(Epitaph  Written  by  Himself.)

»  Elder  Matthew   Gardner,

A  Christian   Minister.
Born  in  the  State  of  New  York,  December  5,  1790.
Died  in  the  State  of  Ohio,  October   10,  1873.
"He  claimed  no  merits  of  his  own,

His   trust  was   all   in    Christ   alone."

He  preached  the  Gospel  Sixty-three  Years.
SETH    GARDNER.
Benjamin  (6),  Benjamin  (5),  Benjamin  (4),  Nathaniel  (3),  Benony  (2),

George  (1).
Seth  Gardner,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Lucy  (Hawks)  Gardner,  was
born  at  Stephentown,  N.  Y.,  March  5,  1782.  Married  Betsey  Wright,
Feb.  7,  1815.
To  them  was  born  one  child  :

Benjamin  Wright,  born  December  4,  181 5.
In  December,  1818,  Betsey  (Wright)  Gardner  died  at  the  age  of  22
years,  two  months  and  five  days.  She  was  buried  on  the  old  homestead
of  Benjamin  Gardner.  July  18,  1827,  Seth  Gardner  married  Elma  Sands
Barrere,  daughter  of  George  W.  Barrere,  of  New  Market,  Highland
County,  Ohio.
To  them  were  born  three  sons  as  follows :

George  B.,  born  May  2,  1828.
Mills  T.,  born  Jan.  30,  1830.
Thomas  F.,  born  Feb.  18,  1832.
Seth  Gardner  was  the  fifth  child  of  Benjamin  Gardner  and  exper-
ienced that  long  western  trip  of  his  parents  from  Stephentown,  N.  Y.
His  early  boyhood  days  were  spent  on  the  sunny  slopes  of  the  western
Berkshire  Hills  amidst  Eastern  New  York  scenery.  He  was  reared  on
his  father's  farm  from  eight  years  of  age  until  he  reached  his  estate.
It  is  unfortunate  that  we  are  unable  to  learn  more  of  the  early  life  of  so
many  members  of  this  family..  His  brother,  Matthew  Gardner,  casual-
ly states  in  his  book,  "that  we  got  along  very  well  on  the  farm."  This
is  all  we  know  of  the  early  life  of  Seth  Gardner.
