Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

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Edwin Gardner, farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Reedsburg; son of Isaac and Perrino Gardner; was born in Winslow, Stephenson Co., Ill., in 1845; lived in Illinois till 1866, when he came to Reedsburg, Wis.; served two years in the late war; was a member of Co. M, 17th Ill. V.C. Was married, Feb. 7, 1871, at Kilbourn City, to Miss Jeantte Winnie, daughter of Cornelius and Mary Winnie; they have one child, Mary Edith. Mr. G had 160 acres of land.

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