XI. Susan C., b. in Littletown.   Mar. Alfred Keene of the same place.   They now own and occupy the old homestead, bought and occupied by Mr. Gardner in 1849.   Had two children: 1, Ethel, and 2, Horace.
   The following quotations are from the county and local papers:   "Mr. Gardner was one of the most prominent men in the town of Marshfield.   He was a born leader of men.   He was a good, persuasive and impressive speaker.   He was the advocate of the highest principles, governing the actions of man.   He was a grand specimen of a man, physically, morally and mentally.   He was a good man, and few men will be more missed than our esteemed townsman, Stephen Gardner.   His family now living consists of seven daughters, three sons-in-law, twenty-nine grandchildren, and ten great grandchildren.   The funeral took place from the Unitarian church, the date being the eighty-seventh anniversary of his birth."
   The following letter is from one who knew him well.

Navy Department.            
Washington, June 6, 1899.      

"Dear Mrs. Crane:
   I thank you for writing me in regard to your father.   I am sorry to learn of his death, and yet it is only the rounding out of a long, noble and useful life.   I valued his friendship and admired the sturdy high character which made him a marked man.   He always seemed to me a representative of the best New England Pilgrim stock.   Please accept for yourself and the other members of the family my sincere regards."

Very truly yours,                            
(signed) John D. Long.