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ELIZA GARDNER, P. O. Higginsport. This lady’s maiden name was Slack; she was a granddaughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Howell) Slack, both natives of Pennsylvania, and for many years, if not for their entire life, residents of Philadelphia. They died leaving three sons, viz.: Absalom, born September 13, 1793; John, August 10, 1796, and Amos, April 24, 1799, all now deceased. The youngest was the father of our subject. He, as well as the elder ones, was born, raised and received his schooling in Philadelphia, and he learned the trade of stone-cutting. When about eighteen years of age, he came West, stopping near Aberdeen, Brown Co., Ohio, where, in about 1825, he married Lucretia Wilson, and began housekeeping near Aberdeen. He subsequently resided in Lewis Township, on White Oak, but finally resided near Foster, Ky. He suffered five years and died October 19, 1859. During life, he spent one year in Texas, two years in Kentucky, and in all was a resident of Brown County, Ohio, thirty-nine years. He devoted his time through life to his trade and farming. He possessed a strong constitution which he inherited from his ancestors. His wife (Lucretia) was born near Aberdeen, June 4, 1806; she was a daughter of Job Wilson, who came from Maryland and settled in that locality when Ohio was yet a wilderness. She died in Higginsport August 26, 1881. She was a good companion and a kind mother; she embraced religion when quite young, and united with the Christian Church under the venerable Elder Matthew Gardner. She was a woman who loved the truth “because it was right.” She raised a family of eleven children, viz.: Eliza, Daniel, Amos, Mary, James F., Jane, Susan, William C. (deceased), Uriah, George W. and Naomi. Eliza, a native of Brown County, Ohio, born November 5, 1826, was raised and educated in this county. She now resides in Higginsport. In early life, she embraced religion and connected herself with the Christian Church under Elder Gardner, whose son, George W. Gardner, she subsequently became acquainted with and married. He was born January 30, 1818, and died May 7, 1869. His youthful days were spent on the farm; he received his education in the district schools. In 1842, he had given to him, 100 acres of land, in Lewis Township, on which he settled, and two years later married. During the last eight-years of his life he was one of the prominent and successful leaf-tobacco merchants of Higginsport, residing two miles distant. He also well understood the handling of stock. At his death the community lost a good and valuable citizen. Seven of his ten children survive.