOURCE -PERMISSION: Submitter has verbal permission from daughter of Emma Gardner to perform all ordinance work per telephone conversation on February 20, 1990
He married Henrietta Staats 2 Apr 1862 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . Henrietta Staats was born at Appoquinimink, New Castle, Delaware 29 Jul 1840 daughter of Jacob Staats and Mary Wildes .
They were the parents of 5
children:
Margaret Rebecca Gardner
born 6 Mar 1863.
Mollie Gardner
born 1864.
Walter Keen Gardner
born 6 Nov 1865.
Emma Gardner
born 2 Jan 1871.
Lola Gardner
born 18 Aug 1876.
John M. Gardner died 28 Apr 1884 .
Henrietta Staats died 6 Sep 1918 at Roselle, Union, New Jersey .