Charles T. Gardner
Waterville, 1879-1883
Gardner was born in Maine in 1838 to parents who themselves were also born in Maine. Before venturing into brewing, he was a farmhand in nearby Sidney. Gardner (also spelled Gardiner) manufactured beer at 4 Main Street in Waterville. His operation ran from 1879 until 1883, at which point he discontinued his brewing venture in favor of becoming a confectionary and cigar dealer at the same address; or, perhaps, he foregrounded these aspects of his business over the brewing. By 1887, he had moved to Waterville’s Barney Square. It appears that Gardner never married.
Locations are true to 19th-century street addresses, not current numbering.
Sources
Will Anderson, The Great State of Maine Beer Book (Portland: Anderson & Sons’ Publishing Co., 1996) 32.
U. S. Census, 1870, 1880
Waterville City Directory, 1883, 1887