Random Recollections
by FQC Gardner

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2. Family History
My father was born on a farm near Daviston, Alabama (in Tallapoosa County) on May 7th, 1849, the son of Wm. Gardner and Rhoda Monk Gardner. I have no knowledge of their ancestry since the old Family Bible, containing the only record of the family known to me was destroyed by fire at St. Helena, Cal.

My father was one of four children, he having three sisters: Surepta, Sallie, and Fanny.

My mother was born at Oxford Miss., on November 9th, 1860, the daughter of Andrew Jackson Goolsby and Eliza.gif>Elizabeth Avent Goolsby. She was one of three children, she having Nettie.gif>two sisters: Ollie and Alyene.

It will be noted that I had no uncles. Since neither of my brothers, Dan or Drew, has any children, the family name becomes extinct with my generation.

A Chart, showing such data as are known to me relative to my family tree is included herewith (Appendix I).


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