James Lafaette Gardner

1816 - 1862  (46 years)

• Name	James Lafaette Gardner
  Born	1816
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Civil War.
  Died	31 Jul 1862	Pease Hosp., Raleigh, NC
  Notes	From Clevelamd Gardner's notes: James Gardner and his wife Elvira Cornwell settled on the west side of First Broad River in Cleveland County, N.C. Their farm was about one mile south of Zion Baptist Church and on the farm later owned by Frank Cornwell and Charlie Cornwell. They lived here until the death of his young wife. She was buried on the crest of a hill a few hundred yards north of where they had lived. On a stone slab marking her grave is the inscription: ELVIRA GARDNER Who died July 2nd, 1854 Aged 32 years, 6 Months, 21 days Colonel Grigg and wife Carrie (James' sister) took in the two year old daughter Katherine upon her mother's death. Captain Ed Dixon of Fallston, N.C. at the age of 96 years spoke with P. Cleveland Gardner about James Gardner: He said that the age limit of military service in the Civil War was 45 years, and James Gardner was called into service in 1862 with the Senior Reserves. After the death of his wife he moved with his family to the old mill place of Andrew Beam situated on Buffalof Creek about two miles southeast of Fallston, later known as the Mike Baker old mill place. In speaking of James Gardner, Captain Ed Dixon says: " James Gardner ran Andrew Beam's mill about the year of 1857; I was teaching school at Carpenter's School House at that time, which stood near where the Julius Hoyle old home was situated. I taught school for a salary of $18 a school term of three months and boarded amoung the 'Scoolars' free of charge. I spent several nights at the home of James Gardner. His children, Rufus, McDuffie, and Kendall, and probably others, attended my school. It was a custom then to hold public debates at school houses at night. We held weekly debates at the Carpenter school house, and James Gardner attended our debates. He was a deep thinker, and one of our best debaters. James Gardner later moved down near Kings Mountain to the Hill Farm, on January 15, 1858."
  Person ID	I445	myfamilytree
  Last Modified	20 May 2022

  
  

  Father	Thomas W. Gardner,   b. 1772,   d. 1844, Rutherford County, North Carolina  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Mary Olivine "Ollie" Martin,   b. 1780,   d. 29 Jul 1856, Cleveland County, North Carolina  (Age 76 years)
  Married	25 Nov 1792	Rutherford County, North Carolina
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elvira Cornwell,   b. 23 Dec 1814, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 2 Jul 1854, Cleveland County, North Carolina  (Age 39 years)
  Married	Abt 1835
  Children	+ 1. Rufus Webb Gardner,   b. 3 Aug 1837, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 10 Mar 1926, Cleveland County, North Carolina  (Age 88 years)   2. Amos Kendall Gardner,   b. 26 Sep 1839,   d. 2 Aug 1862, Richmond, Virginia  (Age 22 years) + 3. Pinkney McDuffie "Duffy" Gardner,   b. 16 Feb 1842,   d. 21 Oct 1909  (Age 67 years) + 4. Vianah Mcduffy Gardner,   b. 25 Apr 1845,   d. Abt 1918  (Age 72 years) + 5. Elizabeth Ann Betty Gardner,   b. 27 Nov 1847,   d. 5 Feb 1919  (Age 71 years) + 6. Lydia Olivine "Ollie" Gardner,   b. 18 Jan 1850,   d. 8 May 1930  (Age 80 years)   7. Katherine Gardner,   b. 4 May 1852,   d. 1866  (Age 13 years)
  Last Modified	6 May 2022
  Family ID	F292	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Anna Lovelace,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	24 Feb 1855
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2007
  Family ID	F58	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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