Husband: Cosmos Philotus Gardner ¹²

• Birth: 16 November 1871 in Beam's Mills, Cleveland Co, NC, USA
• Married: 1895(Div) in Cleveland Co, NC, USA
• Death: 21 January 1955 in Morganton, NC, USA
• Buried: Shelby, Cleveland Co, NC, USa
• Parents: Father - Rufus Webb Gardner; Mother- Sarah Dobbins Elam

Wife: Willie Shuford ¹³

• Birth: 4 January 1878 in Lincoln, NC, USA
• Death: 1 September 1940 in Stamford, Fairfield Co, CT, USA
• Buried: Fairfield, CT, USA
• Parents: Father - Abel Shuford; Mother - Sophia Pryor

Children:

1. Vivienne Venona Gardner¹⁴
2. Dewey Sylvanus Gardner

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Other Wives:
Gertrude Street

• Married: 1935 in Shelby, Cleveland Co, NC, USA

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With a name like Cosmos Philotus, you best be able to drive. Home, please...