Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice
Sullivan-Rutland Genealogy Project
Bradford County PA
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Tioga County PA
Families of Sullivan Township, Tioga County PA
Emma E. Cook & George J. Gardner of Sullivan
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Photo: Emma E. Cook & her husband George J. Gardner
Township: Sullivan Township, Tioga County PA
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1.  Emma Elizabeth1 Cook, daughter of George Cook* and Harriet or Mary Knowles*, (#11546) was born 1860.  Individual flags: Obituary; Photograph.  Emma died 14 FEB 1937 in Austinville, Columbia Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at age 76.  GARDNER, MRS. EMMA
 Mrs. Emma Gardner, 77, died Sunday Feb. 14, 1937, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Bardwell, near Austinville.  She is survived by Mrs. Bardwell and two granddaughters, Mrs. Lyle Smith, Chandlesburg, Pa., and Mrs. Howard Shaylor, Columbia Cross Roads.  The funeral will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. William Canfield, a neighbor by the Rev. Glen Dewey.  Burial in Squires Cemetery. (Gray Valley Cemetery) Her body was interred FEB 1937 in Gray Valley Cemetery, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
 She married George J. Gardner.  (George J. Gardner is #15087.)  George was born 1852 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.  George was the son of Gershom Gardner and Eliza B. Unknown (Gardner).  George died 10 OCT 1911 in Austinville, Columbia Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at age 59.  His body was interred OCT 1911 in Gray Valley Cemetery, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.   George was listed in a directory in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania 1899.   Gardner George J (Mainesburg) r 44, farmer, 12, on r 55 acres

 He resided in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania 1908.   Farmer, Columbia Cross Roads PO. Obituary Marietta Cooley (Strange) scrapbook. He was 59 years old. See obit for siblings.

 Emma, as George J. Gardner's wife, resided with him in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania 1908.   Farmer, Columbia Cross Roads PO. Obituary in Erma's book. Emma's birth name is on label of photo in Rumsey albums. "Emma Cook Gardner, Ella's mother."

      Emma Elizabeth Cook and George J. Gardner had the following child:

      2  i.  Ella Mae2 Gardner (#11545) was born 1885.  Individual flags: Photograph.  Ella died 1941 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 56.  MRS. BARDWELL DIES AS FIRE RAZES CHICKEN HOUSE Mrs. Ella Gardner Bardwell, wife of George E. Bardwell, prominent farmer of the Austinville-Roseville section, was burned to death Tuesday afternoon, December 2, 1941, when fire destroyed a poultry building on the farm. The flaming building was discovered by Clifford hart, farm employee, as he was bringing a load of wood to the place. He and a neighbor, Raymond VanZile, attempted to control the fire but the building was consumed and Mrs. Bardwell’s body was found inside the ruins. Mr. Bardwell was in Troy at the time of the tragedy. Miss Mary Seeley, Deputy Coroner of Tioga County, said that the fire was caused by gasoline ignited by Mrs. Bardwell. She was 56 years old, a graduate of Mansfield State Teachers College and a very accomplished musician. She is survived by her husband and two daughters, Mrs. Howard Shaylor, Austinville, and Mrs. Evelyn Smith, Roseville. Services will be held this Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Soper Funeral Home with burial in the Gray Valley Cemetery. Her body was interred 1941 in Gray Valley Cemetery, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.   She married George E. Bardwell.  (George E. Bardwell is #6924.)
    George was born 1881 in Pennsylvania.  George was the son of Theodore F. Bardwell* and Ella D. Briggs*.  He married Bethel Unknown "Bardwell".  George died 1950 at age 69.  George E. Bardwell, 65, of Snedekerville RD 1, Pa. Saturday evening Feb. 4, 1950. Survived by wife, Mrs. Bethel M. Bardwell; daughters, Mrs. Howard Shaylor of Columbia Cross Roads, Pa., Mrs. Lisle Smith of Mainesburg, Pa.; sister, Mrs. Sue M. Smith of Tapon Springs, Fla; step-brothers, Archie and Nathaniel Soper, both of Wellsburg, Merritt Soper of St. Petersburg, Fla., six grandchildren. The body is at the Soper & Vickery Funeral Home, Troy, where funeral will be held Wednesday 2 p.m. The Rev. Orey Crippen., Gray Valley Cemetery.
    His body was interred 1950 in Gray Valley Cemetery, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.   He resided in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania 1908.   Columbia Cross Roads Post Office George was brought up with the children of his step-mother Rosina who had four sons by her first husband, Nathaniel`Soper.
    Ella, as George E. Bardwell's wife, resided with him in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania 1908.   Columbia Cross Roads Post Office Took all her belongings to a shed where she doused them and herself with gasoline and burned herself to death.
 


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