"A little faith will bring your soul to heaven;
A great faith will bring heaven to your soul."
- Charles Spurgeon
JOHN LEMUEL GARNER
John Lemuel Garner
Born: 24 Aug 1839
Place: Owens Co., Indiana
Married: 31 Oct 1861
Cumberland Co., Illinois
Died: 03 Mar 1923
Place: Gresham, York Co., Nebraska
Place of Burial: Cedar Lawn Cemetery
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PARENTS
Father: Andrew Jackson Garner
Mother: Mary Ann Mills
SPOUSE
Margaret Strader Hensley
(19 Apr 1841 - 12 Jan 1918)
CHILDREN
Rhoda Ann Garner
(03 Aug 1863 - 13 Nov 1938
)
Cora Ellen Garner
Date of Birth: circa 1869
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Died: Died in infancy; does not appear on 1870 census
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Place of Burial: unknown
Mary Elizabeth
Date of Birth: circa 1870
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Died: after 1880 Mary did not die in infancy ! It has been recorded in John Lemuela Garner's obituary and by Garner researchers that Mary died in infancy but that is not true.
"Mary E." is present on the 1880, Nodaway Twp., Adams Co., Iowa census.
She died sometime after her 10th year! Since there is no 1890 census, we can not tell when she died.
Place: Unknown
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John William Garner
Date of Birth: 31 Dec 1873
Place: Neoga, Illinois
Marriage: 28 June 1899
GARNER, JOHN W SULLIVAN, LAURA E 1899-06-28 002/0301 00006575 MACOUPIN
Place: Virdin, Illinois
Spouse: Laura Ellen Sullivan b. 12 May 1876 Rhoadhouse, IL d. 08 Jan 1948 York Co., NE
Died: 25 May 1961
Place: Hermosa Beach, CA
Place of Burial: Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Gresham, Nebraska
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Children:
Elmer LaRue b. 22 Jul 1903 Virdin, IL d. 22 Dec 1983 York, NE m. on 16 Jun 1926 in Beatrice, NE to Thelma Faye Berger b. 18 May 1903 Bradshaw, NE d. 14 Mar 1996 York, NE bur. at Greenwood Cemetery, York, NE (Thelma was the daughter of Henry Berger and Delilah Miller)
Children of Elmer and Thelma:
Living Female
Living Male
LaVonne Lucile b. 15 Aug 1932 York, NE d. 25 Jun 1992 York, NE
Margaret Katherine b. 13 Feb 1905 Virdin, IL d. 07 Aug 1978 Los Angeles, CA m. 01 Jan 1926 in Los Angeles to Leslie Dagley / Marriage 2: Russell Flanders
Wiley Lemuel b. 31 Jul 1900 Virdin, IL d. 11 Nov 1971 Hermosa Beach, CA m. on 07 Mar 1922 in Lincoln, NE to Esther Belle Howarth b. 28 Oct 1901 d. 16 Jun 1965
Children of Wiley and Esther:
Paul LaRue b. 07 Mar 1923 Lincoln, NE d. Dec 2001 Fort Smith AR
Living Male
Living Female
Betty Lorine b. 24 Dec 1930 York, NE d. 12 Feb 1988
Living Male
Living Male
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Evelyn Lucile b. 16 Jan 1910 Virdin, IL d. 20 Feb 1980 Los Angeles, CA m. 30 Jun 1928 in Seward, NE to Paul Boyd / Marriage 2: Osceola, Nebraska to Lawrence Gore Marriage 3: 1940 to Donald Simpson
Maxy Doris b. 16 Feb 1907 d. 28 Feb 1909
Elmer Isreal Ellsworth Garner
Date of Birth: 16 Sept 1878
Place: Nodaway, Adams Co., Iowa
Marriage: 17 Mar 1908
Spouse:Effie Pearl Barbee b. 10 Sept 1888 Bloomington-Stanford McLean Co., IL d. 03 Mar 1961 in Hamilton Co., Aurora, NE
Place: Hall Co., Grand Island, Nebraska
Died:28 May 1957
Place: Aurora, Nebraska
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Children:
Donald John b. 26 Jun 1908 Grand Island, NE d. 09 May 1958 Grand Island, NE m. 1) Lucille Austin on 18 Jan 1931 2) Hazel M. Smith Nicolls on 11 Sept 1944
Dorotha Clarene b. 08 Feb 1910 Grand Island, NE Marriage 1) 24 Dec 1929 in Aurora, NE to Jack LaVerneKugland b. 25 Dec 1903 San Francisco, CA d. 30 Sept 1958 Seattle, WA.
Children of Dorotha and Jack:
Jack LaVerne b. 13 Nov 1933 d. 24 May 1982
Marriage 2) John JosephEdmonds John was cremated and his ashes strewn over the Pacific Ocean.
Children of Dorotha and John:
Living Male
Duane Aubrey b. 23 Feb 1913 Grand Island, NE d. 11 Nov 1952 m. 17 Mar 1945 in Aurora, NE to Hazel Deloris Littell b. 13 Feb 1915 in Jewell, KS.
Children of Duane and Hazel:
Living Male
Kenneth Sherman 08 Nov 1915 Grand Island, NE d. 27 Nov 1998 m. Anna Josephine Stieb on 20 Oct 1944 Note) Kenneth and Anna were both deaf. They had no children. Kenneth attended School for the Deaf in Omaha, NE and was adept at woodworking of all kinds.
Maxine Elizabeth b. 21 Oct 1917 Aurora, Hamilton Co., NE d. 20 Oct 1986 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, m. 25 Jun 1936 in Seward, NE to Robert Anson Waller b. 16 Jun 1912 Cowles, NE
Their Children: Beth Clarene b. 24 Nov 1940 Fort Collins Co., d. 05 Feb 2002 Las Cruces NM
Living Female
Elmer Junior b. 08 Nov 1925 Aurora, Hamilton Co., NE
Marriage 1 on 08 Sept 1945 in Reno, NV to) Merlyn Maxine LaVelle b. 01 Jun 1925 Polk, NE
Marriage 2 on 20 Oct 1930 in Bloomingdale, Michigan to Mary Lou Banks
Children of Elmer and Merlyn:
Marylin Marcene b. 14 No 1946 Oakland CA d. 13 Dec 1999 Harrison AR
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Living Female
Census Records for John and Margaret Garner Family
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