BIOGRAPHY

ABIAL GARDINER - OF ELBA, NY

Abial Gardiner, son of Abial, came to Pennsylvania from England. He married Amanda Smith of Middlebury, N. Y. John Smith, her father, was in the War of 1812. Mr. Gardiner settled in Elba in 1851, where he resided seven years, when he moved to Stafford and settled on the farm now owned by his son Enos J. He died July 13, 1879. He was born April 1, 1812, in Durham, N. Y. His wife died April 6, 1884. They had two children, viz.: Lydia A., who resides in Michigan, and Enos J., who was born June 24, 1845, and is a stock dealer and farmer. The latter married Olive E, daughter of Charles M. Hoyt, who was born in Florida, N. Y. Mr. Hoyt married Mary Galentine, of Rush, N. Y., and they had four children, three of whom are living, viz.: Eveline Goodenough, Sarah Jackson, and Olive E. He settled in Elba, where he resided until 1843, when he came to Stafford. He was a farmer, and died in June, 1889. His wife died July 15, 1881.

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