Hannah Gubbins Gardner, daughter of William Gubbins and Elizabeth Damsell; wife of James Gardner.

Hannah was a dainty little lady--110 or 115 pounds, just a little over 5 feet tall, medium brown hair and brown eyes. Her hair was always kept neat with curls in front and a crochet hair net with a tiny bow on it. Grandma was quiet and queenly. She wore lacy collars and cuffs on her dresses with a pretty pin at the front neck.

She was an efficient cook; grandchildren remember especially her dumplings and cookies. She was a good seamstress. Her hobbies were fancy work, crocheting, rug making and beautiful dishes. She had glass door cupboards with shelves of knickknacks. Her home had her homemade rugs on the floor, tin under the stoves, and crisply starched, white lace curtains at the windows.

Hannah and James were always sweethearts. He wouldn't let her do any dirty work. He cleaned the stoves, peeled potatoes and each night shined Grandma's shoes and placed them at the foot of the bed ready for morning.

History written by a grand daughter.

Hannah Gubbins Gardner

Death of Hannah Gardner, Survivor of Celebrated Handcart Companies of 1856. Special Correspondence. Mendon, Cache County, April 15th— On the 8th inst., at Teton, Idaho, Sister Hannah Gardner, wife of James Gardner, died of general debility. Deceased was born in France Lynch, Gloucestershire, England, December 16th, 1828; joined the Church in 1845; emigrated to Utah in 1856, in Captain James G. Willie's handcart company, suffering untold hardships with hunger, cold and fatigue. Many times when her husband was sick she pulled the handcart alone and they were glad at times to make a meal by cooking a piece of rawhide, which had been used to tie around the wheel of the cart to hold the tire on. They witnessed many deaths during that hard journey, on one occasion fourteen were buried in one grave. They arrived in Great Salt Lake City very late in the season. Brother Gardner worked for President Brigham Young until the spring of 1860, when they moved to Cache County and took up their residence at Mendon, where they went through all the hardships of a Pioneer life. In the early settling of the Snake River Valley they moved to Teton, Idaho and were consequently pioneers there, helping to build up that country. Sister Gardner was the mother of thirteen children, eight of whom survive her. She leaves a husband, eight children, forty-eight grandchildren, twenty-nine great grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends to cherish her memory. Sister Gardner was a kind, devoted wife, a fond and indulgent mother and a faithful Latter-day Saint. Millennial Star please copy. ~Deseret Evening News, April 4th, 1904.