Background
Gardner, John was born on May 27, 1868 in Dalton-in-Furness, England. Son of William and Elizabeth (Ashworth) Gardner.
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John Gardner
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Educated Hackney College University of London. Doctor of Divinity, Fargo, 1913, Carleton, 1923.
Career
Ordained to ministry of the Congregational Church, 1893. Pastor at Redhill, 1893-1904, Horton Lane, Bradford, 1904-1908, Albion Hull, 1908-1912. Came to the United States, 1912, naturalized citizen, 1918.
Pastor New England Church, Chicago, 1912-1920, Riverside, California, 1921-1931, Garden City, New York, 1931-1945. Author: The Unrecognized Christ, 1917. Letters to a Soldier on Religion, 1918.
An Interpreters’ Note Book, 1919-1923. The Religious Appeal to the Modern Mind. Evolution and Redemption, 1925.
Letters to Bill on Faith and Prayer, 1943. Contributor to newspapers and mags. Home: 19 E. 95th St., New York New York‡.
Connections
Married Agnes Annie Baker, December, 1892. Children: Agnes (Mistress George Buttrick), Annie (Mistress Carl A. Glover (she died July 2, 1934), Evelyn, Gladys (Mistress Richard L. Jenkins), John Ashworth.
- Father:
- William Gardner
- Mother:
- Elizabeth (Ashworth) Gardner
- Spouse:
- Agnes Annie Baker
- child:
- 1934) Gardner
- child:
- John Ashworth Gardner
- child:
- Agnes Gardner (Mistress George Buttrick)
- child:
- Evelyn Gardner
- child:
- Annie (Mistress Carl A. Glover (she died July 2 Gardner
- child:
- Gladys Gardner (Mistress Richard L. Jenkins)
