SEVENTH GENERATION

116. David GARNER was born in 1768 in Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina. He was buried in Sep 1872 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa. He died on 3 Sep 1872 in Harrison County, Iowa. He was baptized into the LDS church on 10 Oct 1873. He was endowed on 9 Sep 1885. He has reference number 1BNX-1S. DAVID GARNER
1768 - 1872


David, named in his father, Phillip Garner's, will was born in North Carolina.
Prom his documented death date 3 September 1872, "age 104 years", his approximate birth date would be 1768. His father, Phillip, was of German origin. David's mother was Elizabeth Winkler, the daughter of Lewis Winkler.

Land Records of Rowan County, North Carolina show that David owned considerable
Land. His father's will, probated in 1814, gave him 300 acres, 200 acres of which was designated as "my plantation on which I now live."

David married Jane Stephens, known as "Jennie" (the daughter of Richard Stephens
and wife Martha Robards.) They had ten children born in North Carolina, namely:

Child Born Died
George 1 July 1807
Phillip 11 Oct. 1808 16 Sept. 1872
David 30 July 1818 29 April 1889
Nancy 1812 30 Oct, 1886
Sarah
John 1 May 1820 26 April 1889
William 22 Jan. 1817 29 March 1892
Elizabeth
Eliza
Henry 13 June 1827 9 Nov. 1898
Miranda April 1833 18 Sept. 1886

Their eleventh child Miranda, was born in Illinois.

William said he "was seventeen years when the family moved from North Carolina to Adams County, Illinois" and Henry said he "was seven years when his Family moved to Adams County, Illinois." David said he was fifteen at that time so the date of the move in 1834 is well fixed.

The eldest daughter of David and Jane was Nancy, who married Jackson WakefieLd and went to Fresno, California prior to the time the family moved to Illinois. David's son George, who married Elizabeth Hedrick, and his son John, who married Mary Ann Olive Rawson, also went to California and settled in San Bernardino area.

Phillip, the second son of David, married Mary Hedrick, (sister of George's wife) 4 April 1830 In North Carolina and journeyed to Indiana and had their first three children in Indiana and then crossed to Adams County, Illinois. David, the third son of David and Jane, married Dolly Durfee in 1842 and Adams County, Illinois.

In 1846 David and Jane Stephens Garner were in Iowa and three of their sons, Phillip, David and William volunteered in the Mormon battalion, which was called by the United States Government to defend the Mexican border. Five hundred able-bodied Mormon men left their families alone in covered wagons through that cold winter. After reuniting with his family in the spring of 1848, William finally settled in Pottowattamie County, Iowa and was a successful farmer. His brother Henry and family, and their parents remained permanently in that area. Phillip and David Jr. with their Families Settled in Ogden, Weber, Utah--David in North Ogden and Phillip in South Ogden knows as Birch Creek.

The descendants of William and Henry in Iowa are familiar with the death and burial of David. During his Later years he Lived with Henry and when David died at his home 3 September 1872, he was buried on William's farm. William gave a piece of his Land to Pottowattamie County for a cemetery which was called the Garner Cemetery. The monument of David's grave still stands showing his age 104 years, and the date of his death.

Jane (Stephens) Garner went to San Bernardino, California with her son, George, on his return to his home there and traveled by the Isthmus of Panama. She died there 13 April 1786. The brown sandstone monument still stands giving her birth date as 12 November 1786 and her age 81 years, 11 months 5 days.

Mary Marinda (Garner) Chadwick ate Sunday dinner with us about 1944 (she was about 95). She is the granddaughter of David and Jane Garner through their son David who settled in North Ogden. She told us that day about her grandmother Jane visiting them and that she slept with her. She told of her Grandfather being very old.

He was married to Jane STEPHENS in 1806 in Rowan County, North Carolina.

117. Jane STEPHENS was born on 19 Nov 1786 in Rowan County, North Carolina. She was endowed on 17 Sep 1864. She died on 13 Apr 1868 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California. She was buried on 13 Apr 1868 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California. She has reference number 1BNX-20. Children were:

child i. George GARNER was born on 1 Jul 1807 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He was baptized into the LDS church on 3 Mar 1839. He was endowed on 3 Mar 1851. He died on 2 Sep 1877 in Payson, Utah, Utah. He was sealed to parents on 16 Jun 1969. He has reference number 1BNZ-0R.
child58 ii. Phillip GARNER.
child iii. Nancy GARNER was born in 1812 in Rowan County, North Carolina. She died on 30 Oct 1886 in Fresno, Fresno, California. She was baptized into the LDS church on 17 Dec 1943. She was endowed on 25 Apr 1944. She has reference number 1BNZ-1X.
child iv. Sarah GARNER was born in 1815 in Rowan County, North Carolina. She died in 1904 in Ragland Township, Harrison, Iowa. She was baptized into the LDS church on 17 Dec 1943. She was endowed on 25 Apr 1944. She was sealed to parents on 9 May 1944. She has reference number 1BNZ-24. She was buried in Ragland Township, Harrison, Iowa.
child v. William GARNER was born on 22 Jan 1817 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He was endowed on 22 Dec 1845. He was buried on 25 Mar 1892. He died on 29 Mar 1892 in Garner Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa. He was sealed to parents on 9 May 1944. He was baptized into the LDS church on 3 Nov 1964. He has reference number 1BNZ-39.
child vi. David GARNER was born on 30 Jan 1818 in Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina. He was baptized into the LDS church on 18 Jan 1846. He died on 29 Apr 1889 in North Ogden, Weber, Utah. He was buried on 30 Apr 1889 in North Ogden, Weber, Utah. He has reference number BCPX-GJ.
child vii. Elizabeth GARNER was born in 1819 in Rowan County, North Carolina. She died in Oct 1847. She was buried on 21 Aug 1848 in Adams County, Illinois. She was endowed on 6 May 1886. She was sealed to parents on 9 May 1944. She has reference number 1BNZ-4G.
child viii. John GARNER was born on 1 May 1820 in Davidson County, North Carolina. He died on 26 Feb 1889 in Newport, Los Angeles, California. He was buried on 28 Feb 1889 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California. He was baptized into the LDS church on 17 Dec 1943. He was sealed to parents on 9 May 1944. He has reference number 8R03-Z8.
child ix. Eliza GARNER was born in 1821 in Rowan County, North Carolina. She died in 1871. She was baptized into the LDS church on 17 Dec 1943. She was endowed on 28 Mar 1944. She was sealed to parents on 9 May 1944. She has reference number 1BNZ-6S.
child x. Miranda GARNER was born on 8 Apr 1823 in Rowan County, North Carolina. She was buried in Sep 1886 in Oakley, Cassia, Idaho. She died on 15 Sep 1886 in Oakley, Cassia, Idaho. She was baptized into the LDS church on 14 Nov 1942. She was endowed on 30 Nov 1942. She has reference number 1BNZ-70.
child xi. Louisa GARNER was born about 1825 in Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina. She was baptized into the LDS church in 1839. She died after 1880 in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. She was endowed on 28 Mar 1944. She has reference number GBGD-R7.
child xii. Henry GARNER was born on 13 Jul 1827 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He died on 9 Nov 1898 in Mondamin, Harrison, Iowa. He was buried on 11 Nov 1898 in Harrison County, Iowa. He was baptized into the LDS church on 14 Dec 1939. He was endowed on 26 May 1941. He was sealed to parents on 9 May 1944. He has reference number 1BNZ-85.

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