Rachel Gardner Dille is my Second Great-Grandaunt Here is some of my information. Hope it helps. Cindy Descendants of Thomas Sr. Gardner Generation No. 1 1. Thomas Sr.1 Gardner was born March 18, 1784 in New York, and died December 11, 1862 in Ohio. He married Margaret Smith. More About Thomas Sr. Gardner: Fact 1: Buried in Gardner Cemetery, Ames Twp., Athens Co., Ohio. Fact 2: Took in Sarah & Martin Paulk, children of daughter, Emeline after her death.. More About Margaret Smith: Fact 1: Buried in Gardner Cemetery, Ames Twp., Athens Co., Ohio. Children of Thomas Gardner and Margaret Smith are: 2 i. Elizabeth Ann2 Gardner, born 1809 in New York. She married John Calvin Robinson September 16, 1826. More About John Calvin Robinson: Fact 1: John C. Robinson came to Warren Twp., Ohio when he was 2. Fact 2: His father died when he was an infant, leaving his mother with 5 small children. Fact 3: John came to Ames Township at the age of 15 (1818). Fact 4: John & Elizabeth had seven children. 3 ii. Rachel Gardner, born April 28, 1811 in New York; died in Amesville, Athens County, Ohio. She married James Dille April 26, 1839 in Athens County, Ohio Volume 1/2, Page 150. More About James Dille: Fact 1: Buried in Gardner Cemetery, Ames Twp., Athens Co., Ohio. 4 iii. Margaret Ann Gardner, born September 28, 1813 in New York; died July 14, 1894 in Jay Col., Indiana. She married Daniel Rathburn April 24, 1831. 5 iv. Emeline Gardner, born Abt. 1814 in probably New York; died Bef. 1850 in Athens County, Ohio. She married Levi S. Paulk December 19, 1835 in Athens County, Ohio. More About Emeline Gardner: Fact 1: Not on 1850 Census, assumed deceased. 6 v. Mary Ann Gardner, born December 15, 1814 in New York; died September 17, 1899 in Ames Township, Athens County, Ohio. She married George Beasley March 21, 1830. More About Mary Ann Gardner: Fact 1: Buried in Beasley Cemetery, Ames Township, Athens County, Ohio. Fact 2: William E. Peter incorrectly listed Mary's death year as 1898 in his papers. Fact 3: Mary's death is not recorded in Probate Court Records. Notes for George Beasley: George and Mary Ann had 10 children. More About George Beasley: Fact 1: Buried in Beasley Cemetery, Ames Township, Athens County, Ohio. 7 vi. Thomas Jr. Gardner, born February 03, 1816 in New York; died August 20, 1891 in Athens County, Ohio. He married Phoebe Beasley December 29, 1842. More About Thomas Jr. Gardner: Fact 1: Buried in Gardner Cemetery, Ames Twp., Athens Co., Ohio. Fact 2: Raised his sister's child, Nelson Paulk, after her death. Fact 3: Age at Death: 75 yr. 6 mo. 18 da. More About Phoebe Beasley: Fact 1: Buried in Gardner Cemetery, Ames Twp., Athens Co., Ohio. 8 vii. David L. Gardner, born March 16, 1821 in Ames Township, Athens County, Ohio; died July 28, 1900 in Clay County, Indiana. He married Mary C. Allard May 16, 1844 in Athens County, Ohio. 9 viii. Rebecca Gardner, born 1823; died October 27, 1841 in Athens County, Ohio. More About Rebecca Gardner: Fact 1: Buried in Gardner Cemetery, Ames Twp., Athens Co., Ohio. 10 ix. Lucy P. Gardner, born 1824; died February 03, 1906 in Athens County, Ohio. She married Daniel Fleming May 16, 1846. More About Lucy P. Gardner: Fact 1: Buried in Fleming Cemetery, Ames Township, Athens County, Ohio Notes for Daniel Fleming: ******************** Daniel Fleming was born in Athens county near Bishopville, October 22, 1822. He is the son of John and Christina Fleming. John Fleming was born in Germany in 1777, and came to the United States and settled in New York at the age of fifteen. Our subject attended the public and private schools of New York until about seventeen years of age, when he secured work on a sailing vessel plying between New York and New Orleans, making several trips between those points. Becoming acquainted with the engineers of the "New York and Harlem" Railway, then being built by George Law, one of the few millionaries of that day, he engaged as fireman on one of their crude, but at that time wonderful engines. He was afterwards sent to the "Mohawk and Hudson" Railway, which connected Schenectady and Albany. In this position, he was an engineer and ran the "John Bull," an engine which was built in England, and which was exhibited at the Columbian Exposition held at Chicago in 1893. He was also employed on the steam vessel, "Oregon," which, owing to her size and the fact that she was propelled by steam, was an object of much curiosity. In 1845, Mr. Fleming returned to Ohio and the scenes of his childhood, and purchased a farm of fifty acres; he was married May 16, 1846 to Lucy P. Gardner, daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Smith) Gardner. Thirteen children were born to them, seven of which survive- Joseph, William, John, Theodore, Lincoln, Julia, and Edith. SOURCE: " The Centennial Atlas of Athens County, 1905, p. 128" **Athens Messenger has an article telling of the Fleming and McKinley families going to the Smithsonian to see the exhibit of the John Bull. I will insert newspaper article here. DANIEL FLEMING DIED AT MIDNIGHT Ames Pioneer Passed Away at Home in Florida Last Night Daniel Fleming, 90, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lon Minx at M_______, Fla., last night at 12 o'clock, following a critical illness of several months. More About Daniel Fleming: Fact 1: Had thirteen children, seven survived in early 1900's. Fact 2: Buried at Fleming Cemetery, Ames Township, Athens County, Ohio. Fact 3: Daniel's farm was first owned by Benj. Brown, then Abel Glazier, then Daniel. 11 x. Henrietta Gardner, born Abt. 1825 in Ohio. She married William Ellison September 21, 1845. 12 xi. Henry L. Gardner, born 1828 in Ohio; died 1853. He married Thurza Stephens September 30, 1852. 13 xii. Lora A. Gardner, born Abt. 1831 in Ohio. She married Jacob Dennis September 30, 1852. 14 xiii. Charlotte Gardner, born Abt. 1833 in Ohio. She married James Mathers October 14, 1852. 15 xiv. Adaline P. Gardner, born Abt. 1836 in Ohio. She married Noah W. Linscott March 04, 1856. More About Adaline P. Gardner: Fact 1: aka "Adelia"