Is Jay Wallace Gardner in 1884 the earliest date of your Gardners in Oregon? (Some people moved to Coos Bay to be at the bay) Muriah ______ westlund wrote: > Seanette, no offense, but why in the world would anyone move to Coos Bay......WEST AND DREARY. My family originally set up shop around Weston, Oregon, near Pendleton. No, I can't find any of their names on the Oregon Trail "register" however, my grandfather, Jay Wallace Gardner was born in Weston, Oregon 1884. [email protected] you might want to include you email address. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

Jay Wallace Gardner b. Weston, Oregon 1884 was the son of Eugene F. Gardner b. 1845 in Maine. Eugene F. Gardner born in Maine, was raised in Walworth Co., Wisc. He enlisted in 1862 as a private in Co. D 20th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, before his 17th birthday. He fought at Prairie Grove, Vicksburg, Atchafalaya River, Fort Morgan, Spanish Fort, VanBuren, Yazoo City and Meadowville. He was discharged at Galveston, Texas in July 1865. After the war he returned home and married Lucy Jane Wheeler. They spent some time in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa before moving to Oregon in 1873. [email protected]

It's still wet and dreary.