Eli Atwater, the first husband of Martha M. Gardner, was born in Danbury, Conn., in 1849, and when young moved with his parents to Western New York. December 25, 1868, he married Martha M., third daughter of Chauncey P. Turner, of Livonia, N. Y., and they had two children, Lucius B. and Minnie M., both of whom reside with their mother. Their father died July 10, 1873. For her second husband Mrs. Atwater married Jeffrey W. Gardner, July 11, 1875, and their children were Jeffrey T., born October 2, 1876, died March 21, 1877; and Grace F., born December 28, 1878. Mr. Gardner died May 1, 1882. Mrs. Gardner's married life with her first husband was spent in Wisconsin.

FROM: Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890