Aged 47y; consumption. Harriet's name is inscribed on the back side of the Hiram and Adaline Gardner large monument and she has an individual footstone in the row with all 3 wives of Hiram.
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Mrs. Harriet E., wife of Mr. Hiram E. Gardner of Bradfordton, died at their home, near that place, after a lingering illness, on Sunday, Oct. 14, at 5 p.m. Mrs. Gardner was born Feb. 8, 1841. She was the daughter of Col. and Mrs. James M. Bradford. She was a member of the First M. E. church of this city from her early girlhood and was a most exemplary and amiable woman.
She leaves a husband and four children, Louise B., Harriet M., Harry B. and John J. Gardner. Her brothers are W. T. and E. T. Bradford of Bradfordton, and sisters Mrs. E. E. Madison and Mrs. w. H. Parkinson of Wichita, Kan., and Mrs. Robert H. Hazlett of El Dorado, Kan.
Mrs. Gardner was just in the prime of life and, with health, naturally would have had many useful years ahead of her. Her death is a severe stroke to the family and takes from the circle in which she was known a bright ornament and a remarkably useful woman.
The funeral will occur today from the Gardner residence, near Bradfordton, and the remains will be interred at Oak Ridge cemetery.
Il State Journal, Springfield, IL, Oct. 16, 1888
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Mrs. Harriet E., wife of Mr. Hiram E. Gardner of Bradfordton, died at their home, near that place, after a lingering illness, on Sunday, Oct. 14, at 5 p.m. Mrs. Gardner was born Feb. 8, 1841. She was the daughter of Col. and Mrs. James M. Bradford. She was a member of the First M. E. church of this city from her early girlhood and was a most exemplary and amiable woman.
She leaves a husband and four children, Louise B., Harriet M., Harry B. and John J. Gardner. Her brothers are W. T. and E. T. Bradford of Bradfordton, and sisters Mrs. E. E. Madison and Mrs. w. H. Parkinson of Wichita, Kan., and Mrs. Robert H. Hazlett of El Dorado, Kan.
Mrs. Gardner was just in the prime of life and, with health, naturally would have had many useful years ahead of her. Her death is a severe stroke to the family and takes from the circle in which she was known a bright ornament and a remarkably useful woman.
The funeral will occur today from the Gardner residence, near Bradfordton, and the remains will be interred at Oak Ridge cemetery.
Il State Journal, Springfield, IL, Oct. 16, 1888
Aged 47y; consumption. Harriet's name is inscribed on the back side of the Hiram and Adaline Gardner large monument and she has an individual footstone in the row with all 3 wives of Hiram.
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Mrs. Harriet E., wife of Mr. Hiram E. Gardner of Bradfordton, died at their home, near that place, after a lingering illness, on Sunday, Oct. 14, at 5 p.m. Mrs. Gardner was born Feb. 8, 1841. She was the daughter of Col. and Mrs. James M. Bradford. She was a member of the First M. E. church of this city from her early girlhood and was a most exemplary and amiable woman.
She leaves a husband and four children, Louise B., Harriet M., Harry B. and John J. Gardner. Her brothers are W. T. and E. T. Bradford of Bradfordton, and sisters Mrs. E. E. Madison and Mrs. w. H. Parkinson of Wichita, Kan., and Mrs. Robert H. Hazlett of El Dorado, Kan.
Mrs. Gardner was just in the prime of life and, with health, naturally would have had many useful years ahead of her. Her death is a severe stroke to the family and takes from the circle in which she was known a bright ornament and a remarkably useful woman.
The funeral will occur today from the Gardner residence, near Bradfordton, and the remains will be interred at Oak Ridge cemetery.
Il State Journal, Springfield, IL, Oct. 16, 1888
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Mrs. Harriet E., wife of Mr. Hiram E. Gardner of Bradfordton, died at their home, near that place, after a lingering illness, on Sunday, Oct. 14, at 5 p.m. Mrs. Gardner was born Feb. 8, 1841. She was the daughter of Col. and Mrs. James M. Bradford. She was a member of the First M. E. church of this city from her early girlhood and was a most exemplary and amiable woman.
She leaves a husband and four children, Louise B., Harriet M., Harry B. and John J. Gardner. Her brothers are W. T. and E. T. Bradford of Bradfordton, and sisters Mrs. E. E. Madison and Mrs. w. H. Parkinson of Wichita, Kan., and Mrs. Robert H. Hazlett of El Dorado, Kan.
Mrs. Gardner was just in the prime of life and, with health, naturally would have had many useful years ahead of her. Her death is a severe stroke to the family and takes from the circle in which she was known a bright ornament and a remarkably useful woman.
The funeral will occur today from the Gardner residence, near Bradfordton, and the remains will be interred at Oak Ridge cemetery.
Il State Journal, Springfield, IL, Oct. 16, 1888
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