Son of David Garner & Jane Stephens
Married Sarah Workman, 4 Sep 1838, Adams, Illinois
WILLIAM GARNER, one of the early pioneers of Pottawattamie County, was born in Davidson Co, North Carolina, June 22, 1817, son of David and Sarah (Stevens) Garner, also natives of North Carolina. The father lived to the age of 104 years, and the mother died at the age of 90 years. Our subject was but seventeen years of age when his parents moved to Quincy, Illinois, where he remained 11 years. He was married in 1846 to Sarah Workman and they then joined the Mormons at Nauvoo, Illinois, and some years later came with that colony to Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Mr Garner was one of the first settlers in this county, and Garner Township was named in his honor. He served in the Mexican War, and marched through to Mexico, thence to Lower California, after which he returned home. He now owns 350 acres of find land in Garner Twp and has also given each of his 11 children a good farm He has lived to see his children grow to maturity and is a well-to-do and honorable citizen of Pottawattamie County. He built the woolen mill on Mosquito Creek, and has been an important factor in many other improvements.
Mormon Battalion, Company B
W. A. GARNER. (Tyler's list, WILLIAM A. GARNER) Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal. Returned to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and became a large land proprietor, and highly respected citizen. (Hon. D.C. BLOOMER, in Annals of Iowa, Third Series, Vol. III, page 594)
* Mormon Battalion members
Married Sarah Workman, 4 Sep 1838, Adams, Illinois
WILLIAM GARNER, one of the early pioneers of Pottawattamie County, was born in Davidson Co, North Carolina, June 22, 1817, son of David and Sarah (Stevens) Garner, also natives of North Carolina. The father lived to the age of 104 years, and the mother died at the age of 90 years. Our subject was but seventeen years of age when his parents moved to Quincy, Illinois, where he remained 11 years. He was married in 1846 to Sarah Workman and they then joined the Mormons at Nauvoo, Illinois, and some years later came with that colony to Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Mr Garner was one of the first settlers in this county, and Garner Township was named in his honor. He served in the Mexican War, and marched through to Mexico, thence to Lower California, after which he returned home. He now owns 350 acres of find land in Garner Twp and has also given each of his 11 children a good farm He has lived to see his children grow to maturity and is a well-to-do and honorable citizen of Pottawattamie County. He built the woolen mill on Mosquito Creek, and has been an important factor in many other improvements.
Mormon Battalion, Company B
W. A. GARNER. (Tyler's list, WILLIAM A. GARNER) Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal. Returned to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and became a large land proprietor, and highly respected citizen. (Hon. D.C. BLOOMER, in Annals of Iowa, Third Series, Vol. III, page 594)
* Mormon Battalion members
Son of David Garner & Jane Stephens
Married Sarah Workman, 4 Sep 1838, Adams, Illinois
WILLIAM GARNER, one of the early pioneers of Pottawattamie County, was born in Davidson Co, North Carolina, June 22, 1817, son of David and Sarah (Stevens) Garner, also natives of North Carolina. The father lived to the age of 104 years, and the mother died at the age of 90 years. Our subject was but seventeen years of age when his parents moved to Quincy, Illinois, where he remained 11 years. He was married in 1846 to Sarah Workman and they then joined the Mormons at Nauvoo, Illinois, and some years later came with that colony to Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Mr Garner was one of the first settlers in this county, and Garner Township was named in his honor. He served in the Mexican War, and marched through to Mexico, thence to Lower California, after which he returned home. He now owns 350 acres of find land in Garner Twp and has also given each of his 11 children a good farm He has lived to see his children grow to maturity and is a well-to-do and honorable citizen of Pottawattamie County. He built the woolen mill on Mosquito Creek, and has been an important factor in many other improvements.
Mormon Battalion, Company B
W. A. GARNER. (Tyler's list, WILLIAM A. GARNER) Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal. Returned to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and became a large land proprietor, and highly respected citizen. (Hon. D.C. BLOOMER, in Annals of Iowa, Third Series, Vol. III, page 594)
* Mormon Battalion members
Married Sarah Workman, 4 Sep 1838, Adams, Illinois
WILLIAM GARNER, one of the early pioneers of Pottawattamie County, was born in Davidson Co, North Carolina, June 22, 1817, son of David and Sarah (Stevens) Garner, also natives of North Carolina. The father lived to the age of 104 years, and the mother died at the age of 90 years. Our subject was but seventeen years of age when his parents moved to Quincy, Illinois, where he remained 11 years. He was married in 1846 to Sarah Workman and they then joined the Mormons at Nauvoo, Illinois, and some years later came with that colony to Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Mr Garner was one of the first settlers in this county, and Garner Township was named in his honor. He served in the Mexican War, and marched through to Mexico, thence to Lower California, after which he returned home. He now owns 350 acres of find land in Garner Twp and has also given each of his 11 children a good farm He has lived to see his children grow to maturity and is a well-to-do and honorable citizen of Pottawattamie County. He built the woolen mill on Mosquito Creek, and has been an important factor in many other improvements.
Mormon Battalion, Company B
W. A. GARNER. (Tyler's list, WILLIAM A. GARNER) Private. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal. Returned to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and became a large land proprietor, and highly respected citizen. (Hon. D.C. BLOOMER, in Annals of Iowa, Third Series, Vol. III, page 594)
* Mormon Battalion members
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