BIOGRAPHY

JOHN GARTNER

John Gartner, born in Wurtemberg, Germany, about 1789, married Catherine Bessinger, and they had 10 children, only three of whom are living, namely: Jacob, Barbara, and George. They came to America and located in Lancaster, Erie County, where Jacob was born October 3, 1839. He received a common school education, and is a farmer by occupation. May 8, 1861, he married Elizabeth, second daughter of Alexander Lewis, of Clarence, Erie County. Her father was born in Vermont, of Scotch ancestry. They reside on road 31.

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