Notes:
age 24 in 1850
age 32 in 1860
age 44 in 1870
age 54 in 1880
Title: History of Kent Co., MI ; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships ... biographies of representative citizens. History of Michigan ...
Publication Info: Chicago,: C. C. Chapman & co., 1881.
Page 590
Ira Gardner was born Oct. 28, 1825, in Holton Co., Can. He is the son of William and Lena (Muma) Gardner, natives respectively of New York and Pennsylvania. They settled in Ionia county in 1844, where both died. Ira found a residence in Vergennes in 1849. lHe was married Sept. 3, 1842, to Sarah J. White. They have one child, Milow H., born July 21, 1853. The son was married Sept. 29, 1874, to Ella V. Streeter, born in Ottawa countv Oct. 6, 1857. They have one child, Ora M. Mr. Gardner owns 70 acres of land. He and his wife are SeventhDay Adventists. Mr. G.'s father was Elder Levi T. White; mother, Almira (Alger) White, both natives of New York. Came to lonia county, thence to Kent county, Otisco, where they died.
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Data source is Marie Owen. E-mail MarieOwen@hughes.net