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Below is a family biography included in The History of Gibson County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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William T. Garner, a prominent citizen of Gibson County, Tenn., was born in this State in 1838, and is a son of William and Elizabeth Garner, who were also Tennesseans by birth. The father was a farmer by occupation, and was moderately prosperous in his undertakings. Mrs. Garner died in 1856, and Mr. Garner took for his second wife Lottie Edmonson, who died in 1884. He died in 1874. William T. Garner is one of eleven children, and his early days were spent on a farm. In 1861 he joined the Confederate Army, serving in the Fifty-second Tennessee Regiment until March, 1865, when he was paroled and came home. He was captured at Atlanta, Ga., and was kept a prisoner at Camp Chase for some time. In 1866 he married Margaret E. Grimes, daughter of James and Rebecca Grimes. She was born in Tennessee in 1842, and died in April, 1886, having borne four sons and two daughters. Mr. Garner has resided on his present farm of ninety-five acres of land since 1878. His farm is in a good state of cultivation, and the principal products are corn, cotton and small grain. He is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and in politics is a Democrat.
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This family biography is one of 242 biographies included in The History of Gibson County, Tennessee published in 1887. The History of Gibson County was included within The History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley & Lake Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley, and Lake Counties of Tennessee
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