We reveal the history of the community through the stories of its dead
individual record

id
first
middle
last
dob
dod
cod
83BetseyGardner8/8/18547/13/1856

veteran
exhumed
purchaser
cemetery
FALSEAdams Street

lot
plot
R17 G2
relations
Silas Gardner (grandfather, b. c1780) Jemima Gardner (grandmother, b. c179 Clark Gardner (father, b. Oct 1828) Lydia Green Gardner (mother, b. Apr 1831) Henry Gardner (brother, b. c1856) Hattie Gardner (sister, b. c1865) Daniel Gardner (uncle, b. c1816) Chloe McCraavy Gardner (aunt by marriage, d. 1855) Maria H. Thorpe Gardner (aunt by marriage, b. c1836) Silas Gardner (cousin, b. c1848) Alzina Gardner (cousin, b. cApr 1850) Warren Gardner (cousin, b. c1861) Jennie Gardner (cousin, b. c1864) Marthy or Mattie Gardner (cousin, b. c1869) Mary A. Green (maternal grandmother, b. c1810) Eliza Green (maternal aunt, b. c1839)

comments
Betsey was a baby when she died. Betsey's father Clark Gardner was enumerated in the 1850 census, in Middleburg Twp, in the household of her grandfather Silas Gardner (70), a farmer with real estate worth $3,000, born in NY. Grandmother Jemima (60), also born in NY, uncle Daniel (34) a farmer born in Ohio, Daniel's first wife Chloe (22), cousins Alzina (4 mos.) and Silas (2), father Clark (22, a farmer, not yet married), and Charles Laughlin (26, a laborer from Ireland). The family lived near the early pioneers Charles Green and Enoch Watrous, and also near Henry Carman Sr. Silas Gardner was one of the very earliest settlers of Middleburg Twp, when there were fewer than 100 people (Shaw 12-13). Charles's grandmother Mrs. Silas Gardner was considered one of the "pioneering women" of Berea (Shaw 30). Clark married Lydia Green (Clark Gardiner-Lydia Green marriage license). Clark Gardner married Lydia Green on 3 July 1852; the marriage was performed by James J. St. Clair (Clark Gardiner-Lydia Green marriage license). Berea's records of burials for 1856 say "July 23 Betsey Gardner, daughter of Clark Gardner [age] 1 [yr] 10m. 5 d." In 1904, a transcription of the Gardner tombstones read (in alphabetical order) "Betsey, dau of C & L Gardner, died July 13, 1856, age 1 yr, 11 mo, 5 days," "Charley W, son of D & M.H Gardner, died Aug 16, 1860 age 11 mo 5 d" and "Chloe, wife of Daniel Gardner, died July 31, 1855, ae 27". In 1934, a transcription was taken again, in order of location--following the Cards to the SE "Charley W, son of D & H.H Gardner, died July 16, 1860, age 11 months," Chloe, wife of Daniel Gardner, died July 31, 1855, age 27 yrs," Betsey, dau of C & L Gardner, died Feb 15, 1856, age 1 y 11 m" Clark Gardner bought lot 87, where Betsey's tombstone is located. In 1857, after Betsey's death, Clark and Lydia Gardner sold to Daniel Gardner all their interest in a property that lay between the Watrous, Nathan Gardner, and Abram Fowles properties, for $1,000 (Daniel Gardner deed, 7 Apr 1857). They continued to live in Middleburg Twp and were enumerated in the 1860 census: Clark (31) a farmer with $4,000 of real estate and $500 personal property, Lidia [sic] (29), Henry S. (4), Mary A Green (52, born in CT) and Eliza Green (21). In the 1880 census, they had moved to Benton in Ottowa Cty, and there was another child, Hattie (15). Henry (Harvey?) was age 23 and working with his father as a corn laborer. In 1900, Clark (71) and Lydia (69) were still in Benton, children all moved out. Lydia, oddly, is listed as having had three children, all still living.

sources
"List of burials and names, 1856-1871," City of Berea Records Willard H. Shaw, A Collection of Historical Facts on Berea, Ohio. Centennial,1836-1936. Souvenir edition. Berea, OH: Mohler Printing Co., 1936. Clark Gardiner-Lydia Green marriage license, vol. 5, p. 269; Cuyahoga County Historical Marriage License index online. E. S. Loomis and D. T. Gould, "Inscriptions from the Old Berea Cemetery," 1904, Berea Historical Society "Cuyahoga Cemetery Inscriptions," Vol. I, compiled by the Western Reserve Historical Society, 1934 1850 US Federal Census, Silas Gardner household, series M432, roll 673, p. 185. 1860 US Federal Census, Clark Gardner household, Series: M653 Roll: 954 Page: 141 1880 US Federal Census, Clark Gardner household, Series: T9 Roll: 1056 Page: 313 1900 US Federal Census, Clark Gardner household, Series: T623 Roll: 1311 Page: 60 "Number of burial lots and price," Adams St Cemetery folder, Berea Historical Society Daniel Gardner-Chloe McCraavy marriage license, vol. 4, p. 374, Cuyahoga County Historical Marriage License index. Daniel Gardner deeds, Cuyahoga County Recorder's Office online, recorded 23 May 1844-21 Apr 1880. There are some Clark Gardner deeds, but other than the one with Daniel, they are not our Clark Gardner. Don Labaj, Berea Families CD, 2006.