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1900 Census gives birthdate as October 1871.
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Occupation: Oil well laborer
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Surname provided by Mark Hartzell.
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They were early landowners in Rush Co, In
Fleming County Tax List Info for Anthony:
1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815 46 acres on Locust Creek waterway each year
100 acres in 1820 listing
Nothiing in later listings
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Last residence was Colorado Springs, El Paso Co, Co
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Lived in Kent, Washington for a time.
Marriage to Alexandra last name is given as Liwak.
From DeHaven Pioneers: "In 1935, with one child, Arthur and Dorothy worked their way to California selling Baker's patent Medicine. They bought 40 acres of land at Fresno. Arthur built many churches in Fresno. He also worked on the Friant Dam. Arthur and Dorothy had five children. They divorced. In 1980 Arthur sold his ranch and moved to Grants Pass, Oregon with his daughter Cynthia and his wife, Donnell....Arthur married third Donnell Sheraid Woodward."
"ARTHUR GARDNER. Born Aug 28, 1912, Died Nov. 16, 2003. Constructiion worker/farmer, three-year Colorado Springs resident. Survived by a daughter, Cynthia Mills. Cappadona's Alternative Funeral Service."--21 Nov 2003, The Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO)
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Did not serve overseas.
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Occupation: Railroad Section Foreman.
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"Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Setliff went to Osage county this afternoon to be the guests until tomorrow of Mrs. Setliff's niece, Mrs. Allen, at Michigan Valley. Rev. Mr. Setliff will officiate at the marriage tonight of Miss Ethel Davis to Mr. Artley Gardner at the home of the bride's father, Mr. Arthur Davis, at Michigan Valley. The ceremony will be performed at 8 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner will go to Colorado, where the groom has a claim on which he has built an furnished a cozy home for his bride."--21 Aug 1907, The Ottawa (KS) Daily Republic
"To Celebrate Golden Wedding..Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Gardner of northwest Wichita county will observe their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday with open house at their farm home from 2 to 5 p.m.
Their six children will be there for the occasion: Mrs. Vina Cross, Bakersfield, Calif.; Mrs. Zola Forbes and Herschel Gardner, both of Fresno, Calif.; Kenneth Gardner and Merlin Gardner, both of Leoti, and Clinton Gardner of Wichita."--14 Aug 1957, Garden City (KS) Telegram
The funeral services for Clarence Artley Gardner, 91, were held Thursday morning, May 3, 1973 at 10:30 am in the United Methodist Church in Leoti. Rev. Doyle Carroll was the officiating minister. Mrs. Ruth Betlack was the organist and accompanied soloist Hyland Steele who sang "Count Your Blessings" and "Just a Closer Walk With Thee". Mr. Gardner passed away Tuesday, May 1, after a short illness. C. A. Gardner was born on January 27, 1882, near Perry in Jefferson County, Kansas, the son of Alfred Staggs and Margret Jane Gardner. He grew to manhood in eastern Kansas and attended schools through the eighth grade in Jefferson and Osage counties. He joined the Methodist Episcopal Church at Michigan Valley, Ks on February 11, 1906. He came west to Towner, Colorado, where he filed on a claim, returning in 1906 and built improvements. In April of 1907 he loaded an immigrant car for Towner. He was married to Ethel Davis on August 27, 1907, in the home of her parents near Michigan Valley, Ks. They moved to the claim in Colorado in September of 1907. After two years, they moved to Selkirk, Ks, in June of 1909, as section foreman of the railroad. He was the section foreman for six years, then retired to ranching. He bought the Lynas ranch north of Selkirk in 1917 and they lived on the ranch until 1949 when he retired and moved to Leoti. Mr Gardner was a prominent farmer and highly respected citizen of Wichita County down through the years. He was a very solid citizen, hard worker and always interested in community affairs. He was a member of the United Methodist Church of Leoti. ---Obituary Leoti Standard May 3, 1973.
They filed a Homestead Claim on a quarter section of land at Towner, Colorado,where their daughter Vina was born. After relinguishing their land claim because they could not find water, Clarence worked for Missouri Pacific Railroad. His job as section foreman included living quarters in the depot at Selkirk, KS. They accumulated about 1000 acres of prairie land with a well, windmill, a four room stone house and ranch stock. Forty years later they developed deep well irrigation on their land. A artists rendition of their rock home is hung at the home of their granddaughter, Susan Gardner Leebrick.
Clarence Artley Gardner, Wichita County, registered for the civilian draft for WW1, according to the Ancestry.com database of registrations.
The legal description of the homestead property is NW 1/4 of Sec29, Township 18S, Range 42W. According to the Kiowa (county) Colorado county assessor, here is how you would get there: From Towner, Colorado on Hwy 96, go west about 3 miles to county road 75 and turn south. Then stop.to your right is the NE 1/4 of that section, so the NW 1/4 begins 1/2 mile to the west. From Google Earth, it looks like that quarter is fully farmed today, and has terraces, The homestead documents are actually in the name of C.A.'s father, Alfred Staggs Gardner. They show that the quarter was "proved up" on by 1 August 1910. "Proving up" a claim generally meant building a livable structure and either farming the land or planting a certain number of trees over a period of five years. At the end of five years, the homesteader would ask two neighbors to make statements about the land's improvements and sign the "proof" document. Only then would the homesteader have clear title to the land. If the person was unwilling to wait five years, they obtain clear title in six months by paying the government land office $1.25 per acre. The records on file at the Kiowa county, Colorado courthouse do not contain statements from neighbors, so its not clear which option Mr. Gardner used to obtain title to the land. In any case, clear title was transferred to him on 1 August 1910. That date is interesting because earlier that year, he was recorded by census takers as living in Selkirk, Kansas and working as the railroad section foreman. It seems likely, then, that C.A. Gardner had abandoned the homestead by the time he proved up on it, but that he followed through with the process to obtain title to the land. Finally, the Kiowa County records show that Mr. Gardner sold the land the very next month, on 3 September 1910 to Lulu M Bullard for $950. Thus, this ended the Colorado portion of the Gardner history.
"Clarence A. Gardner. LEOTI--Clarence A. Gardner, 91, Leoti, died Tuesday after a short illness. Born Jan. 27, 1882, in Jefferson County, he married Ethel Davis, August 27, 1907, in Osage County. He was a retired rancher and farmer and had lived here since 1909. Mr. Gardner was a member of the Leoti United Methodist Church.
Survivors include the widow; two daughters, Mrs. Vina Cross, Bakersfield, Calif., and Mrs. James Field, Fresno, Calif.; four sons, Arthur, Fresno, Calif., Kenneth and Merlin, both of Leoti, and Clinton, Assaria; two sisters, Mrs. Maude Thonmasson, Kinsley, and Mrs. Charlie York, Gooding, Idaho; a brother, Harry, Jerseyville, Ill.; 29 grandchildren and 44 great-grandchildren.
Funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Leoti United Methodist Church, the Rev. Doyle Carroll officiating. Burial will be in Park Cemetery, Wichita County. Friends may call until service time at the Weinmann-Price Funeral Home, Leoti."--2 May 1973, Garden City (KS) Telegram