William French Garner
William French Garner, 1915 (Vaughn and Garner) |
Farmer
Notes:
• Son of William Garner and Susan Brooks Hereford. - Find a Grave
• Marriage license for his father, William French Garner, and his mother, Susan B. Herriford, as registered in Madison County, Alabama on November. 23, 1841. The actual date of the wedding might not be the same. - MCRC
• "The Garner family was prominent in early Madison, and William F. Garner is shown as married to the 5th child of Thomas and Annie E. Beadle. Not only that, but the Brewer family (Annie's maiden name) owned a cotton gin in Madison and one of the family served as a mayor of the town." - Rankin
• He married Ada Thomas Beadle, 11-22-1888, Madison County, Alabama. She was born on April 4, 1860 in Madison County, Alabama and died June 25, 1925 in Monrovia, Madison County, Alabama. - Find a Grave
• "William French (Billy) Garner was born December 27, 1861, to William French and Susan Brooke Hereford Garner, the last of 10 children. Billy's father died when he was one year old; therefore, he was never considered a Junior which leads to some confusion now when trying to distinguish the two. He was born and grew up in the Harvest community, close to Fords Chapel Road.
In 1888, Billy married Ada Thomas Beadle b. 1865. They had 10 children: William B. b. November 22, 1889, Susan Brooke b. February 18, 1891, Thomas Benton b. October 7, 1892, Coleman b. July 28, 1895, Theodorick (Thea) b. December 27, 1897, John French b. 1899, Mary Brancie (Molly) b. May 9, 1901, Virginia Irene b. January 20, 1904, Helen Elizabeth b. April 27, 1906. One child died as infant and is buried in Fords Chapel Cemetery.
Billy and Ada farmed in the Harvest community until about 1916 when they purchased land in the Monrovia community. In 1917, a new two story wood frame house was built on Old Monrovia Road near the Jeff Road intersection and the large family moved.
After moving to the Monrovia community, Billy purchased several hundred additional acres of land and his farming operation was expanded considerably. It is noted that Billy was a member of the Alabama Farm Bureau Cotton Association in 1922, in an effort to obtain a higher price for the cotton he sold.
Ada died on June 24, 1925. William French (Billy) died on October 13, 1930. Both are buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL. The headlines of The Huntsville Daily Times, dated October 14, 1930, reads "Three Prominent Residents Die". Excerpt from obituary reads 'Mr. Gamer was a prosperous farmer of Monrovia and had been a member of the Methodist church since childhood'.
After Billy's death, the farm was divided among the children. All except one child remained on their portion of land and continued their livelihood farming.
Today the housing developments of Kings Woods, Bishop Hills, Hidden Creek, and Worley Acres are built on land previously owned by Billy Gamer and his family." - Vaughn and Garner
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• Rankin
• Willliam Thomas Garner
| Nickname: | Billy |
| Born: | December 27, 1861, Alabama |
| Died: | October 13, 1930, Madison County, Alabama |
| Buried: | Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama |
| Father of: | Willliam Thomas Garner |
Notes:
• Son of William Garner and Susan Brooks Hereford. - Find a Grave
• Marriage license for his father, William French Garner, and his mother, Susan B. Herriford, as registered in Madison County, Alabama on November. 23, 1841. The actual date of the wedding might not be the same. - MCRC
• "The Garner family was prominent in early Madison, and William F. Garner is shown as married to the 5th child of Thomas and Annie E. Beadle. Not only that, but the Brewer family (Annie's maiden name) owned a cotton gin in Madison and one of the family served as a mayor of the town." - Rankin
• He married Ada Thomas Beadle, 11-22-1888, Madison County, Alabama. She was born on April 4, 1860 in Madison County, Alabama and died June 25, 1925 in Monrovia, Madison County, Alabama. - Find a Grave
• "William French (Billy) Garner was born December 27, 1861, to William French and Susan Brooke Hereford Garner, the last of 10 children. Billy's father died when he was one year old; therefore, he was never considered a Junior which leads to some confusion now when trying to distinguish the two. He was born and grew up in the Harvest community, close to Fords Chapel Road.
In 1888, Billy married Ada Thomas Beadle b. 1865. They had 10 children: William B. b. November 22, 1889, Susan Brooke b. February 18, 1891, Thomas Benton b. October 7, 1892, Coleman b. July 28, 1895, Theodorick (Thea) b. December 27, 1897, John French b. 1899, Mary Brancie (Molly) b. May 9, 1901, Virginia Irene b. January 20, 1904, Helen Elizabeth b. April 27, 1906. One child died as infant and is buried in Fords Chapel Cemetery.
Billy and Ada farmed in the Harvest community until about 1916 when they purchased land in the Monrovia community. In 1917, a new two story wood frame house was built on Old Monrovia Road near the Jeff Road intersection and the large family moved.
After moving to the Monrovia community, Billy purchased several hundred additional acres of land and his farming operation was expanded considerably. It is noted that Billy was a member of the Alabama Farm Bureau Cotton Association in 1922, in an effort to obtain a higher price for the cotton he sold.
Ada died on June 24, 1925. William French (Billy) died on October 13, 1930. Both are buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL. The headlines of The Huntsville Daily Times, dated October 14, 1930, reads "Three Prominent Residents Die". Excerpt from obituary reads 'Mr. Gamer was a prosperous farmer of Monrovia and had been a member of the Methodist church since childhood'.
After Billy's death, the farm was divided among the children. All except one child remained on their portion of land and continued their livelihood farming.
Today the housing developments of Kings Woods, Bishop Hills, Hidden Creek, and Worley Acres are built on land previously owned by Billy Gamer and his family." - Vaughn and Garner
Related Links:
• Ancestry.com - Page owned by John Marker and can be viewed only with an Ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/5180233/person/-1491231156.)
• Find a Grave - Page created by Earlene Smith and photo of tombstone added by Fanniesyouraunt.
• MCRC - Madison County Record Center
• Rankin - Cemeteries of Redstone Arsenal: Timmons Cemetery 89-1 Summary Report, by John P. Rankin, 2005, page 116.
• Vaughn and Garner - Family history written by Billy Vaughn and submitted by Lorene Garner to The Heritage of Madison County, Alabama, by The Madison County Heritage Book Committee, John P. Rankin, Chairman, page 195.
The Following Pages Link to this Page:
• Rankin
• Willliam Thomas Garner