The photo of the grave marker with red highlighting is an attempt to show the inscription on the unhighlighted inscription. The death date, 24 November 1886, is corroborated by Sandusky County, Ohio, Madison Twp. Cemeteries, compiled by Sandusky County Kin Hunters, (Fremont, Ohio, no date), page 51, which identifies her as the wife of John Garn and gives her age-at-death as 73y, 8mo, 1d, information used to derive the birth date above.
Her maiden name has been incorrectly reported to be Ash. Her appearance as the wife of John Garn in the 1850 U.S. Census with two minor boys, surname Ash, in the household convinces us that Ash was not her maiden name. And a marriage record, dated 18 August 1836, in Sandusky County for John Ash and Fanny Kerns, appears to be the record of Fannie's first marriage.
Although Kerns is one spelling of several alternate spellings of the Garn/Garns surname that was used occasionally in the early to mid 19th century, there is no evidence that Fannie was related to the Garns. In fact, the death record of John and Fannie's son Silas S. Garn reports the maiden name of his mother as Carns. If she had been part of the Garn family, we could reasonably have expected the spelling of the surname of both of Silas' parents on his death record to be the same. Also, although we give her maiden name as Kerns above, we believe the Carns spelling is equally valid. However, we will use the Kerns spelling until other evidence points to choosing one spelling over the other.
Her maiden name has been incorrectly reported to be Ash. Her appearance as the wife of John Garn in the 1850 U.S. Census with two minor boys, surname Ash, in the household convinces us that Ash was not her maiden name. And a marriage record, dated 18 August 1836, in Sandusky County for John Ash and Fanny Kerns, appears to be the record of Fannie's first marriage.
Although Kerns is one spelling of several alternate spellings of the Garn/Garns surname that was used occasionally in the early to mid 19th century, there is no evidence that Fannie was related to the Garns. In fact, the death record of John and Fannie's son Silas S. Garn reports the maiden name of his mother as Carns. If she had been part of the Garn family, we could reasonably have expected the spelling of the surname of both of Silas' parents on his death record to be the same. Also, although we give her maiden name as Kerns above, we believe the Carns spelling is equally valid. However, we will use the Kerns spelling until other evidence points to choosing one spelling over the other.
The photo of the grave marker with red highlighting is an attempt to show the inscription on the unhighlighted inscription. The death date, 24 November 1886, is corroborated by Sandusky County, Ohio, Madison Twp. Cemeteries, compiled by Sandusky County Kin Hunters, (Fremont, Ohio, no date), page 51, which identifies her as the wife of John Garn and gives her age-at-death as 73y, 8mo, 1d, information used to derive the birth date above.
Her maiden name has been incorrectly reported to be Ash. Her appearance as the wife of John Garn in the 1850 U.S. Census with two minor boys, surname Ash, in the household convinces us that Ash was not her maiden name. And a marriage record, dated 18 August 1836, in Sandusky County for John Ash and Fanny Kerns, appears to be the record of Fannie's first marriage.
Although Kerns is one spelling of several alternate spellings of the Garn/Garns surname that was used occasionally in the early to mid 19th century, there is no evidence that Fannie was related to the Garns. In fact, the death record of John and Fannie's son Silas S. Garn reports the maiden name of his mother as Carns. If she had been part of the Garn family, we could reasonably have expected the spelling of the surname of both of Silas' parents on his death record to be the same. Also, although we give her maiden name as Kerns above, we believe the Carns spelling is equally valid. However, we will use the Kerns spelling until other evidence points to choosing one spelling over the other.
Her maiden name has been incorrectly reported to be Ash. Her appearance as the wife of John Garn in the 1850 U.S. Census with two minor boys, surname Ash, in the household convinces us that Ash was not her maiden name. And a marriage record, dated 18 August 1836, in Sandusky County for John Ash and Fanny Kerns, appears to be the record of Fannie's first marriage.
Although Kerns is one spelling of several alternate spellings of the Garn/Garns surname that was used occasionally in the early to mid 19th century, there is no evidence that Fannie was related to the Garns. In fact, the death record of John and Fannie's son Silas S. Garn reports the maiden name of his mother as Carns. If she had been part of the Garn family, we could reasonably have expected the spelling of the surname of both of Silas' parents on his death record to be the same. Also, although we give her maiden name as Kerns above, we believe the Carns spelling is equally valid. However, we will use the Kerns spelling until other evidence points to choosing one spelling over the other.
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