Bruce Morton Garver, who manages this Memorial and wrote the following "bio", is a third great-grandson of Jacob Garver (April 5, 1794, in Rowan County, NC, to February 26, 1868, at Hamilton in Butler County, Ohio) who is a paternal uncle of Dr. Henry Fisher Garver and a brother of Henry's father, Leonard J. Garver (1788 -1875). Bruce Morton Garver is therefore a first cousin four-times-removed to Dr. Henry Fisher Garver and wrote his "bio" as follows during April 2020.
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THE PARENTS OF DR, HENRY FISHER GARVER: Henry Fisher Garver was born on May 12, 1824, at Hamilton, seat of Butler County, Ohio, to North Carolina-born Leonard J. Garver (1788 -18750 and Catherine Ann [née Fisher] Garver (1788-1869), a daughter of Jacob Fisher. Henry Fisher Garver was the youngest of their nine children, all of whom were born at Hamilton, Ohio, or in a township adjacent to it. Three brothers -- Dr. James Alexander Garver (1814-1901), Dr. Henry Fisher Garver (1824-1902), and Dr. John S. Garver (1816-1870), became physicians, two of whom -- James Alexander Garver (1820-1901) and Henry Fisher Garver -- served during the Civil War as surgeons in several Regiments of Indiana Volunteer Infantry within the U.S. Army.
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LEONARD J. & CAROLINE ANN (née FISHER) GARVER's NINE CHILDREN: Together Leonard J. and Caroline Ann (née Fisher) Garver raised nine children who were born in Hamilton or in adjacent townships of Butler County, Ohio, and are briefly described below in the order of their birth. Three of Leonard's and Catherine Ann Garver's sons -- James Alexander, Garver, Henry Fisher Garver, and John S. Garver -- became physicians. Two of them -- James Alexander & Henry Fisher -- served as surgeons with with Regiments of Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the U. S. Army during the American Civil War; and son William Garver (1816-1895), an attorney and judge, served as the principal recruiting officer and Colonel of the 101st Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry. The nine children of Leonard J. Garver & Catherine Ann (Fisher) Garver are briefly described below in the order of their birth. Designated by an asterisk are the five children who have Find a Grave Memorials, all of which are linked to each other and to those of their tparents, spouses, and chldren :
(1) Alexander Garver was born circa 1809 and is mentioned on page 94 of the "History of Hamilton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions" by John F. Haines (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Company, 1915). Alexander Garver's date and place of death and the location of his grave have not yet been ascertained.
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(2) *Julia Ann Garver (Hill, 1810-1895) wed J. Hill (circa 1828 to an unknown date) whose place and date of death have not yet been ascertained. Together Julia Ann (Garver) Hill and J. Hill raised at least two daughters: (1) Catherine E. (Hill) Brown (1833–1884) and (ii) Amelia Louise (Hill) Gailey (1842–1913) who is interred at Hamilton's Greenwood Cemetery and whose husband, Joseph Gailey (1840–1916), and their five children have Find a Grave Memorials linked to hers.
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(3) Eliza Garver was born circa 1811 to 1813 and is mentioned on page 94 of the "History of Hamilton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions" by John F. Haines (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Company, 1915). Eliza Garver's date and place of death and the location of her grave have not yet been ascertained.
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(4) *Dr. James Alexander Garver (1814–1901) became a physician and wed Elizabeth Catherine Miller (Garver, 1817–1906) at Hamilton, Ohio. Together in Hamilton until 1854, then for several years at Noblesville, seat of Hamilton County, Indiana, and after 1858 at Wasioja in Dodge County, Minnesota, Dr. James Alexander and Elizabeth (Miller) Garver raised four daughters and four sons whose Find a Grave Memorials are linked to one another and to those of their parents. During the American Civil War, Dr. James Alexander Garver, served in succession as the Assistant Surgeon of the 39th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer infantry and as a Regimental Surgeon of the 136th Indiana Volunteer Infantry of the U.S. Army. He sustained a severe loss of hearing from exposure to prolonged nearby cannon-fire at the Battle of Stone's River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, from Dec. 31 through January 2, 1862. Ultimately he received a disability pension for total loss of hearing in his left ear and partial deafness in his right ear.
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(5) *Colonel (and Judge) William Garver (1816-1895) was born in Hamilton, seat of Butler County, Ohio, wed two wives in succession and with them raised at least six children who have Find a Grave Memorials linked to one another and to those of their parents. During the American Civil War, William Garver served as the Colonel of the 101st Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry within the U. S. Army. Bruce Garver's "bio" of Colonel William Garver describes his two wives, his and their six known children, his distinguished career as an attorney and a judge, and his eight years of service as the representative of Hamilton County in the Indiana State Legislture.
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(6)* Dr. John S. Garver (1818-1878) became the third son of Leonard J. and Catherine Ann (Fisher) Garver to practice medicine and did so at Oxford in Butler County, Ohio, the site of Miami University, the oldest of all state-supported universities in the Middle West. John supplemented his physician's income by operating a saloon and billiard parlor in Hamilton, seat of Butler County, Ohio. On September 13, 1848, in Butler County, Ohio, Dr. John S. Garver wed Mary Jane White (Garver, 1823–1870) and with her raised seven children whose Find a Grave Memorials are linked to one another and to those of their parents. Unlike his three brothers, Dr. James Alexander Garver. Dr. Henry Fisher Garver, and Colonel William Garver, Dr. John S. Garver did not serve in the U. S. Army during the Civil War or become a Republican in politics. Dr. John S, Garver Instead, became a Peace Democrat, a.k.a "Copperhead", and thereby acquired a reputation as the "black sheep" of the Garver family despite his successful medical practice and well-patronized saloon and pool hall at Hamilton in Butler County, Ohio..
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(7) Hannah Garver was born circa 1819 to 1821 and is mentioned on page 94 of the "History of Hamilton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions" by John F. Haines (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Company, 1915). Hannah Garver's date and place of death and the location of her grave have not yet been ascertained.
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(8) Amelia Louisa Garver (King, 1822-1875) was born during the year 1822 in Rossville, Ross Township, Butler County, Ohio. On September 19, 1846 in Butler County, Ohio, Amelia Louisa Garver wed Benjamin King, who had been born in 1820. Together Amelia and Benjamin raised three sons, (i) Frank Andrew King who was born on September 18, 1847, in Preble County, Ohio.(ii) Louis Cass King (1849-1928) was born in the state of Indiana, and died at a place not yet identified. (iii) William Pinkerton King was born on September 16, 1850. Whether or not any of the brothers ever married is not yet known nor are the dates of and places of death of Frank Andrew King & William Pinkerton King. Similarly, the exact date and place of death in 1875 of mother Amelia Louisa (Garver) King have not yet been identified.
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9) *Dr. Henry Fisher Garver (1824-1902) is commemorated by this Memorial for which Bruce Morton Garver has written a"bio" of Henry that begins above & continues below.
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During the mid-1840s, Henry Fisher Garver graduated from the Ohio Medical College and began to practice medicine in Union County, Indiana, while residing at Billingsville in that county. Circa 1847, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver (1824–1902) wed Esther Ann Richey (Garver, 1821–1879), the daughter and the youngest of the two children of native Virginian Thomas Richey (1777-1858) and Tennessee-born Rachel [Shields] Richey (1783–1864). Together, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver (1824–1902) and Esther Ann (Richey) Garver raised four children who are briefly described below in the order of their birth.:
(1) Rachael Ann Garver was born on Sept. 18, 1848, and was named after her maternal grandmother, Rachel (Shields) Richey (1783-1864). Rachel Ann Garver died on January 9, 1850, at the age of one year, four months, and eleven days.
(2) Clair James Garver (1851–1928) was born on January 6, 1851, wed Drusilla Theresa (Jones) Garver (1851–1932) during the year 1879, and with her raised three daughters, Myrtea Orissa, Corinna May, and Leah Esther, each of whom married and had children.
(3) Clair James Garver's twin brother, Infant Son Garver, lived only a few days and died during the month of January 1851 at Billingsville in Union County, Indiana, and was interred nearby at New Hope Cemetery in Union County, Indiana..
(4) Lillie May Garver (1856–1879) wed William Milton Sasher and with him raised one son, Carlton Douglas Sasher (1878-1951). Lillie May (Garver) Sasher died at the age of twenty-two on January 11, 1879, at Bunker Hill in Butler County, Ohio.
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During the American Civil War, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver enlisted on January 14, 1863, and was commissioned as an Assistant Surgeon in the Field & Staff of the 19th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry that would achieve renown as "the Iron Brigade".given its many achievements in combat including those as the battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863 and at Gettysburg where from July 1 through 3, 1863, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver managed one of the several U. S. Army field hospitals. On account of chronic dysentery dating back to his service at Chancellorsville, Dr. Henry Fisher resigned his commission on September. 9, 1863, and returned to his family and his medical practie at Billingsville in Union County, Indiana, until circa 1870 when he moved his family thirty-eight miles north to Winchester, seat of Randolph County, Indiana, where he practiced medicine for another three decades.
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Dr. Henry Fisher Garver died on September12, 1902, in Winchester, seat of Randolph County, Indiana, and was interred at Fountain Park Cemetery in Winchester amidst the graves of several of his comrades from the 19th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
I, Bruce Garver, thank Find a Grave member Eric Lowman for having created this Memorial, transferred to my management, and provided a gravestone photo and other information essential to my writing of the above "bio". Find a Grave Members Dennis Irvin Knox (my paternal fifth cousin) and "DSON1492" each attached fine photographs to this Memorial.
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The following obituary of Dr. Henry Fisher Garver was originally published on September 17, 1902, in NAME OF NEWSPAPER. Thanks to Cindy Coffin for having contributed this important document to Dr. Henry Fisher Garver's Memorial
"ANOTHER SOLDIER GONE
"Dr. Henry Fisher Garver was born at Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio, May 12, 1824; died at Winchester, Ind., September 12, 1902; aged 78 years and 4 months.
"Dr. Garver was a graduate of the Ohio Medical College and was a very successful physician for a number of years, living at College Corner, Ohio and Billingsville, Indiana. On the 14th of January, 1863, he offered his services to his country and was commissioned assistant surgeon of the 19th Regiment Indiana Vols., which he served faithfully until sickness compelled him to resign. He was in charge of the field hospital during the battle of Gettysburg. He was married to Miss Esther Ann Richey, October 11, 1847. To them were born four children. He survived all but one son, who resides in Wellington, Kas. He was a member of the G. A. R. Post of Winchester.
"After short services by Rev. C. I. Truby, of the Presbyterian Chruch, his comrades laid him to rest in the soldiers' plot in Fountain Park Cemetery, last Sabbath afternoon. Six members of his regiment served as pallbearers."
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THE PARENTS OF DR, HENRY FISHER GARVER: Henry Fisher Garver was born on May 12, 1824, at Hamilton, seat of Butler County, Ohio, to North Carolina-born Leonard J. Garver (1788 -18750 and Catherine Ann [née Fisher] Garver (1788-1869), a daughter of Jacob Fisher. Henry Fisher Garver was the youngest of their nine children, all of whom were born at Hamilton, Ohio, or in a township adjacent to it. Three brothers -- Dr. James Alexander Garver (1814-1901), Dr. Henry Fisher Garver (1824-1902), and Dr. John S. Garver (1816-1870), became physicians, two of whom -- James Alexander Garver (1820-1901) and Henry Fisher Garver -- served during the Civil War as surgeons in several Regiments of Indiana Volunteer Infantry within the U.S. Army.
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LEONARD J. & CAROLINE ANN (née FISHER) GARVER's NINE CHILDREN: Together Leonard J. and Caroline Ann (née Fisher) Garver raised nine children who were born in Hamilton or in adjacent townships of Butler County, Ohio, and are briefly described below in the order of their birth. Three of Leonard's and Catherine Ann Garver's sons -- James Alexander, Garver, Henry Fisher Garver, and John S. Garver -- became physicians. Two of them -- James Alexander & Henry Fisher -- served as surgeons with with Regiments of Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the U. S. Army during the American Civil War; and son William Garver (1816-1895), an attorney and judge, served as the principal recruiting officer and Colonel of the 101st Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry. The nine children of Leonard J. Garver & Catherine Ann (Fisher) Garver are briefly described below in the order of their birth. Designated by an asterisk are the five children who have Find a Grave Memorials, all of which are linked to each other and to those of their tparents, spouses, and chldren :
(1) Alexander Garver was born circa 1809 and is mentioned on page 94 of the "History of Hamilton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions" by John F. Haines (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Company, 1915). Alexander Garver's date and place of death and the location of his grave have not yet been ascertained.
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(2) *Julia Ann Garver (Hill, 1810-1895) wed J. Hill (circa 1828 to an unknown date) whose place and date of death have not yet been ascertained. Together Julia Ann (Garver) Hill and J. Hill raised at least two daughters: (1) Catherine E. (Hill) Brown (1833–1884) and (ii) Amelia Louise (Hill) Gailey (1842–1913) who is interred at Hamilton's Greenwood Cemetery and whose husband, Joseph Gailey (1840–1916), and their five children have Find a Grave Memorials linked to hers.
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(3) Eliza Garver was born circa 1811 to 1813 and is mentioned on page 94 of the "History of Hamilton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions" by John F. Haines (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Company, 1915). Eliza Garver's date and place of death and the location of her grave have not yet been ascertained.
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(4) *Dr. James Alexander Garver (1814–1901) became a physician and wed Elizabeth Catherine Miller (Garver, 1817–1906) at Hamilton, Ohio. Together in Hamilton until 1854, then for several years at Noblesville, seat of Hamilton County, Indiana, and after 1858 at Wasioja in Dodge County, Minnesota, Dr. James Alexander and Elizabeth (Miller) Garver raised four daughters and four sons whose Find a Grave Memorials are linked to one another and to those of their parents. During the American Civil War, Dr. James Alexander Garver, served in succession as the Assistant Surgeon of the 39th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer infantry and as a Regimental Surgeon of the 136th Indiana Volunteer Infantry of the U.S. Army. He sustained a severe loss of hearing from exposure to prolonged nearby cannon-fire at the Battle of Stone's River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, from Dec. 31 through January 2, 1862. Ultimately he received a disability pension for total loss of hearing in his left ear and partial deafness in his right ear.
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(5) *Colonel (and Judge) William Garver (1816-1895) was born in Hamilton, seat of Butler County, Ohio, wed two wives in succession and with them raised at least six children who have Find a Grave Memorials linked to one another and to those of their parents. During the American Civil War, William Garver served as the Colonel of the 101st Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry within the U. S. Army. Bruce Garver's "bio" of Colonel William Garver describes his two wives, his and their six known children, his distinguished career as an attorney and a judge, and his eight years of service as the representative of Hamilton County in the Indiana State Legislture.
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(6)* Dr. John S. Garver (1818-1878) became the third son of Leonard J. and Catherine Ann (Fisher) Garver to practice medicine and did so at Oxford in Butler County, Ohio, the site of Miami University, the oldest of all state-supported universities in the Middle West. John supplemented his physician's income by operating a saloon and billiard parlor in Hamilton, seat of Butler County, Ohio. On September 13, 1848, in Butler County, Ohio, Dr. John S. Garver wed Mary Jane White (Garver, 1823–1870) and with her raised seven children whose Find a Grave Memorials are linked to one another and to those of their parents. Unlike his three brothers, Dr. James Alexander Garver. Dr. Henry Fisher Garver, and Colonel William Garver, Dr. John S. Garver did not serve in the U. S. Army during the Civil War or become a Republican in politics. Dr. John S, Garver Instead, became a Peace Democrat, a.k.a "Copperhead", and thereby acquired a reputation as the "black sheep" of the Garver family despite his successful medical practice and well-patronized saloon and pool hall at Hamilton in Butler County, Ohio..
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(7) Hannah Garver was born circa 1819 to 1821 and is mentioned on page 94 of the "History of Hamilton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions" by John F. Haines (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Company, 1915). Hannah Garver's date and place of death and the location of her grave have not yet been ascertained.
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(8) Amelia Louisa Garver (King, 1822-1875) was born during the year 1822 in Rossville, Ross Township, Butler County, Ohio. On September 19, 1846 in Butler County, Ohio, Amelia Louisa Garver wed Benjamin King, who had been born in 1820. Together Amelia and Benjamin raised three sons, (i) Frank Andrew King who was born on September 18, 1847, in Preble County, Ohio.(ii) Louis Cass King (1849-1928) was born in the state of Indiana, and died at a place not yet identified. (iii) William Pinkerton King was born on September 16, 1850. Whether or not any of the brothers ever married is not yet known nor are the dates of and places of death of Frank Andrew King & William Pinkerton King. Similarly, the exact date and place of death in 1875 of mother Amelia Louisa (Garver) King have not yet been identified.
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9) *Dr. Henry Fisher Garver (1824-1902) is commemorated by this Memorial for which Bruce Morton Garver has written a"bio" of Henry that begins above & continues below.
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During the mid-1840s, Henry Fisher Garver graduated from the Ohio Medical College and began to practice medicine in Union County, Indiana, while residing at Billingsville in that county. Circa 1847, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver (1824–1902) wed Esther Ann Richey (Garver, 1821–1879), the daughter and the youngest of the two children of native Virginian Thomas Richey (1777-1858) and Tennessee-born Rachel [Shields] Richey (1783–1864). Together, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver (1824–1902) and Esther Ann (Richey) Garver raised four children who are briefly described below in the order of their birth.:
(1) Rachael Ann Garver was born on Sept. 18, 1848, and was named after her maternal grandmother, Rachel (Shields) Richey (1783-1864). Rachel Ann Garver died on January 9, 1850, at the age of one year, four months, and eleven days.
(2) Clair James Garver (1851–1928) was born on January 6, 1851, wed Drusilla Theresa (Jones) Garver (1851–1932) during the year 1879, and with her raised three daughters, Myrtea Orissa, Corinna May, and Leah Esther, each of whom married and had children.
(3) Clair James Garver's twin brother, Infant Son Garver, lived only a few days and died during the month of January 1851 at Billingsville in Union County, Indiana, and was interred nearby at New Hope Cemetery in Union County, Indiana..
(4) Lillie May Garver (1856–1879) wed William Milton Sasher and with him raised one son, Carlton Douglas Sasher (1878-1951). Lillie May (Garver) Sasher died at the age of twenty-two on January 11, 1879, at Bunker Hill in Butler County, Ohio.
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During the American Civil War, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver enlisted on January 14, 1863, and was commissioned as an Assistant Surgeon in the Field & Staff of the 19th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry that would achieve renown as "the Iron Brigade".given its many achievements in combat including those as the battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863 and at Gettysburg where from July 1 through 3, 1863, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver managed one of the several U. S. Army field hospitals. On account of chronic dysentery dating back to his service at Chancellorsville, Dr. Henry Fisher resigned his commission on September. 9, 1863, and returned to his family and his medical practie at Billingsville in Union County, Indiana, until circa 1870 when he moved his family thirty-eight miles north to Winchester, seat of Randolph County, Indiana, where he practiced medicine for another three decades.
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Dr. Henry Fisher Garver died on September12, 1902, in Winchester, seat of Randolph County, Indiana, and was interred at Fountain Park Cemetery in Winchester amidst the graves of several of his comrades from the 19th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
I, Bruce Garver, thank Find a Grave member Eric Lowman for having created this Memorial, transferred to my management, and provided a gravestone photo and other information essential to my writing of the above "bio". Find a Grave Members Dennis Irvin Knox (my paternal fifth cousin) and "DSON1492" each attached fine photographs to this Memorial.
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The following obituary of Dr. Henry Fisher Garver was originally published on September 17, 1902, in NAME OF NEWSPAPER. Thanks to Cindy Coffin for having contributed this important document to Dr. Henry Fisher Garver's Memorial
"ANOTHER SOLDIER GONE
"Dr. Henry Fisher Garver was born at Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio, May 12, 1824; died at Winchester, Ind., September 12, 1902; aged 78 years and 4 months.
"Dr. Garver was a graduate of the Ohio Medical College and was a very successful physician for a number of years, living at College Corner, Ohio and Billingsville, Indiana. On the 14th of January, 1863, he offered his services to his country and was commissioned assistant surgeon of the 19th Regiment Indiana Vols., which he served faithfully until sickness compelled him to resign. He was in charge of the field hospital during the battle of Gettysburg. He was married to Miss Esther Ann Richey, October 11, 1847. To them were born four children. He survived all but one son, who resides in Wellington, Kas. He was a member of the G. A. R. Post of Winchester.
"After short services by Rev. C. I. Truby, of the Presbyterian Chruch, his comrades laid him to rest in the soldiers' plot in Fountain Park Cemetery, last Sabbath afternoon. Six members of his regiment served as pallbearers."
Bruce Morton Garver, who manages this Memorial and wrote the following "bio", is a third great-grandson of Jacob Garver (April 5, 1794, in Rowan County, NC, to February 26, 1868, at Hamilton in Butler County, Ohio) who is a paternal uncle of Dr. Henry Fisher Garver and a brother of Henry's father, Leonard J. Garver (1788 -1875). Bruce Morton Garver is therefore a first cousin four-times-removed to Dr. Henry Fisher Garver and wrote his "bio" as follows during April 2020.
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THE PARENTS OF DR, HENRY FISHER GARVER: Henry Fisher Garver was born on May 12, 1824, at Hamilton, seat of Butler County, Ohio, to North Carolina-born Leonard J. Garver (1788 -18750 and Catherine Ann [née Fisher] Garver (1788-1869), a daughter of Jacob Fisher. Henry Fisher Garver was the youngest of their nine children, all of whom were born at Hamilton, Ohio, or in a township adjacent to it. Three brothers -- Dr. James Alexander Garver (1814-1901), Dr. Henry Fisher Garver (1824-1902), and Dr. John S. Garver (1816-1870), became physicians, two of whom -- James Alexander Garver (1820-1901) and Henry Fisher Garver -- served during the Civil War as surgeons in several Regiments of Indiana Volunteer Infantry within the U.S. Army.
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LEONARD J. & CAROLINE ANN (née FISHER) GARVER's NINE CHILDREN: Together Leonard J. and Caroline Ann (née Fisher) Garver raised nine children who were born in Hamilton or in adjacent townships of Butler County, Ohio, and are briefly described below in the order of their birth. Three of Leonard's and Catherine Ann Garver's sons -- James Alexander, Garver, Henry Fisher Garver, and John S. Garver -- became physicians. Two of them -- James Alexander & Henry Fisher -- served as surgeons with with Regiments of Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the U. S. Army during the American Civil War; and son William Garver (1816-1895), an attorney and judge, served as the principal recruiting officer and Colonel of the 101st Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry. The nine children of Leonard J. Garver & Catherine Ann (Fisher) Garver are briefly described below in the order of their birth. Designated by an asterisk are the five children who have Find a Grave Memorials, all of which are linked to each other and to those of their tparents, spouses, and chldren :
(1) Alexander Garver was born circa 1809 and is mentioned on page 94 of the "History of Hamilton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions" by John F. Haines (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Company, 1915). Alexander Garver's date and place of death and the location of his grave have not yet been ascertained.
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(2) *Julia Ann Garver (Hill, 1810-1895) wed J. Hill (circa 1828 to an unknown date) whose place and date of death have not yet been ascertained. Together Julia Ann (Garver) Hill and J. Hill raised at least two daughters: (1) Catherine E. (Hill) Brown (1833–1884) and (ii) Amelia Louise (Hill) Gailey (1842–1913) who is interred at Hamilton's Greenwood Cemetery and whose husband, Joseph Gailey (1840–1916), and their five children have Find a Grave Memorials linked to hers.
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(3) Eliza Garver was born circa 1811 to 1813 and is mentioned on page 94 of the "History of Hamilton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions" by John F. Haines (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Company, 1915). Eliza Garver's date and place of death and the location of her grave have not yet been ascertained.
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(4) *Dr. James Alexander Garver (1814–1901) became a physician and wed Elizabeth Catherine Miller (Garver, 1817–1906) at Hamilton, Ohio. Together in Hamilton until 1854, then for several years at Noblesville, seat of Hamilton County, Indiana, and after 1858 at Wasioja in Dodge County, Minnesota, Dr. James Alexander and Elizabeth (Miller) Garver raised four daughters and four sons whose Find a Grave Memorials are linked to one another and to those of their parents. During the American Civil War, Dr. James Alexander Garver, served in succession as the Assistant Surgeon of the 39th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer infantry and as a Regimental Surgeon of the 136th Indiana Volunteer Infantry of the U.S. Army. He sustained a severe loss of hearing from exposure to prolonged nearby cannon-fire at the Battle of Stone's River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, from Dec. 31 through January 2, 1862. Ultimately he received a disability pension for total loss of hearing in his left ear and partial deafness in his right ear.
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(5) *Colonel (and Judge) William Garver (1816-1895) was born in Hamilton, seat of Butler County, Ohio, wed two wives in succession and with them raised at least six children who have Find a Grave Memorials linked to one another and to those of their parents. During the American Civil War, William Garver served as the Colonel of the 101st Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry within the U. S. Army. Bruce Garver's "bio" of Colonel William Garver describes his two wives, his and their six known children, his distinguished career as an attorney and a judge, and his eight years of service as the representative of Hamilton County in the Indiana State Legislture.
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(6)* Dr. John S. Garver (1818-1878) became the third son of Leonard J. and Catherine Ann (Fisher) Garver to practice medicine and did so at Oxford in Butler County, Ohio, the site of Miami University, the oldest of all state-supported universities in the Middle West. John supplemented his physician's income by operating a saloon and billiard parlor in Hamilton, seat of Butler County, Ohio. On September 13, 1848, in Butler County, Ohio, Dr. John S. Garver wed Mary Jane White (Garver, 1823–1870) and with her raised seven children whose Find a Grave Memorials are linked to one another and to those of their parents. Unlike his three brothers, Dr. James Alexander Garver. Dr. Henry Fisher Garver, and Colonel William Garver, Dr. John S. Garver did not serve in the U. S. Army during the Civil War or become a Republican in politics. Dr. John S, Garver Instead, became a Peace Democrat, a.k.a "Copperhead", and thereby acquired a reputation as the "black sheep" of the Garver family despite his successful medical practice and well-patronized saloon and pool hall at Hamilton in Butler County, Ohio..
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(7) Hannah Garver was born circa 1819 to 1821 and is mentioned on page 94 of the "History of Hamilton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions" by John F. Haines (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Company, 1915). Hannah Garver's date and place of death and the location of her grave have not yet been ascertained.
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(8) Amelia Louisa Garver (King, 1822-1875) was born during the year 1822 in Rossville, Ross Township, Butler County, Ohio. On September 19, 1846 in Butler County, Ohio, Amelia Louisa Garver wed Benjamin King, who had been born in 1820. Together Amelia and Benjamin raised three sons, (i) Frank Andrew King who was born on September 18, 1847, in Preble County, Ohio.(ii) Louis Cass King (1849-1928) was born in the state of Indiana, and died at a place not yet identified. (iii) William Pinkerton King was born on September 16, 1850. Whether or not any of the brothers ever married is not yet known nor are the dates of and places of death of Frank Andrew King & William Pinkerton King. Similarly, the exact date and place of death in 1875 of mother Amelia Louisa (Garver) King have not yet been identified.
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9) *Dr. Henry Fisher Garver (1824-1902) is commemorated by this Memorial for which Bruce Morton Garver has written a"bio" of Henry that begins above & continues below.
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During the mid-1840s, Henry Fisher Garver graduated from the Ohio Medical College and began to practice medicine in Union County, Indiana, while residing at Billingsville in that county. Circa 1847, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver (1824–1902) wed Esther Ann Richey (Garver, 1821–1879), the daughter and the youngest of the two children of native Virginian Thomas Richey (1777-1858) and Tennessee-born Rachel [Shields] Richey (1783–1864). Together, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver (1824–1902) and Esther Ann (Richey) Garver raised four children who are briefly described below in the order of their birth.:
(1) Rachael Ann Garver was born on Sept. 18, 1848, and was named after her maternal grandmother, Rachel (Shields) Richey (1783-1864). Rachel Ann Garver died on January 9, 1850, at the age of one year, four months, and eleven days.
(2) Clair James Garver (1851–1928) was born on January 6, 1851, wed Drusilla Theresa (Jones) Garver (1851–1932) during the year 1879, and with her raised three daughters, Myrtea Orissa, Corinna May, and Leah Esther, each of whom married and had children.
(3) Clair James Garver's twin brother, Infant Son Garver, lived only a few days and died during the month of January 1851 at Billingsville in Union County, Indiana, and was interred nearby at New Hope Cemetery in Union County, Indiana..
(4) Lillie May Garver (1856–1879) wed William Milton Sasher and with him raised one son, Carlton Douglas Sasher (1878-1951). Lillie May (Garver) Sasher died at the age of twenty-two on January 11, 1879, at Bunker Hill in Butler County, Ohio.
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During the American Civil War, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver enlisted on January 14, 1863, and was commissioned as an Assistant Surgeon in the Field & Staff of the 19th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry that would achieve renown as "the Iron Brigade".given its many achievements in combat including those as the battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863 and at Gettysburg where from July 1 through 3, 1863, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver managed one of the several U. S. Army field hospitals. On account of chronic dysentery dating back to his service at Chancellorsville, Dr. Henry Fisher resigned his commission on September. 9, 1863, and returned to his family and his medical practie at Billingsville in Union County, Indiana, until circa 1870 when he moved his family thirty-eight miles north to Winchester, seat of Randolph County, Indiana, where he practiced medicine for another three decades.
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Dr. Henry Fisher Garver died on September12, 1902, in Winchester, seat of Randolph County, Indiana, and was interred at Fountain Park Cemetery in Winchester amidst the graves of several of his comrades from the 19th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
I, Bruce Garver, thank Find a Grave member Eric Lowman for having created this Memorial, transferred to my management, and provided a gravestone photo and other information essential to my writing of the above "bio". Find a Grave Members Dennis Irvin Knox (my paternal fifth cousin) and "DSON1492" each attached fine photographs to this Memorial.
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The following obituary of Dr. Henry Fisher Garver was originally published on September 17, 1902, in NAME OF NEWSPAPER. Thanks to Cindy Coffin for having contributed this important document to Dr. Henry Fisher Garver's Memorial
"ANOTHER SOLDIER GONE
"Dr. Henry Fisher Garver was born at Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio, May 12, 1824; died at Winchester, Ind., September 12, 1902; aged 78 years and 4 months.
"Dr. Garver was a graduate of the Ohio Medical College and was a very successful physician for a number of years, living at College Corner, Ohio and Billingsville, Indiana. On the 14th of January, 1863, he offered his services to his country and was commissioned assistant surgeon of the 19th Regiment Indiana Vols., which he served faithfully until sickness compelled him to resign. He was in charge of the field hospital during the battle of Gettysburg. He was married to Miss Esther Ann Richey, October 11, 1847. To them were born four children. He survived all but one son, who resides in Wellington, Kas. He was a member of the G. A. R. Post of Winchester.
"After short services by Rev. C. I. Truby, of the Presbyterian Chruch, his comrades laid him to rest in the soldiers' plot in Fountain Park Cemetery, last Sabbath afternoon. Six members of his regiment served as pallbearers."
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THE PARENTS OF DR, HENRY FISHER GARVER: Henry Fisher Garver was born on May 12, 1824, at Hamilton, seat of Butler County, Ohio, to North Carolina-born Leonard J. Garver (1788 -18750 and Catherine Ann [née Fisher] Garver (1788-1869), a daughter of Jacob Fisher. Henry Fisher Garver was the youngest of their nine children, all of whom were born at Hamilton, Ohio, or in a township adjacent to it. Three brothers -- Dr. James Alexander Garver (1814-1901), Dr. Henry Fisher Garver (1824-1902), and Dr. John S. Garver (1816-1870), became physicians, two of whom -- James Alexander Garver (1820-1901) and Henry Fisher Garver -- served during the Civil War as surgeons in several Regiments of Indiana Volunteer Infantry within the U.S. Army.
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LEONARD J. & CAROLINE ANN (née FISHER) GARVER's NINE CHILDREN: Together Leonard J. and Caroline Ann (née Fisher) Garver raised nine children who were born in Hamilton or in adjacent townships of Butler County, Ohio, and are briefly described below in the order of their birth. Three of Leonard's and Catherine Ann Garver's sons -- James Alexander, Garver, Henry Fisher Garver, and John S. Garver -- became physicians. Two of them -- James Alexander & Henry Fisher -- served as surgeons with with Regiments of Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the U. S. Army during the American Civil War; and son William Garver (1816-1895), an attorney and judge, served as the principal recruiting officer and Colonel of the 101st Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry. The nine children of Leonard J. Garver & Catherine Ann (Fisher) Garver are briefly described below in the order of their birth. Designated by an asterisk are the five children who have Find a Grave Memorials, all of which are linked to each other and to those of their tparents, spouses, and chldren :
(1) Alexander Garver was born circa 1809 and is mentioned on page 94 of the "History of Hamilton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions" by John F. Haines (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Company, 1915). Alexander Garver's date and place of death and the location of his grave have not yet been ascertained.
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(2) *Julia Ann Garver (Hill, 1810-1895) wed J. Hill (circa 1828 to an unknown date) whose place and date of death have not yet been ascertained. Together Julia Ann (Garver) Hill and J. Hill raised at least two daughters: (1) Catherine E. (Hill) Brown (1833–1884) and (ii) Amelia Louise (Hill) Gailey (1842–1913) who is interred at Hamilton's Greenwood Cemetery and whose husband, Joseph Gailey (1840–1916), and their five children have Find a Grave Memorials linked to hers.
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(3) Eliza Garver was born circa 1811 to 1813 and is mentioned on page 94 of the "History of Hamilton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions" by John F. Haines (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Company, 1915). Eliza Garver's date and place of death and the location of her grave have not yet been ascertained.
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(4) *Dr. James Alexander Garver (1814–1901) became a physician and wed Elizabeth Catherine Miller (Garver, 1817–1906) at Hamilton, Ohio. Together in Hamilton until 1854, then for several years at Noblesville, seat of Hamilton County, Indiana, and after 1858 at Wasioja in Dodge County, Minnesota, Dr. James Alexander and Elizabeth (Miller) Garver raised four daughters and four sons whose Find a Grave Memorials are linked to one another and to those of their parents. During the American Civil War, Dr. James Alexander Garver, served in succession as the Assistant Surgeon of the 39th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer infantry and as a Regimental Surgeon of the 136th Indiana Volunteer Infantry of the U.S. Army. He sustained a severe loss of hearing from exposure to prolonged nearby cannon-fire at the Battle of Stone's River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, from Dec. 31 through January 2, 1862. Ultimately he received a disability pension for total loss of hearing in his left ear and partial deafness in his right ear.
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(5) *Colonel (and Judge) William Garver (1816-1895) was born in Hamilton, seat of Butler County, Ohio, wed two wives in succession and with them raised at least six children who have Find a Grave Memorials linked to one another and to those of their parents. During the American Civil War, William Garver served as the Colonel of the 101st Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry within the U. S. Army. Bruce Garver's "bio" of Colonel William Garver describes his two wives, his and their six known children, his distinguished career as an attorney and a judge, and his eight years of service as the representative of Hamilton County in the Indiana State Legislture.
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(6)* Dr. John S. Garver (1818-1878) became the third son of Leonard J. and Catherine Ann (Fisher) Garver to practice medicine and did so at Oxford in Butler County, Ohio, the site of Miami University, the oldest of all state-supported universities in the Middle West. John supplemented his physician's income by operating a saloon and billiard parlor in Hamilton, seat of Butler County, Ohio. On September 13, 1848, in Butler County, Ohio, Dr. John S. Garver wed Mary Jane White (Garver, 1823–1870) and with her raised seven children whose Find a Grave Memorials are linked to one another and to those of their parents. Unlike his three brothers, Dr. James Alexander Garver. Dr. Henry Fisher Garver, and Colonel William Garver, Dr. John S. Garver did not serve in the U. S. Army during the Civil War or become a Republican in politics. Dr. John S, Garver Instead, became a Peace Democrat, a.k.a "Copperhead", and thereby acquired a reputation as the "black sheep" of the Garver family despite his successful medical practice and well-patronized saloon and pool hall at Hamilton in Butler County, Ohio..
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(7) Hannah Garver was born circa 1819 to 1821 and is mentioned on page 94 of the "History of Hamilton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions" by John F. Haines (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen & Company, 1915). Hannah Garver's date and place of death and the location of her grave have not yet been ascertained.
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(8) Amelia Louisa Garver (King, 1822-1875) was born during the year 1822 in Rossville, Ross Township, Butler County, Ohio. On September 19, 1846 in Butler County, Ohio, Amelia Louisa Garver wed Benjamin King, who had been born in 1820. Together Amelia and Benjamin raised three sons, (i) Frank Andrew King who was born on September 18, 1847, in Preble County, Ohio.(ii) Louis Cass King (1849-1928) was born in the state of Indiana, and died at a place not yet identified. (iii) William Pinkerton King was born on September 16, 1850. Whether or not any of the brothers ever married is not yet known nor are the dates of and places of death of Frank Andrew King & William Pinkerton King. Similarly, the exact date and place of death in 1875 of mother Amelia Louisa (Garver) King have not yet been identified.
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9) *Dr. Henry Fisher Garver (1824-1902) is commemorated by this Memorial for which Bruce Morton Garver has written a"bio" of Henry that begins above & continues below.
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During the mid-1840s, Henry Fisher Garver graduated from the Ohio Medical College and began to practice medicine in Union County, Indiana, while residing at Billingsville in that county. Circa 1847, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver (1824–1902) wed Esther Ann Richey (Garver, 1821–1879), the daughter and the youngest of the two children of native Virginian Thomas Richey (1777-1858) and Tennessee-born Rachel [Shields] Richey (1783–1864). Together, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver (1824–1902) and Esther Ann (Richey) Garver raised four children who are briefly described below in the order of their birth.:
(1) Rachael Ann Garver was born on Sept. 18, 1848, and was named after her maternal grandmother, Rachel (Shields) Richey (1783-1864). Rachel Ann Garver died on January 9, 1850, at the age of one year, four months, and eleven days.
(2) Clair James Garver (1851–1928) was born on January 6, 1851, wed Drusilla Theresa (Jones) Garver (1851–1932) during the year 1879, and with her raised three daughters, Myrtea Orissa, Corinna May, and Leah Esther, each of whom married and had children.
(3) Clair James Garver's twin brother, Infant Son Garver, lived only a few days and died during the month of January 1851 at Billingsville in Union County, Indiana, and was interred nearby at New Hope Cemetery in Union County, Indiana..
(4) Lillie May Garver (1856–1879) wed William Milton Sasher and with him raised one son, Carlton Douglas Sasher (1878-1951). Lillie May (Garver) Sasher died at the age of twenty-two on January 11, 1879, at Bunker Hill in Butler County, Ohio.
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During the American Civil War, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver enlisted on January 14, 1863, and was commissioned as an Assistant Surgeon in the Field & Staff of the 19th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry that would achieve renown as "the Iron Brigade".given its many achievements in combat including those as the battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863 and at Gettysburg where from July 1 through 3, 1863, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver managed one of the several U. S. Army field hospitals. On account of chronic dysentery dating back to his service at Chancellorsville, Dr. Henry Fisher resigned his commission on September. 9, 1863, and returned to his family and his medical practie at Billingsville in Union County, Indiana, until circa 1870 when he moved his family thirty-eight miles north to Winchester, seat of Randolph County, Indiana, where he practiced medicine for another three decades.
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Dr. Henry Fisher Garver died on September12, 1902, in Winchester, seat of Randolph County, Indiana, and was interred at Fountain Park Cemetery in Winchester amidst the graves of several of his comrades from the 19th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
I, Bruce Garver, thank Find a Grave member Eric Lowman for having created this Memorial, transferred to my management, and provided a gravestone photo and other information essential to my writing of the above "bio". Find a Grave Members Dennis Irvin Knox (my paternal fifth cousin) and "DSON1492" each attached fine photographs to this Memorial.
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The following obituary of Dr. Henry Fisher Garver was originally published on September 17, 1902, in NAME OF NEWSPAPER. Thanks to Cindy Coffin for having contributed this important document to Dr. Henry Fisher Garver's Memorial
"ANOTHER SOLDIER GONE
"Dr. Henry Fisher Garver was born at Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio, May 12, 1824; died at Winchester, Ind., September 12, 1902; aged 78 years and 4 months.
"Dr. Garver was a graduate of the Ohio Medical College and was a very successful physician for a number of years, living at College Corner, Ohio and Billingsville, Indiana. On the 14th of January, 1863, he offered his services to his country and was commissioned assistant surgeon of the 19th Regiment Indiana Vols., which he served faithfully until sickness compelled him to resign. He was in charge of the field hospital during the battle of Gettysburg. He was married to Miss Esther Ann Richey, October 11, 1847. To them were born four children. He survived all but one son, who resides in Wellington, Kas. He was a member of the G. A. R. Post of Winchester.
"After short services by Rev. C. I. Truby, of the Presbyterian Chruch, his comrades laid him to rest in the soldiers' plot in Fountain Park Cemetery, last Sabbath afternoon. Six members of his regiment served as pallbearers."
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