Margaret Virginia Gardner1,2

b. 7 April 1857, d. October 1865
FatherThomas Edmondson Gardner3 b. 7 Jul 1827, d. 23 Feb 1903
MotherEllen Eliza Lansdown3 b. 25 Dec 1835, d. 10 Oct 1911
Birth7 Apr 1857 Margaret Virginia Gardner was born on 7 Apr 1857 in Smyth County, Virginia.1,2 
DeathOct 1865 Margaret died of flux on the 20th (death record and parent's Bible) or the 25th (headstone) of Oct 1865 at age 8. Her younger brother William had died of flux on Oct. 12th.4,5,2 
Burial She was buried in the Gardner-Dickenson Square at Old Glade Spring Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.2 

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Margaret and brother William's side of Gardner monument
Other interments in Old Glade Spring Cemetery
ChartsDescendants of Jeremiah Gardner and Margaret Edmiston
Last Edited14 Dec 2013

Citations

  1. [S2981] Ellen Eliza (Lansdown) and Thomas Edmondson Gardner Family Bible, The New Testament (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1859); held in 2012 by the Smyth-Bland Regional Library, Marion, VA. The third entry on the "Birth" page reads: Margaret Virginia Gardner was Born April the 7th 1857 in Smyth County Va [added below line] Departed this life Oct 25 1865.
  2. [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 180. Stone reported to read: Margaret Virginia Gardner, 7 Apr 1857 - 25 Oct. 1865.
  3. [S2981] Ellen Eliza (Lansdown) and Thomas Edmondson Gardner Family Bible, The New Testament (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1859); held in 2012 by the Smyth-Bland Regional Library, Marion, VA. The "Birth" page entries begin with Thomas Edmondson Gardner and Ellen Eliza Lansdown followed by entries for 10 children. The first 6 entries appear to be in the same script; the script on later entries varies.
  4. [S2981] Ellen Eliza (Lansdown) and Thomas Edmondson Gardner Family Bible, The New Testament (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1859); held in 2012 by the Smyth-Bland Regional Library, Marion, VA. The 2nd entry on the "Deaths" page reads: Margaret Virginia Gardner departed this life the 20th of October 1865 Aged eight years six months 13 days.
  5. [S2268] Research of Tom Colley, Hanceville, Alabama; Mr. Colley cites: Washington County, Virginia death register: M. Virginia Gardner, d. 20 Oct 1865, age 8y, flux, d/o Thomas E. & Ellen E. Gardner, reported by father.