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Gardner, Frances Eleanor, 1839-1930

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1839 September 27 - 1930 July 7
  • Usage: 1839 - 1859
  • Usage: 1882 - 1930
  • Usage: 1859 - 1869
  • Usage: 1869 - 1882

Biography

Mrs. Frances (Fannie) Eleanor Secor Mitchener Hastings Gardner was born to Dr. Elkanah M. and Mary Parker Secor on September 27, 1839, in New York State.

Mrs. Gardner moved to North Carolina just prior to the beginning of the Civil War to teach in a private school in Johnston County, which was financed by the prominent Rand and Mitchener families. She married John Agrippa Mitchener in 1859, who was a widower with two young children. Mitchener (1823-1860) is buried in Oakland Heights Cemetery, Smithfield, NC.

On October 14, 1869, Fannie married William B. Hastings (Jan. 31, 1817-May 15, 1876 - Riverside Cemetery, Smithfield, NC), who was also a widower with two children. While married to Hastings, Fannie gave birth to her only child Mary Florence Hastings (Nov. 3, 1870- March 29, 1946). Mary Florence married Elwood Beaumont Blandy (1855-1917) on January 16, 1904, and they had one son. After his death, Mary married Thomas William Lawrence (1867-1945).

After the death of Hastings, Fannie married Richard Napoleon (Polie) Gardner (Jan. 1, 1849-August 22, 1922 – East Side Cemetery, Tennessee).

Fannie, who outlived her three husbands, died on July 7,1930, at the home of her daughter, who lived in Selma, NC. She is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Smithfield, NC.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Frances Secor Mitchener Hastings Gardner and Husband Polie E. Gardner, undated

 Item — Box: P1-P169, Folder: 1, item: p-0008
Identifier: p-0008
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection consists of individual photographs that have been donated, copied and preserved by the Johnston County Heritage Center. Many of these are portrait photographs of individuals and families.

Dates: undated
Found in: The Johnston County Heritage Center / PHC00237, Individual Photographs Collection / Photographs

Frances Secor Mitchener Hastings Gardner, Smithfield, 1916 September 8

 Item — Box: P1-P169, Folder: 1, item: p-0009
Identifier: p-0009
Scope and Contents On the back of the photograph there are several printed and written elements.The photograph is styled as a post card and has "POST CARD", "Place Postage Stamp Here" as well as the following information about the studio, "The Boyer Studio" and "43 Main St., Nantucket, Mass."Someone wrote in pen, "For my dearest [illegible] Nantucket, Sept. 8th 1916"Someone else wrote in pencil, "Frances Secor Mitchner Hastings Gardner; Donated by Esther (Mrs. Harold)...
Dates: 1916 September 8
Found in: The Johnston County Heritage Center / PHC00237, Individual Photographs Collection / Photographs

Gardner, Fannie Secor Mitchener Hastings Papers

 Collection — legal box: PC 63-74
Identifier: PC00073
Scope and Contents

The Fannie Secor Mitchener Hastings Gardner Papers contain miscellaneous correspondence, Reports from the House of Representatives, and a biographic narrative on Mrs. Gardner.

Dates: Record Keeping: 1991 October 28; 1858-1920
Found in: The Johnston County Heritage Center / Gardner, Fannie Secor Mitchener Hastings Papers

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