Raised 20 children.Born: | October 29, 1812, South Carolina |
Died: | September 15, 1871, Alabama |
Buried: | Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Madison County, Alabama |
Notes:• Sarah Elizabeth Bell married David Gardiner on Feb. 4, 1830. - Huie
• David and Sarah were parents of 13 children which includes one unnamed baby boy. The other 12 are listed below:
Davis Collins Bell Gardiner (11/9/1830-7/20/1853)
Cynthia Ann Gardiner Torbett (4/18/1833-4/1/1855) married Howard Alex Torbett on 11/29/1849.
William Francis Gardiner (1835-1909) married Margaret W. Mitchell on 4/20/1859
Elizabeth Jane Gardiner Parker (1837-1892) married Daniel Webster Parker on 12/28/1859
Mary Ester Gardiner Davidson (1838-1906) married William H. Davidson on 4/21/1859
Elisha James Gardiner, born in 1840, was unmarried and enlisted in the CSA. He drowned in the Cahaba River in 1863 or 1864.
John Edward Gardiner, born in 1841, was unmarried and enlisted in the CSA. After becoming ill, he was sent home and died of typhoid fever in 1862.
Charity Ellen Gardiner Chunn (1844-1899) married Elisha L. Chunn on 1/25/1869
Matthew Alexander Gardiner, born in 1846, was unmarried. He was killed in the Civil War.
Sarah Evelyn Gardiner Stogner Nalls (1848-1920) married William Andrew Stogner on 4/25/1872
Theodosia Posey Gardiner Stogner (8/3/1851-2/6/1895) married 1.) James Baskem Stogner on 12/20/1870 2.) Thomas Richard Nalls on 12/20/1887
David Columbus Gardier (1855-1916) married Alice M. Bell on 5/22/1878.
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Sarah's half-sister, Charity Stratford Chunn died in 1852. Charity's children, Elisha L., Mary A., William R., Sarah, and Richard Chunn, lived with David and Sarah. David was the Guardian of the children.
After Sarah and David's daughter, Cynthia Ann, died, they raised her two children Elizabeth Counsel and David William.
Sarah and David reared a total of 20 children. That does not include the children of their daughter, Theodosia Posey (Lena Pope and James Arthur). Theodosia moved back to her parents' home for a short while after her first husband died. - Huie
Related Links:• Ancestry.com - Page created by susanfinleypt and can be viewed only with an Ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/43345176/person/12651500548.)
• Find A Grave - Page created by Jason Presely and photograph of tombstone also added by Jason Presley.
• Huie - Article about David Gardiner and his family written by Martha Poarch Huie and submitted for publication by Sarah Huie Hines to The Heritage of Madison County, Alabama, by The Madison County Heritage Book Committee, John P. Rankin, Chairman, page 197.
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