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| F. O. Gardner was born in Medina County, Ohio, February 28, 1845. Enlisted, JUne 1861, in the Eighty-fourth Ohio Infantry. Served till the close of the war with Sherman as orderly sergeant. Settled in Golden, Oceana Co., Mich., in 1865. Engaged in farming and lumbering, owning a sawmill. Settled at Pentwater, in 1874, and is engaged in saw and shingle milling, hardware, brickmaking, etc., doing some $30,000 worth of business annually. Married June 1873, Carrie Aubrey. |