DR. JOSEPH GARDNER, one of the three children of George and Alice (RANDALL)
Gardner, was born September 15, 1833, in Clark County, Ind.  George Gardner
was a native Rhode Islander, but early in 1812 was residing in Canada.
Instead of swearing allegiance to the King, he joined a band of Canada
Rangers and served his native country faithfully until the close of the war.
He was once captured, and being a supposed spy was tried and sentenced to
death by a drum-head court martial, and narrowly escaped having the sentence
carried into execution.  After the war he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and was
there married, subsequently moving to Indiana, where both he and wife died.
Dr. Joseph Gardner was left an orphan when fourteen years old.  He served an
apprenticeship at the painter's trade, but in 1856 began the study of
medicine, graduating in 1861 from the Medical department of the University
of Louisville.  After serving in the United States Marine Hospital as House
Surgeon he was, in the spring of 1862, appointed a surgeon in the military
hospitals, but while doing his duty at the battle of Atlanta, he received a
severe wound from a Minie ball.  By special request from the Provost
Marshal-General of Kentucky, he was detailed to assist in the examination of
drafted men and recruits, and on the resignation of Prof. T. S. BELL,
Surgeon of the Board of Enrollment for the Fifth District, he was appointed
in his stead and as such served until June 15, 1865.  In 1866 Dr. Gardner
came to Bedford, and until within the past five years practiced his
profession.  He is a Sir Knight in Masonry, a member of the I. O. O. F. and
G. A. R. fraternities, belongs to the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, the American Society of Microscopists, and is also a
member of the Tri-State, the State and the County Medical Societies.  As a
Republican in politics, he was elected Representative to the Indiana House
of Representatives in 1880, serving in the special and regular sessions of
that term.  In 1852 Miss Amelia BENNETT became his wife, who died in 1867,
leaving four daughters--Alice, Mary, Sarah and Susan.  In 1868 he was
married to Miss Elizabeth MALOTT, his present wife, an by her is the father
of two sons, named Fletcher and Thomas.


Data Entry Volunteer:  Diana Flynn "ivie@tima.com"


Data Entry Volunteer:  Diana Flynn  "ivie@tima.com"