Siblings:
Elizabeth daughter of Cushing Gardner & Deborah b 17 Dec 1814 at Scituate Massachusetts
Cushing son of Cushing Gardner & Deborah b 6 Nov 1815 at Scituate Massachusetts
Deborah daughter of Cushing Gardner & Deborah b 3 June 1818 at Hanson Massachusetts
Abigail daughter of Cushing Gardner & Deborah b 21 Aug 1819 at Hingham Massachusetts d 9 Nov 1820 Hingham Massachusetts
Infant of Cushing Gardner & Deborah b 13 Mar 1822 at Hingham
Massachusetts d 23 Mar 1822 at Hingham Massachusetts
Lydia Loring daughter of Cushing Gardner & Deborah b Sept __ 1823 at Scituate Massachusetts
Elmira daughter of Cushing Gardner & Deborah b 7 Oct 1825 at Scituate Massachusetts
Mary Ann daughter of Cushing Gardner & Deborah b 4 Jan 1832 in Hingham Massachusetts
Thomas Cushing son of Cushing Gardner & Deborah b 15 Jan 15 1835 in Hingham Massachusetts
Elozth son of Cushing Gardner & Deborah b 13 Feb 1828 in Hingham Massachusetts
____ of Cushing Gardner & Deborah d 2 June 1832 Hingham Massachusetts
From "The History of Jackson County, Michigan"
Lebeus GARDNER, of Brooklyn village, was born in Suffolk County, Mass., town of Hingham, Oct. 31, 1829. His father, Cushing Gardner, was a cooper by trade, who also devoted a part of his life to farming pursuits. He was a New Englander by birth, and a direct descendant of Mayflower stock. Cushing Gardner's family consisted of 13 children, and Lebeus was the 11th. He received his education at the village school, and at 14 years of age commenced serving an apprenticeship as shoemaker, which he finished in three years. He came West in 1850, and settled first in Kalamazoo, where he remained only six months, when he came to Jackson and became overseer in the boot and shoe manufacturing department of the Michigan State's Prison one year, and then commenced business for himself at Brooklyn, where he has since remained, doing a thriving business in the manufacturing line.
He married, Jan. 1, 1851, Miss Lucy A. Hunt, daughter of Josiah Hunt, of Braintree, Mass. Mr. Gardner's mother was Deborah Hathaway, daughter of Joshua Hathaway, and was born at Plymouth, Mass., June 17, 1791. He has 3 children living- Mary, Isa and Bertha. Carrie and Hattie are deceased.
Siblings:
Elizabeth daughter of Cushing Gardner & Deborah b 17 Dec 1814 at Scituate Massachusetts
Cushing son of Cushing Gardner & Deborah b 6 Nov 1815 at Scituate Massachusetts
Deborah daughter of Cushing Gardner & Deborah b 3 June 1818 at Hanson Massachusetts
Abigail daughter of Cushing Gardner & Deborah b 21 Aug 1819 at Hingham Massachusetts d 9 Nov 1820 Hingham Massachusetts
Infant of Cushing Gardner & Deborah b 13 Mar 1822 at Hingham
Massachusetts d 23 Mar 1822 at Hingham Massachusetts
Lydia Loring daughter of Cushing Gardner & Deborah b Sept __ 1823 at Scituate Massachusetts
Elmira daughter of Cushing Gardner & Deborah b 7 Oct 1825 at Scituate Massachusetts
Mary Ann daughter of Cushing Gardner & Deborah b 4 Jan 1832 in Hingham Massachusetts
Thomas Cushing son of Cushing Gardner & Deborah b 15 Jan 15 1835 in Hingham Massachusetts
Elozth son of Cushing Gardner & Deborah b 13 Feb 1828 in Hingham Massachusetts
____ of Cushing Gardner & Deborah d 2 June 1832 Hingham Massachusetts
From "The History of Jackson County, Michigan"
Lebeus GARDNER, of Brooklyn village, was born in Suffolk County, Mass., town of Hingham, Oct. 31, 1829. His father, Cushing Gardner, was a cooper by trade, who also devoted a part of his life to farming pursuits. He was a New Englander by birth, and a direct descendant of Mayflower stock. Cushing Gardner's family consisted of 13 children, and Lebeus was the 11th. He received his education at the village school, and at 14 years of age commenced serving an apprenticeship as shoemaker, which he finished in three years. He came West in 1850, and settled first in Kalamazoo, where he remained only six months, when he came to Jackson and became overseer in the boot and shoe manufacturing department of the Michigan State's Prison one year, and then commenced business for himself at Brooklyn, where he has since remained, doing a thriving business in the manufacturing line.
He married, Jan. 1, 1851, Miss Lucy A. Hunt, daughter of Josiah Hunt, of Braintree, Mass. Mr. Gardner's mother was Deborah Hathaway, daughter of Joshua Hathaway, and was born at Plymouth, Mass., June 17, 1791. He has 3 children living- Mary, Isa and Bertha. Carrie and Hattie are deceased.
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