Background
Gardener, Cornelius was born on September 4, 1849 in in Netherlands. Son of Review Wynand and Barendina (Visser) Gardener.
Gardener, Cornelius was born on September 4, 1849 in in Netherlands. Son of Review Wynand and Barendina (Visser) Gardener.
Graduate Holland (Michigan) Academy, 1865. Student Hope College, 1865-1866 (A.M., 1892). Graduated from the United States Military Academy, 1873.
Commissioned Second lieutenant 19th Infantry, June 13, 1873. First lieutenant, June 19, 1879. Captain, February 24, 1891.
Colonel 31st Michigan Infantry, May 11, 1898. Honorary mustered out of volunteer service, May 17, 1899. Colonel 30th United States.V. Infantry, July 5, 1899.
Honorary discharge, April 3, 1901. Major 13th United States Infantry, September 16, 1899. Lieutenant colonel, 21st Infantry, February 18, 1903.
Colonel 16th Infantry, December 26, 1905.
Served in Indian wars, 1874-1880.
Married Bessie E. Patton, October 1901.