Elias Gardner

1807 - 1891  (83 years)

• Name	Elias Gardner
  Born	2 Apr 1807	Vernon, Oneida, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  Biography	Written by Glenn Gardner
  	Elias Gardner biography Contributed By Gardner, B Randall1 · 29 December 2013 (Randy’s note: This biography was written by Glenn Gardner abt 1997. See his original letter: “Nauvoo Relatives.doc”.) Elias Gardner 1807-1890 biography Elias was born in Vernon New York on April 2 1807. A biography by the Daughters of The Utah Pioneers (Timp View Camp Collection, American Fork Utah) states that while in New York, that he had leadership in a brass band. There appears to be some confusion on his baptism, with the date on the temple records showing his baptism into the church on March 21, 1841, and a member card index record showing his baptism a year earlier in 1840. Since Joseph Smith died June 27 1844, it is most likely that Elias had at least heard and seen Joseph Smith. Elias was endowed January 8, 1846 in the Nauvoo Temple. On this date he also married his third wife Betsey Elizabeth Markham as part of the second company that day. (gg note: I have heard that Endowments took a lot more time back then.) The Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register shows his priesthood at that time as a Seventy, and latter records show him as a High Priest. While in Nauvoo, Elias was a tenant at the Lucius Scovill House and that he was a shoemaker. (gg note: For those of you who have been to Nauvoo, the Scovill’s ran a bakery. The brick bakery, which has been restored, is quite small so perhaps he may have stayed either with them in a wood type home or on some of their property that has since decayed. Most of this paragraph has been researched by Susan Easton Black (SEB) pg 701.) Some records shows that he came to Salt Lake City with Brigham Young’s first company in 1847. Nancy’s ancestor John Brown along with Orson Pratt was one of the first two mormons to see the Pioneer valley in 1847 so it is likely that John Brown knew Elias. As per the Utah Federal Census’s of 1860 and 1870 Elias Gardner was a farmer. In 1860, in Payson Utah, he had a house hold of 19, a real weath of $590 and a personal wealth of $600. In 1870, he was recorded as living in Pondtown, Utah, having a household of 13, a real wealth of $300, and a personal wealth of $600. He had 9 wives, first one to Harriet Snow Smith on January 1, 1826 and the last one after 1867. He only had two children by his first wife and they were both born in Massachusetts. We are descendents of wife number 2, Amy Pritchard who married Elias on February 13, 1832. This marriage was latter sealed in the Endowment house in Salt Lake city. According to Randy’s genealogy Amy died at Winter Quarters Iowa. I have a copy of the Nauvoo temple endowment register showing his endowment and marriage on January 8, 1846 to Betsey Elizabeth Markman. SEB information showed that there was no children to this marriage. I believe I have counted 26 descendents for Elias.
  Patriarchal Blessing	21 Feb 1856
  	Address: by John Young
  	Elias Gardner - Patriarchal Blessing Contributed By Ira Gardner · 8 March 2014 Patriarchal Blessing given at Payson City [Utah], February 21, 1856 by John Young, upon the head of Elias Gardner son of William an[d] Nancy Graves [Gardner]born April 2, 1807 in Vernon, [Oneida County] State of New York. Brother Elias, I now lay my hands upon your head in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to bless thee with a father's blessing, even to seal and ratify upon thee the blessings of the new and everlasting covenant and of the Holy Priesthood which has been confirmed upon thee. In as much as thy heart is honest before the Lord, and it has been, thy desire to help to build up the Kingdom of God upon the earth, and thou hast embraced the Gospel according to the holy order given in these last days, and thou art entitled to the blessings of the Heavens and of the Earth. I pray that the spirit may rest upon thee and upon me while I bless thee, that such may be spoken and shall be agreeable to the spirit. Thou art a literal descendant of Joseph through Ephraim and an heir to the blessings of the Kingdom and have power to govern yourself and control all your passions and to do good in your day and generation. I confer upon you the blessings of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and I say your posterity shall be numerous and thou seeds shall rise up and call you blessed in consequence of your diligence and obedience. Thou hast lifted up thy voice before thousands and brought many to a knowledge of the truth, and the Holy Ghost shall rest upon thee. I seal these with the blessings of Heaven and of the Earth, and all things that you put your hands to shall be prospered. I confer upon you also the blessings of health and life, and your mouth shall speak forth the wisdom that shall be in your heart, and you shall live long upon the earth, even till your hair is as white as wool, and you shall be blest above many of your fellows, and you shall have power over your enemies, and no power shall prevail against you, and no power even from that is raised against you shall prosper, and if your enemies will lay snares for you they shall be caught in them while you shall escape as from the hand of the fowler, and your last days shall be your best. I pray my Father to ratify these blessings in the Heavens, and I say that in as much as you will be faithful to those who are set over you to council you I can seal you up to eternal life and if it be your desire you can live to see the redemption of Zion, the downfall of Satan's kingdom, and behold the wide spreading glory of the Kingdom of God upon the Earth. I seal all these and all other blessings that your heart can desire in righteousness, and you shall be blest in your household; I do this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, even so, Amen.
  Died	15 Feb 1891	Annabella, Sevier, Utah Territory, United States
  Buried	17 Feb 1891	Glenwood, Sevier, Utah Territory, United States
  Person ID	I172	Staples-Record
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	William Gardner,   b. 23 Jul 1777, Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 1812  (Age 34 years)
  Mother	Nancy Anne Graves,   b. 20 Jun 1784, Tyringham, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 21 Nov 1869, Vernon, Oneida, New York, United States  (Age 85 years)
  Married	1800	Vernon, Oneida, New York, United States
  Family ID	F117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ellen Elizabeth Abbott,   b. 14 Apr 1837, Genesee, New York, United States ,   d. 17 Jul 1916, Ammon, Bonneville, Idaho, United States  (Age 79 years)
  Married	9 Feb 1852	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Teritory, United States
  Children	1. Elias Gardner, Jr,   b. 14 Dec 1857, Payson, Utah, Utah Territory, United States ,   d. 18 Dec 1934, Firth, Bingham, Idaho, United States  (Age 77 years)   2. John Gardner,   b. 11 Feb 1860, Payson, Utah, Utah Territory, United States ,   d. 1 Feb 1945, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  (Age 84 years)   3. Ellen Elizabeth Gardner,   b. 2 Oct 1862, Payson, Utah, Utah Territory, United States ,   d. 12 May 1934, Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, United States  (Age 71 years) + 4. Ruthette Gardner,   b. 25 Dec 1864, Willowcreek, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States ,   d. 21 Mar 1896, Elsinore, Sevier, Utah, United States  (Age 31 years)   5. Joshua Abbott Gardner,   b. 12 Sep 1867, Payson, Utah, Utah Territory, United States ,   d. 18 Mar 1935  (Age 67 years)   6. George Gardner,   b. 17 Apr 1870, Salem, Utah, Utah, United States ,   d. 4 Jul 1948, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States  (Age 78 years)   7. Mary Roseta Gardner,   b. 4 Mar 1873, Salem, Utah, Utah Territory, United States ,   d. 28 Jul 1951, Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States  (Age 78 years)   8. Orawell Gardner,   b. 18 Mar 1875, Salem, Utah, Utah Territory, United States ,   d. 23 Oct 1960, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States  (Age 85 years)   9. Iras Gardner,   b. 16 May 1877, Central Valley, Sevier, Utah, United States ,   d. 6 Feb 1901, Eureka, Juab, Utah, United States  (Age 23 years)   10. Ira Gardner,   b. 16 May 1877, Central Valley, Sevier, Utah, United States ,   d. 23 Feb 1930, Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States  (Age 52 years)   11. Martha Jane Gardner,   b. 12 Sep 1880, Annabella, Sevier, Utah Territory, United States ,   d. 16 Mar 1974, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States  (Age 93 years)
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2015
  Family ID	F59	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Emily Ann Abbott,   b. 24 Dec 1848, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Teritory, United States ,   d. 5 Jun 1880, Annabella, Sevier, Utah Territory, United States  (Age 31 years)
  Married	13 Jul 1867	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2015
  Family ID	F351	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 2 Apr 1807 - Vernon, Oneida, New York, United States Married - 9 Feb 1852 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Teritory, United States Married - 13 Jul 1867 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Died - 15 Feb 1891 - Annabella, Sevier, Utah Territory, United States Buried - 17 Feb 1891 - Glenwood, Sevier, Utah Territory, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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  Elias Gardner was born April 2, 1807 in Vernon, Oneida County, New York, the son of William and Nancy Gardner. Sometime before Elias was two years of age he moved to the birthplace of his mother in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. There the father left his wife to support herself and four sons as best she could and was heard from no more for seven years. Elias grew up in the home of his grandmother and he always thought rather bitterly of his father for deserting his family. At the end of the seventh year William returned to the city where he and his family had formerly lived seeking information as to their whereabouts. In the meantime Nancy had remarried thinking she would never see her husband again. William made inquiries at a blacksmith shop he had once owned, and was told by the owner that Nancy still lived in the old home but that now she was his wife. After hearing the story the blacksmith told William that he would inform Nancy that her former husband was in the city and if she still wanted to be married to him, he would step aside. But William, feeling that he had no right to the love of the woman whom he had deserted, went to the house to look upon her once more through a window then went away never to be heard from again. He left a present for her with her husband. Nancy always surmised that the gift, a beautiful shawl, came from William and she prized it highly. Shortly afterward she died. Elias was just a young boy at this time. When he was eighteen years of age he married Harriet Smith. They were the parents of two children. On the 2nd of March, 1830 Harriet died and two years later he married Amy Pritchard. Elias joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, being baptized October 7, 1841. Elias was a leader during the early part of his life in a brass band in New York City. He lived in Nauvoo in 1846 and was endowed in the Nauvoo Temple January 8, 1846. He was a tenant at the Lucius Scovil house next to the present day Scovil Bakery in Nauvoo. This is south of the present Cultural Hall. He was a shoe maker in Nauvoo. He was a pioneer who came to Utah with Heber C. Kimball in 1848. He was active in the church and lived a faithful and full life with many wives and children, who loved and respected him for his many fine qualities. He passed away February 15, 1891 at Annabelle, Utah and was buried in a little place called Glenwood, Sevier, Utah. — Alveretta Gardner