Rebecca, also known as Becky, was the daughter of Elizabeth (Short) and Henry Garber. Her father Henry was a German Baptist preacher. It is unknown where she and her family were living during the Civil War in the 1860s. However the family history that has been passed down from generation to generation remains the same. When Rebecca's father Henry Garber (1831-1904) refused to serve and fight during the Civil War he was jailed after the southern U. S. Army took him. When her mother was 8 months pregnant with Rebecca, the Union Army invaded their home, helped themselves to their food, and burned down their home. Her mother and siblings suffered greatly being left to fend for themselves when the weather was frigid and cold. Her mother Elizabeth gathered and burned wood to keep her children warm. During this time the only people that reached out to Elizabeth and her children and offered assistance were the people in the black community. They helped to feed Rebecca's mother and siblings until the relief wagon train arrived. Rebecca suffered from epilepsy all the days of her life. When the Civil War ended the family was shunned by their own community and ethnic group being white. They moved north to Ohio near Gretna, in Logan County where they farmed and Henry was a wagon maker.
Sources:
The family bible of Henry Garber (1831-1904)
Personal family knowledge and family history
1870 & 1880 Ohio Federal Census, Logan County
1885 Kansas State Census, Union Township, Rice county
The Garber Family book compiled 1995 by Philip J. Leib
Cemetery record
Sources:
The family bible of Henry Garber (1831-1904)
Personal family knowledge and family history
1870 & 1880 Ohio Federal Census, Logan County
1885 Kansas State Census, Union Township, Rice county
The Garber Family book compiled 1995 by Philip J. Leib
Cemetery record
Rebecca, also known as Becky, was the daughter of Elizabeth (Short) and Henry Garber. Her father Henry was a German Baptist preacher. It is unknown where she and her family were living during the Civil War in the 1860s. However the family history that has been passed down from generation to generation remains the same. When Rebecca's father Henry Garber (1831-1904) refused to serve and fight during the Civil War he was jailed after the southern U. S. Army took him. When her mother was 8 months pregnant with Rebecca, the Union Army invaded their home, helped themselves to their food, and burned down their home. Her mother and siblings suffered greatly being left to fend for themselves when the weather was frigid and cold. Her mother Elizabeth gathered and burned wood to keep her children warm. During this time the only people that reached out to Elizabeth and her children and offered assistance were the people in the black community. They helped to feed Rebecca's mother and siblings until the relief wagon train arrived. Rebecca suffered from epilepsy all the days of her life. When the Civil War ended the family was shunned by their own community and ethnic group being white. They moved north to Ohio near Gretna, in Logan County where they farmed and Henry was a wagon maker.
Sources:
The family bible of Henry Garber (1831-1904)
Personal family knowledge and family history
1870 & 1880 Ohio Federal Census, Logan County
1885 Kansas State Census, Union Township, Rice county
The Garber Family book compiled 1995 by Philip J. Leib
Cemetery record
Sources:
The family bible of Henry Garber (1831-1904)
Personal family knowledge and family history
1870 & 1880 Ohio Federal Census, Logan County
1885 Kansas State Census, Union Township, Rice county
The Garber Family book compiled 1995 by Philip J. Leib
Cemetery record
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