Hi! I descend from Thomas and Chloe Gillett Gardner through their daughter Kate. Thomas Gardner was born on June 19, 1794 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was the youngest child of Benoni and Silence (Grant) Gardner, sometimes spelled Gardiner. The Gardner family moved to near Marietta, Washington County, Ohio about 1795. Benoni left the family about 1799. The courts administered the estate of Benoni Gardner in 1802, believing him to be dead, due to the work of the Indians. Silence remarried to Ebenezer Nye in the fall of 1802. Thomas moved to Lawrence County, Ohio in about 1814. He married Chloe Gillett, the daughter of Joel and Cloa (Griswold) Gillet in 1818. Chloe was born on December 14, 1799 in Hartford, Connecticut. Thomas and Chloe settled in the area known as Quaker Bottom, in Rome Township. Thomas and Chloe helped to start Beulah Baptist Church, donating the land and the time to build it. They had the following children: 1. Amos Gardner, born on June 9, 1819. 2. Claretta Gardner, born on February 1, 1823. She married Augustus Magee. She died November 21, 1866. 3. Julia Gardner, born on July 8, 1825. She married Henry Parks Goodall. Julia died on June 15, 1857. 4. Roswell Gardner, born on January 23, 1828. He married Nancy Ophelia Delay. He died on February 15, 1912. 5. Lydia Catharine "Kate" Gardner, born on September 1, 1830. She married Nelson Clinton Cox. She died on October 12, 1918. 6. Judson Gardner, born on January 27, 1834. He married Frances E. Hall. He died after 1900, possibly in Missouri. 7. Ann Hasseltine Gardner, born on December 16, 1835. She married Stephen Staley. She died on October 22, 1895 in Arkansas. 8. Thomas Wade Gardner, born on September 2, 1839. He died young. 9. Maria Gardner, born on March 31, 1841. She married Joseph Cox (brother to Nelson Cox above). She died on November 25, 1872. 10. Alice Chloe Gardner, born on June 19, 1844. She married Merritt E. Judd. She died on June 17, 1877. 11. Beulah Eustacia "Stacy" Gardner, born on February 27, 1845. She married George Henry McCormick. She died on September 15, 1923. Thomas lived in Lawrence County for the rest of his life. Chloe died on April 6, 1870. Thomas remarried to a young widow, Barbara (Henry) Davidson. They moved to a small farm in Union Township. Thomas died on December 5, 1879. Thomas and Chloe were buried at Beulah Baptist Cemetery. I have done a lot of research on this line, but as usual, there are some holes in it. I would love to discuss any of this farther with other descendants or with anyone about the allied families as well. Thanks for reading this! - Jean Griesan [email protected]