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Submitted: 7/26/16 • Approved: 9/20/23 • Last Updated: 9/23/23 • R1150275-G1150274-S3
JH
Civil War Confederate
June 12, 1845 - July 15, 1912
*Obituary
Rogers Democrat
Thursday, July 25, 1912
GARDNER, Jane Hill BIGGERS – Mrs. John Gardner died a week ago at her home near Healing Springs where she had lived over thirty years. Death was the result of a cancer of the stomach.
*Obituary
The Springdale News
Friday, July 19, 1912
(from Elm Springs) Mrs. John Gardner died at her home at Healing Springs Monday and was buried at Elm Springs Tuesday. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church, being conducted by Rev. I.M. Phillips. Mrs. Gardner had resided at Elm Springs and in this vicinity for over thirty years and many friends are saddened by her going away and share the grief of the husband and children in their loss.
*Obituary
The Springdale News
Friday, July 19, 1912
(from Cave Springs) Mrs. John Gardner of Healing Springs died today (Monday) and will be buried Tuesday at Elm Springs. Mrs. Gardner had been a sufferer for a number of months with cancer of the stomach.
JJ
Company F 5th South Carolina Infantry
Civil War Confederate
December 18, 1840 - January 5, 1932
*Obituary
Benton County Record & Democrat & Sun
Thursday, January 14, 1932
GARDNER, John Jefferson - John Jefferson Gardner, aged Confederate veteran, died at his home in Healing Springs Jan. 5th at the age of 91 years. He had lived in Benton County for 60 years. Funeral services were held and burial made at Elm Springs. Mr. Gardner was born in York County, South Carolina Dec. 18th, 1840 where he grew to manhood. He served in the Confederate army from 1861 to 1865. In 1867 he married Jane Hill Biggers to whom were born five children. She died in 1912. In 1915 he married Mrs. Rachel Bell who survives him. He came to Benton County in 1872, locating on a farm in the vicinity of Healing Springs. Besides his widow he is survived by a son, Glen Gardner of Elm Springs and by two daughters, Mrs. Lela Robbins of Wynona, Okla. and Mrs. Ethel Shaffer of Kilgore, Texas, also by 14 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
*Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans, Washington County, Arkansas 2009
Compiled by William W Degge
Contributed on 7/26/16 by judyfrog
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