Military stone application and widow's pension application give date of death as 9 Oct 1925.

1860 Carroll County, Virginia Census: Linsey (also know as "Alfred") was household number 843/849
--- Alfred Gardner, age 22, male, farmer, real estate value $500.00, personal estate value $170, VA Sarah, age 16, female, VA Polly O., age 1, female, VA

1870 Carroll Co, VA Census: Alfred household57/61 Pine Creek District.
Oney, age 70, is living with them

1880 Carroll County, VA Census: Alfred household617/617 Laurel Fork District.

1900 Carroll Co, Virginia Census: Alfred household403/414 Laurel Fork District.9 children-5 still living
John W., son, Apr 1882, age 18 and McMillan, Sarah, daughter, Dec 1886, age 14, single, VA

1910 Carroll Co, VA Census: Alfred household45/45 Laurel Fork District.

1920 Carroll Co, VA Census: Alfred household195/205 in Laurel Fork District.
Alfred is living on the same farm as his John. Alfred is head 1 ; John is head 2.

The following is an exerpt from "The Carroll News" and is very condensed. It is about the drum Alfred used during the Civil War as he was the drummer for the 29th VA. The drum was being auctioned off in Charlottsville, VA and the Carroll County Citizens Committee for Historic Preservation ensured it was returned to Carroll.

"Joshua Mabry, a wheelwright, whose business was just east of Hillsville, made the drum. When the Civil War started and units were recruited, the drum was taken with Company D, 29th VA Infantry where Alfred Gardner, another Carroll County native served as company drummer throughout the war. Gardner, 1837 - 1925 described how he would wake the company with his drum. Another family story recalls a goose being grabbed by Gardner and stuffed inside one of the drums he used on the march near Lynchburg.

When the war ended in 1865, Gardner walked home carrying the drum, just as he had done four years through the war. The late John Perry Alderman wrote the definitive history of the 29th VA Infantry which reflects the journey of the snare drum, as it reflects the battle action of the 29th.

The drum represents an aspect of the heritage of our county. It makes concrete the hallowed memory of a definitive period in the formation of our American nation. For this drum, even in defeat, once voiced the sounds of war, a war that shaped a divided people into the United States of America."

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CHILDREN: [10 ch]
Sarah Jane Gardner b 1869
Sarah A Gardner b 1886