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Benjamin Marshall Gardner

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Benjamin Marshall Gardner

Birth
Rhode Island, USA
Death
27 Jun 1885 (aged 67)
Arkansaw, Pepin County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Delaware, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Death's Doing

{Illegible} on Saturday, June 27th, 1885, at Arkansas, Pepen County, Wisconsin, Mr. Benjamin Marshall Gardner, aged 70 years, 2 months and 3 days. He was sick only a week. His remains were brought to {Delaware?} for burial. The funeral took place at the Baptist Church Tuesday, June {?} at 10am. The sermon was preached by the writer from a text in Job 14:14. Mr. Gardner was a resident of Delaware County and was well known in this {??}.
Last Tuesday was a very sad day for the {...} of Delaware, who had never before had two funerals in one day. Benjamin M. Gardner was for many years one of the best citizens this village ever had. He was born in Rhode Island, April 24, 1818 and moved to New York in his youth, and moved to Delaware in 1867 where he lived {??} years ago. He was a pleasant, social, and companionable man. Strictly {....} in all his business transactions, {....} in the transactions of his duty and faithful alike to all. He was a cousin of Mr. Boon. He leaves a son and a daughter. (His wife died here in Delaware a number of years ago, and he is {...}.
During the four years that he lived in {...} he was a constant reader of the {illegible...} Graphic, and loved especially to read the kind words about his {....} friends. Those friends clustered around his grave and amid their tears they {breathed} a last and earnest farewell to Benjamin M Gardner.
{Illegible...} The leaves may fall, the {...} may fade and pass away, {...} wait through the wintry hours, {...} of the May.
{...} remembered that the deceased {...} of the late Samuel Gardner {...} and he made a {..}.
Death's Doing

{Illegible} on Saturday, June 27th, 1885, at Arkansas, Pepen County, Wisconsin, Mr. Benjamin Marshall Gardner, aged 70 years, 2 months and 3 days. He was sick only a week. His remains were brought to {Delaware?} for burial. The funeral took place at the Baptist Church Tuesday, June {?} at 10am. The sermon was preached by the writer from a text in Job 14:14. Mr. Gardner was a resident of Delaware County and was well known in this {??}.
Last Tuesday was a very sad day for the {...} of Delaware, who had never before had two funerals in one day. Benjamin M. Gardner was for many years one of the best citizens this village ever had. He was born in Rhode Island, April 24, 1818 and moved to New York in his youth, and moved to Delaware in 1867 where he lived {??} years ago. He was a pleasant, social, and companionable man. Strictly {....} in all his business transactions, {....} in the transactions of his duty and faithful alike to all. He was a cousin of Mr. Boon. He leaves a son and a daughter. (His wife died here in Delaware a number of years ago, and he is {...}.
During the four years that he lived in {...} he was a constant reader of the {illegible...} Graphic, and loved especially to read the kind words about his {....} friends. Those friends clustered around his grave and amid their tears they {breathed} a last and earnest farewell to Benjamin M Gardner.
{Illegible...} The leaves may fall, the {...} may fade and pass away, {...} wait through the wintry hours, {...} of the May.
{...} remembered that the deceased {...} of the late Samuel Gardner {...} and he made a {..}.


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