Abbie Gardner-Sharp (1843 – January 17, 1921) was born in 1843 to Rowland Gardner and Frances M. Smith. She was the third of four children, Mary M., Eliza M., and Rowland, youngest child and only son. On March 8, 1857, Abbie was abducted during the Spirit Lake Massacre. By May, the young teen was ransomed and returned to white society. Gardner had a long history of illness after the event, likely due to what we today call post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.