Contracted heart-disease in the long marches, and the Doctor in the prison (not Libby prison) managed to get him released, shortly before the war was ended.
He was married to Virginia A Pease on March 16, 1871 at Grinnell, Iowa. There was born six children in order, Clara, Ivan, Ambrose, Ina, Elvin and Ruby.
James Ayi Garnett's death
James died suddenly with heart ailment at Ness City, Kansas and was buried there in the old Cemetery on May 17, 1888. A tombstone and an Old Civil War Emblem marks his grave.
Mother Garnett (Virginia) stayed on the farm in order to prove-up on the claim. Then it was sold, and her brother Richard came down to Kansas to hale them on their trip back home. Richard, Ivan, Ambrose rode in a box-car with some horses, on the way back, to Iowa. Mother Garnett, Ina, Elvin, and Ruby a baby in her arms rode on the passenger train (which ran into a freight that failed to get off the siding in time) at Council Bluffs, Iowa. We were frightened but not injured.
Thereafter a home was bought near Victor, Iowa 2/12 miles East of Carnforth, where Elvin Dudley went to school and graduated from the High School there.
Mother Garnett received a pension from the Government till her death and was buried at Fairfield, Iowa by the side of her daughter Ina and husband Clyde Graham.
Contracted heart-disease in the long marches, and the Doctor in the prison (not Libby prison) managed to get him released, shortly before the war was ended.
He was married to Virginia A Pease on March 16, 1871 at Grinnell, Iowa. There was born six children in order, Clara, Ivan, Ambrose, Ina, Elvin and Ruby.
James Ayi Garnett's death
James died suddenly with heart ailment at Ness City, Kansas and was buried there in the old Cemetery on May 17, 1888. A tombstone and an Old Civil War Emblem marks his grave.
Mother Garnett (Virginia) stayed on the farm in order to prove-up on the claim. Then it was sold, and her brother Richard came down to Kansas to hale them on their trip back home. Richard, Ivan, Ambrose rode in a box-car with some horses, on the way back, to Iowa. Mother Garnett, Ina, Elvin, and Ruby a baby in her arms rode on the passenger train (which ran into a freight that failed to get off the siding in time) at Council Bluffs, Iowa. We were frightened but not injured.
Thereafter a home was bought near Victor, Iowa 2/12 miles East of Carnforth, where Elvin Dudley went to school and graduated from the High School there.
Mother Garnett received a pension from the Government till her death and was buried at Fairfield, Iowa by the side of her daughter Ina and husband Clyde Graham.
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Eliza Ann Garnett Lemon
1835–1886
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William George Garnett
1837–1891
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Thomas Jefferson Garnett
1840–1922
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Sarah Elizabeth Garnett Litzenberg
1846–1930
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Reuben Philip Garnett
1849–1919
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Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Garnett
1856–1933
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Lucien Garnett
1857–1857
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Alice Elizabeth Garnett
1859–1886
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John Chester Garnett
1861–1927
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