Pictured is Gersham  Bentley Van Gorder with granddaughter Florence Martha Olver.

Gersham Bentley Van Gorder was father to Florence Maude Van Gorder Olver. He was the third husband to Martha Jane Sherwood ( Jennie) who was nine years his senior. Jennie previous husbands had all died and Jennie had three children already when she married Gershaw. Together Jennie and Gersham had four children, Fred, Frank, Homer and Florence. 

His baby cup and baby spoon with the initials GBV.