Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Gardner, Osmond W. June 15, 1860 - ????
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Source: Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair Co, PA: Philadelphia, 1892.
Author: Samuel T. Wiley

OSMOND W. GARDNER, 
cashier of the First National bank of Hollidaysburg, and a young man of fine
education and unusual business qualifications, is a son of William H. and
Lucy (Thompson) Gardner, and was born June 15, 1860, at Wilmore,
Pennsylvania.  The Gardners are of Scotch-Irish descent, and have been
residents of Pennsylvania for several generations.  William H. Gardner
(grandfather) was among the very early settlers of Centre County, this
State.  He was a prosperous farmer, and died in that county about 1858, aged
seventy-five years.  His son, William H. (father), was born in Ferguson
Township, Centre County, September 24, 1826, and died at his home on
Allegheny Street, Hollidaysburg, Sunday, July 15, 1888, at the age of
seventy-two years.  At the time of his death he was cashier of the First
National bank of that city, and was widely known as a kind, loving, genial
man.  In 1843 he entered the store of Gilbert L. Lloyd, at the Summit,
Cambria County, as a clerk.  From thence in 1845 he moved to Jefferson, now
Wilmore, Cambria County, where in 1849 he entered into partnership in the
mercantile business with Messrs. Gilbert L. Lloyd and Arthur Hill.  He
remained in successful business at that place for a number of years.  About
the outbreak of the late civil war he removed to Washington, D. C., to accept
the position of division clerk in the treasury department.  He resided in the
national capital for some years, when he came to Hollidaysburg, where he
entered what is now known as the First National bank, and about 1868, on the
death of Mr. Robert Johnston, was appointed cashier of the bank and held that
position up to the time of his death.  Much of the prosperity of this
institution is due to the excellent management and untiring energy and zeal
of Mr. Gardner, as cashier, who was a man of great financial ability, and was
thoroughly acquainted with the banking business in all its forms.  He was
married on Thursday, March 21, 1850, to Lucy Thompson, daughter of Austin and
Sarah M. Thompson, of Cambria County.  To this union was born a family of
seven children, four of whom survived the father: Austin T., died June 9,
1887; Arthur L., deceased June, 1865; Harry A., cashier of the Second
National bank of Altoona; Nannie M., died February 13, 1877; Osmond W., the
subject of this sketch; Sallie S., and William H., jr., the three latter
residing at home.   Mrs. Gardner survives her husband and resides at her
elegant home in Hollidaysburg.  She is a native of Cambria County and a
member of the First Presbyterian Church.  Her father, Austin Thompson, was a
native of Farmington, Connecticut, and came to Cambria County, Pennsylvania,
before the old portage railroad was constructed.  He was employed for some
time as superintendent on a division of this road, and died at his home in
Wilmore, Cambria County, in 1870, at the advanced age of seventy-one years. 
He was a farmer, but also engaged extensively in merchandising and lumber
dealing in his later years.  
    Osmond W. Gardner was reared in the city of Hollidaysburg, and educated
in her public schools and academy.  He was a quick, bright student, and
easily mastered the ordinary English branches.  After leaving school he
entered the First National bank at Hollidaysburg as a clerk, and served in
that capacity until 1888, when, on the death of his father, he was promoted
to be cashier and has since occupied that responsible position, discharging
his duties with an ability and accuracy that win confidence and give the
utmost satisfaction to all who have business with the bank.  He is unmarried
and resides with his mother on Allegheny Street.  He is member of Juniata
Lodge, No. 282, Free and Accepted Masons, and a staunch of republican in
political belief, as was his father.

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