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A. C. Gardner was born in Dresden, in 1841, and is one of five children born to Col. John A. and Maria Gardner. Our subject was educated in the schools near his home and in the Nashville University. In 1861 he enlisted in Company G, Ninth Tennessee Infantry, and after the battle of Shiloh was promoted to the office of captain and held that position until the close of the war. He was in twenty-three engagements, many of them being the hardest battles of the war. He was a brave soldier and rendered valuable service to the Confederate cause. He received only a slight wound and returned home May 25, 1865, and the same year married Josephine R., daughter of Joseph and Henrietta Johnson. Mrs. Gardner was born in Rutherford County, Tenn., in 1844, and became the mother of seven children, five living: Mary E., Ada B., John A., Algernon and Joe. Immediately after marriage Mr. Gardner located where he now resides. He owns 200 acres of valuable and well improved land, and is a successful business man. He is a Democrat in his political views and he and Mrs. Gardner are members of the Baptist Church.