Possibly J.William Gardner, a charter member (1898) of the Elks Lodge in Billings who lived in Laurel - He was living in Bedford, Virginia in 1929 - See Charter Elks, Billings Gazette, March 24, 1929, p12. Worked on Northern Pacific railroad survey crew fin 1881. Listed as a rancher and merchant from Laurel who operated a general store - born in 1859 or 1860. Died in 1947 in Billings after returning from living in California for several years - See Pioneer dies in hospital, Billings Gazette, July 25, 1947. Possibly the same person - See JA Gardner in Laurel's Story, by Johnston.
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Contributors
Unknown
Contributing Institution
Billings Public Library
Geographic Coverage
Billings (Mont.)
Digital Collection
Billings Public Library Historic Collection
Digitization Specifications
HP Scanner, unknown model, unknown scanning software; 12,506,000 Bytes file size for master TIF file; 2941 x 2372 dimension size for master TIF file; web-viewable images created from master TIF using Microsoft Office Picture Manager and CONTENTdm 5.0.
Date Digitized
2007-02-26
Relation
See Charter Elks, Billings Gazette, March 24, 1929, p12. See Pioneer dies in hospital, Billings Gazette, July 25, 1947. Possibly the same person - See JA Gardner in Laurel's Story, by Johnston.
