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GARDNER, JAMES M., farmer and bridge-builder, Sec. 8; P. O. Dover; born May 11, 1835, in Hillsboro, N. H.; parents, William and Sophronia Gardner, emigrated to Jackson Co., W. Va., when he was about 4 years old; in the fall of 1856, he went to Louisville, Ky., and engaged in the employ of the Louisville Bridge and Iron Co., building bridges; have been in their employ, building, and superintending the building of bridges ever since; during the rebellion, had charge of the bridges and building on the Louisville & Nashville R. R., and was captured several times by the guerrillas, but on account of his not being a combatant, was released; he has had charge of the bridge-building on twenty-seven different railroads, and is still making a specialty of superintending and putting up bridges for the same company. He married Miss Amanda Peoples, of Meigs Co., Ohio, Dec. 15, 1859; she was born July 16, 1838, in Steubenville, Ohio; purchased 160 acres of his present farm in 1874, and moved his family on it, and has subsequently added to it, till now he has 364 acres valued at $50 per acre; in 1876, brought his parents from Virginia, and located them on his farm; his children are William S., Lucinda H., Harry A., Mary E., Robt. H. and John E.; lost two — James C. and Edwin E. Member of Christian church; Dem.