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Person Details
 
Last NameGARDNER
First NameZEBULON
Maiden 
RelationS/O ROBERT & MARCY; [H/O SARAH SWEET; H/O ELIZA B LAWTON]
Cemetery NumberEX042
Cemetery NameROBERT GARDNER LOT
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1810c
Death Day25
Death MonthAUG
Death Year1861
War 
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00006
Stone Materialmarble
Conditiongood
Shaperound top
Carvingno carving
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)36
Stone Width (inches)18
Exists?
Last Seen Date2018
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notes"killed by the explosion of the steamer 'J A McClennard' in the Sacrimento River, CA. His remains after six days were taken from the water and buried in a cemetery in Sacramento City 31 Aug 1861." [In 1850 he went to Calif and left his family in Fall River, MA. His wife Eliza died shortly there after] [3d Wife : Mary E Reddish of Missouri] died: EXPLOSION-CA
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