Ozem Gardner Gravestone

Basic details

Ozem Gardner Gravestone is an artifact, with genre photograph.

Its dimensions are 3 in. x 3 in..

It was created sometime in 1920.

Worthington Historical Society is the contributor.

You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Background

This is the gravestone of Ozem Gardner (b. 1797, d. 1880) at Flint Cemetery. Gardner was an active member of the Antislavery Society of Worthington and operated an underground railroad station from his property, a 65-acre farmstead on Flint Road. He sold one acre of his farm for a cemetery in 1864, now known as the Flint Cemetery. Ozem Gardner's grave is on the brow of the hill to the east. The gravestone reads "Ozem Gardner Died Apr, 19, 1880 Aged 83 Y. 2 M. 7 D, Hymnals from his labors and his works do follow him."

Subjects

It features the person Ozem Gardner.

It features the organization Flint Cemetery.

It covers the topics slavery and cemeteries.

It covers the Columbus neighborhood Flint.

It features the address 8187 Flint Road.

Record details

This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs0142.

The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 92-U-510.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on January 26, 2002. It was last updated October 27, 2025.

Copyright

In Copyright

Ozem Gardner Gravestone from the collections of the Worthington Historical Society (WHS) may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in any way and proper credit is given: "Courtesy of the Worthington Historical Society, Worthington, OH." Prior written permission of the WHS is required for any other use of Ozem Gardner Gravestone. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.