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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Lawrence, Orange
and Washington Counties, Indiana;
From the Earliest Time to the Present;
Together with Interesting Biographical Sketches,
Reminiscences, Notes, Etc.
Publ. Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers
1884
DR. JOSEPH
GARDNER, one of the three children of George and
Alice (Randall) Gardner, was born Sept. 15, 1833, in
Clark County, Ind. George Gardner was a
native Rhode Islander, but early in 1812 was residing in
Canada. Instead of swearing allegiance to the King, he
joined a band of Canada Rangers and served his native
country faithfully until the close of the war. He was
once captured, and being a supposed spy was tried and
sentenced to death by a drum-head court martial, and
narrowly escaped having the sentence carried into execution.
After the war he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and was there
married, subsequently moving to Indiana, where both he and
wife died. Dr. Joseph Gardner was
left an orphan when fourteen years old. He served an
apprenticeship at the painter's trade, but in 1856 began the
study of medicine, graduating in 1861 from the Medical
department of the University of Louisville. After
serving in the United States Marine Hospital as House
Surgeon he was, in the spring of 1862, appointed a surgeon
in the military hospitals, but while doing his duty at the
battle of Atlanta, he received a severe wound from a Minie
ball. By special request from the Provost
Marshal-General of Kentucky, he was detailed to assist in
the examination of drafted men and recruits, and on the
resignation of Prof. T. S. Bell, Surgeon of the Board
of Enrollment for the Fifth District, he was appointed in
his stead and as such served until June 15, 1865. In
1866 Dr. Gardner came to Bedford, and until
within the past five years practiced his profession.
He is a Sir Knight in Masonry, a member of the I. O. O. F.
and G. A. R. fraternities, belongs to the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, the American
Society of Microscopists, and is also a member of the
Tri-State, the State and the County Medical Societies.
As a Republican in politics, he was elected Representative
to the Indiana House of Representatives in 1880, serving in
the special and regular sessions of that term. In 1852
Miss Amelia Bennett became his wife,
who died in 1867, leaving four daughters - Alice,
Mary, Sarah and Susan. In 1868 he
was married to Miss Elizabeth Malott,
his present wife, an by her is the father of two sons, named
Fletcher and Thomas.
Source: History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington
Counties, Indiana; Publ. Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co.,
Publishers 1884~ Page 252 - Shawswick Twp. |
JAMES
GARRISON, manufacturer and repairer of boots and
shoes, is a native Hoosier, born in the county in which he
yet resides, Sept. 2, 2859. He is one of three sons
born to Henry and Rebecca (White) Garrison, who were
of German descent and among the pioneers of this locality.
James was reared to manhood on a farm, in youth
receiving a good common school education, and when twenty
years old began the shoemaker's trade, at which he worked
without interruption until June, 1873, when he embarked in
business for himself. He is now preparing to add to
his large custom trade a carefully selected line of
ready-made goods, which with his knowledge of what goods
should be, will undoubtedly be the best line of boots and
shoes in Bedford. Mr. Garrison is a Republican
politically, and is one of the steady and reliable men of
the place. He married Miss Mary U. Bernhardt,
Mar. 2, 1871, and Mabel, Frederick I. and William
A. are the names of their children, who were born June
10, 1874; Oct. 18, 1876; and Oct. 27, 1880, respectively.
The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties,
Indiana; Publ. Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers
1884~ Page 252 - Shawswick Twp. |
CONSTANT
GAUSSIN, a native of France, was born Oct. 1, 1854,
and when three years old came with his parents, Felix and
Mary E. Gaussin, to the United States, landing at New
Orleans, from whence they came directly to Bedford.
Constant received liberal schooling advantages in youth,
and at the age of seventeen began the shoemaker's trade, at
which he continued three years. In partnership with John
L. Baker, in 1875 he embarked in the retail liquor
business, continuing until 1878, when he began in the
business alone and has ever since continued it. As a
business man Mr. Gaussin has been very
successful, and through his own exertions he has become
possessed of one of the finest residences in Bedford,
besides the block and lot where his store is located.
In politics he is a Democrat. Oct. 11, 1875, Miss Ella
Vaughan became his wife, and Nellie and
Clarence C. are the names of their two children.
Source: History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington
Counties, Indiana; Publ. Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co.,
Publishers 1884~ Page 253 - Shawswick Twp. |
ALEXANDER
C. GLOVER was born in Shawswick Township, Jan. 13,
1820, third of ten children born to Ware and Hetta (Redus)
Glover, natives respectively of Kentucky and Virginia,
he coming to this State in the fall of 1810, and she in
1813. Alexander received a limited education in
the common schools, his father having died when he was only
thirteen years of age, and remained at home with his mother
till he was twenty-six years of age, taking charge during
that time to the farm and his younger brothers and sister.
Oct. 21, 1845, he married Ann Eliza Carter, who died
about one year after marriage. Apr. 13, 1848, he
married Rachael E. Glenn, and t this union have been
born ten children; four of whom are living; Samuel W.,
who married Sophia Steinhagen; James W., whose
wife was Eliza Owen; Alpheus and Mary.
Subject formerly followed blacksmithing but his
occupation now is farming, owning 160 acres of land.
Mr. and Mrs. Glover are members of the Presbyterian
Church, and he is a Mason and a Republican. He is now
serving as County Commissioner and has been the choice of
his party for that office three times.
Source: History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington
Counties, Indiana; Publ. Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co.,
Publishers 1884~ Page 253 - Shawswick Twp. |
GEORGE W.
GLOVER was born in Shawswick Township, Lawrence
County, Indiana, Feb. 28, 1829, the fifth of nine children
of Joseph and Mary (McManus) Glover, native of
Virginia and Kentucky, and came to Indiana at an early day.
At the age of sixteen years, our subject, after having
passed his youth on his father's farm, obtaining limited
schooling, began to do for himself. He married Ann
C. Brown, Oct. 21, 1852, and to this union the following
family have been born: Charlotte, who married
Aylett Whitted; George, who married
Nettie Ferguson; John whose wife was Belle Jackson,
Robert, unmarried; Emmett, whose wife was
Sarah Palmer; William and Mary, the
last two being single and at home with their parents. Mr.
Glover has followed the occupation of farming, and now
owns eighty acres of well improved land. He is a
Republican and a member of the Masonic Lodge at Heltonville.
He is an enterprising man and a good citizen and neighbor.
Source: History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington
Counties, Indiana; Publ. Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co.,
Publishers 1884~ Page 254 - Shawswick Twp. |
| I. N. GLOVER Source: History of Lawrence, Orange
and Washington Counties, Indiana;
Publ. Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers 1884~
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| Source: History of Lawrence, Orange and
Washington Counties, Indiana; Publ. Chicago: Goodspeed Bros.
& Co., Publishers 1884~ Page 254 - Shawswick Twp. |
| Source: History of Lawrence, Orange and
Washington Counties, Indiana; Publ. Chicago: Goodspeed Bros.
& Co., Publishers 1884~ Page 254 - Shawswick Twp. |
JOHN GLOVER
is a native of this county and was born Nov. 7, 1815. He is
the second of twelve children of Joseph and Mary
(McManus) Glover, the father a native of Grayson County,
Va., and the mother of Barren County, Ky. The father
came to Orange County, in 1811, where he was married June
17, 1813, but a year later moved to Lawrence County. He was
thus one of the very first settlers in Orange County. John
lived with his parents until their respective deaths, the
father dying July 21,1844, and the mother about ten years
before. John secured a fair education for business,
and has made the old homestead his home. Oct. 15,
1852, he married Olive Shaw, a native of New York,
and to them eight children were born, of whom five are now
living: Joseph, Mary, Emma, Morton and John. Mr.
Glover is an Odd Fellow and a Republican, and is one of
the county's best representative men. He has been township
Assessor four terms. His father was an early Sheriff
of the territorial county and was a prominent man. In
the family are many traditions of the times when Indians and
wild animals roamed the forests of Lawrence County.
Source: History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties,
Indiana; Publ. Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers
1884~ Page 254 - Shawswick Twp. |
DAVID G. GRAY,
a native of Monroe County, Ind., and a son of William and
Mary Gray, who were among the first pioneers of that
locality, was born Mar. 31, 1826, and is one in a family of
ten children. His education was limited to the
primitive schools of his day, and until seventeen years old
he worked on a farm. At that age he began working at
the tanners trade, and for thirty-eight years made that his
vocation, most of the time at Bedford, and for twenty-five
years as a partner of D. R. LaForce. Since the
death of Mr. LaForce in 1873, Mr.
Gray has been retired from active pursuits, and resides
with his wife at their pleasant and comfortable home near
the Bedford High School building. He owns valuable
property, is a Republican in politics, a member of the
Masonic order, and is well known and universally respected.
On the 2d of February, 1854, his marriage with Elizabeth
Long was solemnized, and both he and wife belong to
the Leatherwood Christian Church.
Source: History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties,
Indiana; Publ. Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers
1884~ Page 254 - Shawswick Twp. |
GEORGE W.
GYGER was born in Lawrence County, Dec. 25, 1825, the
fifth of thirteen children born to George and Tabitha
(Henderson) Gyger, the father a native of Pennsylvania,
and the mother of Tennessee, both coming to Indiana at a
very early day. The father died when George was
quite young, and the boy lived with his mother receiving a
limited education. May 3, 1854, he married Matilda F.
Kennedy who bore him four children: Susan B., Robert
D., Charles E. and James H. Charles E. is
telegraph operator at Bedford; the other children are at
home. Mr. Gyger owns 140 acres of land,
his occupation being farming. In February, 1862, he
enlisted as a private in Company B, Fifty-third Indiana
Regiment, and served honorably and well until Aug. 10, 1865,
and was then mustered out. He participated in several
of the most fiercely contested battles of the great war -
was at Pittsburg Landing, siege of Vicksburg, Kenesaw
Mountain, Atlanta, capture of Savannah, Columbia and
Raleigh, and in all the movements on the famous march to the
sea. He is justly proud of his military record.
He is a Baptist, a Republican, a Mason and an excellent
citizen and neighbor.
Source: History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington
Counties, Indiana; Publ. Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co.,
Publishers 1884~ Page 254 - Shawswick Twp. |
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