Brief Life History of David Allen
When David Allen Gardner was born on 7 August 1859, in Carroll, Tennessee, United States, his father, Wilkerson Pitt Gardner, was 27 and his mother, Agnes Esther Boyd, was 22. He married Mary E Allen in 1882, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in District 12, Grainger, Tennessee, United States in 1880 and Civil District 5, Carroll, Tennessee, United States for about 30 years. He died on 9 November 1950, in Carroll, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in McLemoresville Cemetery, McLemoresville, Carroll, Tennessee, United States.
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- David A Gardner, "United States Census, 1860"
- David Allen Gardner, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963"
- David A Gardner in entry for Luther Curtis Gardner, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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