Marilyn, I too, am trying to find links to the Gardner name in the Maine area. My gr/gr grandfather was Levi Gardner m. Naomi Viles. Basically that is the only clue I have...EXCEPT, their son Eugene F. Gardner was born in Maine 1845. Eugene was in the Civil War Co. D, Wisconsin Inf. And I've recently discovered a Levi Gardner connected to the New Hampshire Inf. Co. H........now, whether or not this is the same Levi, well, I just don't know. Eugene spent his growing up years in Delavan, Wisconsin........then moved west, eventually ending up in Prosser, Benton Co., Washington. Eugene and his wife Lucy Jane Wheeler had 7 children, 4 of them died of smallpox. Remaining children were Charles Gardner (died in his early 20's), Mary m. John Fred Borst and lived in the Portland Or/Vancouver Wash. area and my grandfather Jay Wheeler Gardner m. Anna Barbara Rettig and lived in Prosser, Washington. This is all I know about this side of my family. Thanking you, for at least reading this, I know how hard it is to sort through all this stuff. Karen [email protected]