Notes for Martin Gardner

Notes for Martin Gardner

!US Census 1850 (31 October) Illinois, Kane Co., Blackberry, Ro.. M432_112, Sheet 333, Page 167A, House No. 91, Lines 3-13: Martin Garden (b. 1802 - 48 - in MA - Occ: Physician - Property Value $9000) married to Sybil (b. 1817 - 33 - in NY). Children listed are: Otis (son b. 1828 - 22 - in NY); Ai (son b. 1833 - 17 - in NY - Occ: Farmer); Oliva (dau b. 1841 - 9 - in PA); Sybil (dau b. 1843 - 7 - in PA); Eliza (dau b. 1847 - 3 - in IL); and Angeline (dau b. 1849 - 1 - in IL). ALSO LISTED are: Roswell Bowdish (father-in-law b. 1786 - 64 - in VT - Occ: Farmer); Diantha Bowdish (mother-in-law b. 1793 - 57 - in NY); and William Bowdish (brother-in-law b. 1829 - 21 - in NY - Occ: Farmer)

!Marlin was married to his first wife Clarissa Ruggles and ran off with Sybil Bowdish in 1841. They didn't get married until after Marlin got a divorce from Clarissa in 1855

NAME may have been MARTIN