Laura Althea was a schoolteacher and taught many seasons before she was married. The schoolhouse was a one-room log house in Mill creek. It was located at 4800 South and 10th East in Salt Lake.
She married Archibald Gardner on the 3rd day of March 1852. She was his 4th wife.
She served the Relief Society as President or counselor for 27 years. She was called to move many times. She resided in West Jordan, Taylorsville, Spanish Fork, and Big Cottonwood. While living in Spanish Fork she ran a small store.
Laura Althea was capable, trustworthy, refined, dignified and kind. She loved young people very much. They loved to go to her home. She was impartial to her husbands other children. They were one big happy family. No bickering or quarreling. She was the mother of 11 children, three of whom died in infancy and two in their teens. The other children lived to raise their own families, to follow her counsel and advice, and to praise her name.
Laura had been troubled with a bad cough for some time, thinking a change of climate might do her good; she went to Star Valley, Wyoming. She was given every consideration, but her condition grew rapidly worse and she died July 10, 1899.
Laura Althea was a schoolteacher and taught many seasons before she was married. The schoolhouse was a one-room log house in Mill creek. It was located at 4800 South and 10th East in Salt Lake.
She married Archibald Gardner on the 3rd day of March 1852. She was his 4th wife.
She served the Relief Society as President or counselor for 27 years. She was called to move many times. She resided in West Jordan, Taylorsville, Spanish Fork, and Big Cottonwood. While living in Spanish Fork she ran a small store.
Laura Althea was capable, trustworthy, refined, dignified and kind. She loved young people very much. They loved to go to her home. She was impartial to her husbands other children. They were one big happy family. No bickering or quarreling. She was the mother of 11 children, three of whom died in infancy and two in their teens. The other children lived to raise their own families, to follow her counsel and advice, and to praise her name.
Laura had been troubled with a bad cough for some time, thinking a change of climate might do her good; she went to Star Valley, Wyoming. She was given every consideration, but her condition grew rapidly worse and she died July 10, 1899.
Family Members
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George Delos Gardner
1853–1922
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Lucia Adell Gardner Gardner
1856–1936
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Archibald Thompson Gardner
1858–1876
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Joseph Smith Gardner
1860–1901
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Laura Althea Gardner
1863–1877
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Ellen Jeannette "Nettie" Gardner Bennion
1865–1914
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Clinton Albert Gardner
1867–1867
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Hyrum Obed Gardner
1868–1869
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Brigham Ozro Gardner
1872–1957
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Wallace Ward Gardner
1874–1912
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Perry Wilburn Gardner
1876–1878
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