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1843- 1861 (U. S.) Franklin K. Gardner, Major General C.S.A. is buried near Alexander Mouton, the 12th governor of Louisiana. He is interred in St. John Cathedral Cemetery in Lafayette. Gardner had a dual family relationship with Governor Mouton. The governor's second wife, Emma Gardner, is General Gardner's sister. The governor's daughter, Marie Mouton, is General Gardner's wife. They are all interred in close proximity. Governor Mouton's son, Alfred Mouton, a CSA Brigadier General, is Franklin Gardner's brother-in-law. He is buried in a different part of the cemetery under a large memorial. Franklin Gardner was an 1843 West Point graduate in the same class as Ulysses Grant and George C. McClelland. He was born in New York, his mother was from Louisiana. He married Marie Celeste Mouton of Louisiana after graduating from West Point. He was an engineer. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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St. John Cathedral Cemetery Lafayette, Louisiana
Entrance Gate
Marie Mouton on the left. Franklin Gardner on the right.
Marie Celeste Mathilde Mouton Wife of Major General Franklin Gardner, CSA Apr. 29, 1831 Jan. 14, 1915 Restored by the Franklin K. Gardner SCV Camp 1421
Franklin K. Gardner Major General C.S.A Jamuary 29, 1823 April 29, 1873
Restored by the Franklin K. Gardner SCV Camp 1421 |
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