I have two Census records from Comanche, Texas(1900) and Palo Pinto County(1920) both says the Gardner's were borned in Kentucky. But I can't find any parents listed. William Bell Gardner was born Dec. 2, 1862, and R. Lee Gardner had to be borned around 1865-1868. Both men went to Lafayette County, Mississippi and were married on the same day (June 22, 1884) William Bell Gardner married Sharlott Sorena Bogard. R. Lee Gardner married Sue Bogard. Both girls were the daugthers of John Johnston Bogard and Nancy Cantwell Bogard. William Bell Bogard and Sharlott had one son, Jesse Aaron Gardner born May 1885 (Ms.) Sharlott May Gardner May 1887 (Ms) and Lavena Gardner was born April 11, 1889 in Pittsburg, Calhoun Co. Mississippi. Sometime between 1889 and 1896 Sharlott Sorena Gardner died, and William Bell Gardner remarried Emma Alice Smith in Comanche Co. Texas on Jan. 19, 1896. They had nine children. They lived in Comanche County, Brown County, Eastland County, and finally moved to Freestone County around 1912. William Bell Gardner died January 16, 1932 in Dew, Freestone County, Texas. R. Lee Gardner and Sue Bogard Gardner had two children in Ms. They were Ruth Pearl Gardner born Feb. 4, 1885 in Grass Valley, Lafayette Co. Ms. and John Y. Gardner born in 1888, also in Mississippi. They then moved to Dequeen, Sevier Co. Arkansas were Arch Lee Gardner was born on Jan. 9, 1889. Then they moved to Texas and settled in Freestone County (1895-1898) Comanche or Brown Co in 1903,( that was when Pearl married Walter Elvis Youngblood) then on the Archer County (1910 Texas Census) in 1920 they were living in Palo Pinto County (according to Texas Census) R. Lee Gardner died in 1920 and is buried in or near Grafford, Palo Pinto County, Texas. If the family rings any bells, please contact me at [email protected] Thanks. Sue Hickman P. O. Box 510 Arp, Texas 75750