Son of Isaac Sammons and Rebecca J Morgan
Born Dec 1869 in [Kenton Twp.], Kent Co., Delaware

Gardner's age in the census records: in 1870, age 6/12 (b. Dec); in 1880, age 10.
The family appears under the surname Salmons in the 1870 census.

1870 - U.S. Census, Delaware, Kent Co., Kenton Hundred, Page No. 53 [=304], 351-347, 02 Jul 1870
1880 - U.S. Census, Delaware, Kent Co., Little Creek Hundred, E.D. 37, Page No. 31 [=149C], 258-274, 22 Jun 1880