Brief Life History of Levi Addison
When Levi Addison Gardner was born on 23 April 1860, in Solon Mills, McHenry, Illinois, United States, his father, Alexander Gardner, was 48 and his mother, Sarah Miller, was 41. He married Adele Augusta Ayer on 21 October 1884, in Harvard, McHenry, Illinois, United States. He lived in Harvard, McHenry, Illinois, United States in 1900. He died on 9 May 1916, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Harvard, McHenry, Illinois, United States.
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- Levi Gardner, "United States Census, 1900"
- Levi Addison Gardner, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Levi A. Gardner, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
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1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name from Middle English gardener ‘gardener’, Old French gardinier, jardinier.
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Gärtner or Gartner and French Desjardins .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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