Bruce Morton Garver manages this Memorial commemorating his second-cousin three-times removed, Colonel Clair James Garver (1851-1928), whose "bio" Bruce has written immediately below. Bruce Garver is a great-grandson of William Henry Garver (1851-1927) who is a second cousin to Colonel Clair James Garver (1851-1928), his twin brother, Infant Son Garver (1851-1851), and his two sisters, Lillie May (Garver) Sasher (1856-1879) and Rachael Ann Garver (1848-1850). Bruce Garver is a third great-grandson of Jacob Garver (April 5, 1794, in Rowan County, North Carolina, to Feb. 26, 1868, at Hamilton in Butler County, Ohio) who is a paternal uncle of Dr. Henry Fisher Garver -- father of Clair James Garver -- and a brother of Henry Fisher Garver's father, Leonard J. Garver (1788 to 1875), the paternal grandfather of Clair James Garver. Bruce is grateful to his fifth cousin, Dennis Irvin Knox (1934-2018), for having provided a photograph of his great-grandfather, Colonel Clair James Garver (1851-1928), and also information essential to Bruce's having written the following "bio" of Colonel Clair James Garver on July 16 & 17, 2021.
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Clair James Garver was born on January 6, 1851, at Billingsville in Union County, Indiana, to Dr. Henry Fisher Garver (1824 -1902) and Esther Ann (Richey) Garver (1821 - 1879). Of their four children, all of whom are mentioned in the above paragraph, Clair James Garver was the second to be born. At that time, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver practiced medicine in Billingsville and nearby towns in Union County, Indiana. During the American Civil War Dr. Henry Fisher Garver would on January 14, 1863, be commissioned as an Assistant Surgeon in the Field & Staff of 19th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry with which he served until his resignation on September. 9, 1863, due to chronic dysentery. During the batle of Gettysburg on July 1, 2 & 3, 1863, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver had managed on of the many U.S. Army Field Hospitals.
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In Indiana during the year 1879, Clair James Garver wed Drusilla Theresa Jones (Garver, 1851-1932), the sixth of the eight children born to Leah Elizabeth (Helm) Jones (1819–1890) and Joseph D. Jones (Circa 1817 at Pittsburgh, PA, to January 1869 in Indiana) whose grave and place of interment have not yet been identified.
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Together Clair James Garver & Drusilla Theresa (Jones) Garver raised three daughters who are discussed below in the order of their birth:
(1) Myrtea Orissa Garver (Dennis (1882–1966) in 1902 wed John William Dennis (1875-1950) and with him raised two children. (i) Clair Nelson Dennis (1903–1903) died in infancy and had been named after his two maternal grandfathers, Colonel Clair James Garver (1851–1928) and Nelson Frank Dennis (1853–1943). (ii) Nina Dennis (Knox, 1906–1994) in 1932 wed Virgil Thomas Knox (1903–1968) and with him raised a son, Dennis Irvin Knox (1934–2018) who created this Memorial and is a fifth cousin to Bruce Garver who manages it.
(2) Corina May Garver (Giggy 1883–1972) in 1908 wed George Lafayette Whitlock
(1874–1954) and had no children. After the death of George Lafayette Whitlock on May 30, 1954, Corina during the year 1955 wed Fred Draggoo Giggy (1886–1965), a widower with four adult children whose FAG Memorials are linked to his. Fred Giggy and Corina May (Garver) Giggy had no children of their own.
(3) Leah Esther Garver (Metcalf, 1889–1979) in 1919 wed Loyd Leon Metcalf (1891–1968) with whom she moved to Sacramento, California, and had no children.
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During the years from 1884 until his death in 1928, Clair James Garver practiced as an attorney and served as a probate court judge at Wellington, seat of Sumner County, Kansas. Clair James Garver also rose to the rank of Colonel within the Kansas National Guard.
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Colonel Clair James Garver died on December 31, 1928, one week before his 78th birthday, at Wellington, seat of Sumner County, Kansas, and was interred there at Prairie Lawn Cemetery. He was survived by his wife, Drusilla Theresa (Jones) Garver (1851-1932) and their three daughters. Drusilla would die at the age of eighty on March 7, 1932, and be interred beside the grave of Colonel Clair James Garver in Prairie Lawn Cemetery at Wellington, seat of Sumner County, Kansas.
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Clair James Garver was born on January 6, 1851, at Billingsville in Union County, Indiana, to Dr. Henry Fisher Garver (1824 -1902) and Esther Ann (Richey) Garver (1821 - 1879). Of their four children, all of whom are mentioned in the above paragraph, Clair James Garver was the second to be born. At that time, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver practiced medicine in Billingsville and nearby towns in Union County, Indiana. During the American Civil War Dr. Henry Fisher Garver would on January 14, 1863, be commissioned as an Assistant Surgeon in the Field & Staff of 19th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry with which he served until his resignation on September. 9, 1863, due to chronic dysentery. During the batle of Gettysburg on July 1, 2 & 3, 1863, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver had managed on of the many U.S. Army Field Hospitals.
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In Indiana during the year 1879, Clair James Garver wed Drusilla Theresa Jones (Garver, 1851-1932), the sixth of the eight children born to Leah Elizabeth (Helm) Jones (1819–1890) and Joseph D. Jones (Circa 1817 at Pittsburgh, PA, to January 1869 in Indiana) whose grave and place of interment have not yet been identified.
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Together Clair James Garver & Drusilla Theresa (Jones) Garver raised three daughters who are discussed below in the order of their birth:
(1) Myrtea Orissa Garver (Dennis (1882–1966) in 1902 wed John William Dennis (1875-1950) and with him raised two children. (i) Clair Nelson Dennis (1903–1903) died in infancy and had been named after his two maternal grandfathers, Colonel Clair James Garver (1851–1928) and Nelson Frank Dennis (1853–1943). (ii) Nina Dennis (Knox, 1906–1994) in 1932 wed Virgil Thomas Knox (1903–1968) and with him raised a son, Dennis Irvin Knox (1934–2018) who created this Memorial and is a fifth cousin to Bruce Garver who manages it.
(2) Corina May Garver (Giggy 1883–1972) in 1908 wed George Lafayette Whitlock
(1874–1954) and had no children. After the death of George Lafayette Whitlock on May 30, 1954, Corina during the year 1955 wed Fred Draggoo Giggy (1886–1965), a widower with four adult children whose FAG Memorials are linked to his. Fred Giggy and Corina May (Garver) Giggy had no children of their own.
(3) Leah Esther Garver (Metcalf, 1889–1979) in 1919 wed Loyd Leon Metcalf (1891–1968) with whom she moved to Sacramento, California, and had no children.
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During the years from 1884 until his death in 1928, Clair James Garver practiced as an attorney and served as a probate court judge at Wellington, seat of Sumner County, Kansas. Clair James Garver also rose to the rank of Colonel within the Kansas National Guard.
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Colonel Clair James Garver died on December 31, 1928, one week before his 78th birthday, at Wellington, seat of Sumner County, Kansas, and was interred there at Prairie Lawn Cemetery. He was survived by his wife, Drusilla Theresa (Jones) Garver (1851-1932) and their three daughters. Drusilla would die at the age of eighty on March 7, 1932, and be interred beside the grave of Colonel Clair James Garver in Prairie Lawn Cemetery at Wellington, seat of Sumner County, Kansas.
Bruce Morton Garver manages this Memorial commemorating his second-cousin three-times removed, Colonel Clair James Garver (1851-1928), whose "bio" Bruce has written immediately below. Bruce Garver is a great-grandson of William Henry Garver (1851-1927) who is a second cousin to Colonel Clair James Garver (1851-1928), his twin brother, Infant Son Garver (1851-1851), and his two sisters, Lillie May (Garver) Sasher (1856-1879) and Rachael Ann Garver (1848-1850). Bruce Garver is a third great-grandson of Jacob Garver (April 5, 1794, in Rowan County, North Carolina, to Feb. 26, 1868, at Hamilton in Butler County, Ohio) who is a paternal uncle of Dr. Henry Fisher Garver -- father of Clair James Garver -- and a brother of Henry Fisher Garver's father, Leonard J. Garver (1788 to 1875), the paternal grandfather of Clair James Garver. Bruce is grateful to his fifth cousin, Dennis Irvin Knox (1934-2018), for having provided a photograph of his great-grandfather, Colonel Clair James Garver (1851-1928), and also information essential to Bruce's having written the following "bio" of Colonel Clair James Garver on July 16 & 17, 2021.
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Clair James Garver was born on January 6, 1851, at Billingsville in Union County, Indiana, to Dr. Henry Fisher Garver (1824 -1902) and Esther Ann (Richey) Garver (1821 - 1879). Of their four children, all of whom are mentioned in the above paragraph, Clair James Garver was the second to be born. At that time, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver practiced medicine in Billingsville and nearby towns in Union County, Indiana. During the American Civil War Dr. Henry Fisher Garver would on January 14, 1863, be commissioned as an Assistant Surgeon in the Field & Staff of 19th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry with which he served until his resignation on September. 9, 1863, due to chronic dysentery. During the batle of Gettysburg on July 1, 2 & 3, 1863, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver had managed on of the many U.S. Army Field Hospitals.
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In Indiana during the year 1879, Clair James Garver wed Drusilla Theresa Jones (Garver, 1851-1932), the sixth of the eight children born to Leah Elizabeth (Helm) Jones (1819–1890) and Joseph D. Jones (Circa 1817 at Pittsburgh, PA, to January 1869 in Indiana) whose grave and place of interment have not yet been identified.
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Together Clair James Garver & Drusilla Theresa (Jones) Garver raised three daughters who are discussed below in the order of their birth:
(1) Myrtea Orissa Garver (Dennis (1882–1966) in 1902 wed John William Dennis (1875-1950) and with him raised two children. (i) Clair Nelson Dennis (1903–1903) died in infancy and had been named after his two maternal grandfathers, Colonel Clair James Garver (1851–1928) and Nelson Frank Dennis (1853–1943). (ii) Nina Dennis (Knox, 1906–1994) in 1932 wed Virgil Thomas Knox (1903–1968) and with him raised a son, Dennis Irvin Knox (1934–2018) who created this Memorial and is a fifth cousin to Bruce Garver who manages it.
(2) Corina May Garver (Giggy 1883–1972) in 1908 wed George Lafayette Whitlock
(1874–1954) and had no children. After the death of George Lafayette Whitlock on May 30, 1954, Corina during the year 1955 wed Fred Draggoo Giggy (1886–1965), a widower with four adult children whose FAG Memorials are linked to his. Fred Giggy and Corina May (Garver) Giggy had no children of their own.
(3) Leah Esther Garver (Metcalf, 1889–1979) in 1919 wed Loyd Leon Metcalf (1891–1968) with whom she moved to Sacramento, California, and had no children.
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During the years from 1884 until his death in 1928, Clair James Garver practiced as an attorney and served as a probate court judge at Wellington, seat of Sumner County, Kansas. Clair James Garver also rose to the rank of Colonel within the Kansas National Guard.
* * * * *
Colonel Clair James Garver died on December 31, 1928, one week before his 78th birthday, at Wellington, seat of Sumner County, Kansas, and was interred there at Prairie Lawn Cemetery. He was survived by his wife, Drusilla Theresa (Jones) Garver (1851-1932) and their three daughters. Drusilla would die at the age of eighty on March 7, 1932, and be interred beside the grave of Colonel Clair James Garver in Prairie Lawn Cemetery at Wellington, seat of Sumner County, Kansas.
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Clair James Garver was born on January 6, 1851, at Billingsville in Union County, Indiana, to Dr. Henry Fisher Garver (1824 -1902) and Esther Ann (Richey) Garver (1821 - 1879). Of their four children, all of whom are mentioned in the above paragraph, Clair James Garver was the second to be born. At that time, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver practiced medicine in Billingsville and nearby towns in Union County, Indiana. During the American Civil War Dr. Henry Fisher Garver would on January 14, 1863, be commissioned as an Assistant Surgeon in the Field & Staff of 19th Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry with which he served until his resignation on September. 9, 1863, due to chronic dysentery. During the batle of Gettysburg on July 1, 2 & 3, 1863, Dr. Henry Fisher Garver had managed on of the many U.S. Army Field Hospitals.
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In Indiana during the year 1879, Clair James Garver wed Drusilla Theresa Jones (Garver, 1851-1932), the sixth of the eight children born to Leah Elizabeth (Helm) Jones (1819–1890) and Joseph D. Jones (Circa 1817 at Pittsburgh, PA, to January 1869 in Indiana) whose grave and place of interment have not yet been identified.
* * * * *
Together Clair James Garver & Drusilla Theresa (Jones) Garver raised three daughters who are discussed below in the order of their birth:
(1) Myrtea Orissa Garver (Dennis (1882–1966) in 1902 wed John William Dennis (1875-1950) and with him raised two children. (i) Clair Nelson Dennis (1903–1903) died in infancy and had been named after his two maternal grandfathers, Colonel Clair James Garver (1851–1928) and Nelson Frank Dennis (1853–1943). (ii) Nina Dennis (Knox, 1906–1994) in 1932 wed Virgil Thomas Knox (1903–1968) and with him raised a son, Dennis Irvin Knox (1934–2018) who created this Memorial and is a fifth cousin to Bruce Garver who manages it.
(2) Corina May Garver (Giggy 1883–1972) in 1908 wed George Lafayette Whitlock
(1874–1954) and had no children. After the death of George Lafayette Whitlock on May 30, 1954, Corina during the year 1955 wed Fred Draggoo Giggy (1886–1965), a widower with four adult children whose FAG Memorials are linked to his. Fred Giggy and Corina May (Garver) Giggy had no children of their own.
(3) Leah Esther Garver (Metcalf, 1889–1979) in 1919 wed Loyd Leon Metcalf (1891–1968) with whom she moved to Sacramento, California, and had no children.
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During the years from 1884 until his death in 1928, Clair James Garver practiced as an attorney and served as a probate court judge at Wellington, seat of Sumner County, Kansas. Clair James Garver also rose to the rank of Colonel within the Kansas National Guard.
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Colonel Clair James Garver died on December 31, 1928, one week before his 78th birthday, at Wellington, seat of Sumner County, Kansas, and was interred there at Prairie Lawn Cemetery. He was survived by his wife, Drusilla Theresa (Jones) Garver (1851-1932) and their three daughters. Drusilla would die at the age of eighty on March 7, 1932, and be interred beside the grave of Colonel Clair James Garver in Prairie Lawn Cemetery at Wellington, seat of Sumner County, Kansas.
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