Margarette Gardner (maiden name: Matthews or Matthis) married Matthew Berry (alias Gardner) on April 24, 1869, in Jefferson County, Arkansas. The couple had eleven children together: Sarah, born May 12, 1867; Mary Jane, born December 22, 1869; Ned, born October 22, 1871; Randal, born October 22, 1871; Horace, born July 20, 1873; Haridenia, born March 28, 1875; Armstead, born July 17, 1877; Richard, born April 8, 1879; Emmett, born November 15, 1882; Phillip, born March 11, 1884; and Ritta, born November 29, 1890. Her husband passed away of unknown causes on December 30, 1915, in Noble Lake. Gardner received a widow's pension starting January 7, 1916. Eventually, the government raised her pension to $24 per month. She died on March 19, 1927, in Pine Bluff.