Horace Everett Garth (1837)
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Banker
Notes:
• Son of Granville Waller Garth and Elizabeth Sherman. - Ancestry.com
• Husband of Alice Dashiell Jones Garth (1836-1930). They were married April 26, 1859 in Memphis, TN. - Ancestry.com
• Father of Lena Garth and Granville William Garth. - Ancestry.com
• He had a grandson also named Horace Everett Garth. He was the son of Lena and was born in 1905. - Editor's note
• "Around the turn of the century there was much talk in Huntsville about building a new opera house to replace the old one, and in 1902 the Elks began a drive to erect a new one. During the year, $4,000 was raised. In January 1905, $7,500 of the required $10,000 goal (later found to be woefully inadequate) had been raised. Frank Murphy and A. J. Murdock were in charge of solicitations. Fifty-eight life members were initiated by June 9, 1905. H. E. Garth offered to loan the lodge $35,000 as soon as the lodge raised $20,000. On March 17 a report stated that $12,875 in notes and $3,125 in cash had been raised. A special meeting on December, 1904, raised $4500. The initiation fee, meanwhile, had been raised from $15 to $25 on October 1." - Elks
• Reeves tells the story of Horace's son's disappearance. Woven in the story are details connected to Horace. Horace suffered a stroke that partially paralyzed him. His son, Granville, took over as the president of the bank. But his mental health declined and while on a trip designed to restore his health, he mysteriously disappeared. After Granville disappeared, he and his wife moved to Huntsville. - Reeves
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• Lena Garth
| Nickname: | H. E. |
| Born: | March 28, 1837, Todd Co., Kentucky |
| Died: | July 31, 1911, Madison Co., Alabama |
| Buried: | Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee |
| Father of: | Lena Garth |
Notes:
• Son of Granville Waller Garth and Elizabeth Sherman. - Ancestry.com
• Husband of Alice Dashiell Jones Garth (1836-1930). They were married April 26, 1859 in Memphis, TN. - Ancestry.com
• Father of Lena Garth and Granville William Garth. - Ancestry.com
• He had a grandson also named Horace Everett Garth. He was the son of Lena and was born in 1905. - Editor's note
• "Around the turn of the century there was much talk in Huntsville about building a new opera house to replace the old one, and in 1902 the Elks began a drive to erect a new one. During the year, $4,000 was raised. In January 1905, $7,500 of the required $10,000 goal (later found to be woefully inadequate) had been raised. Frank Murphy and A. J. Murdock were in charge of solicitations. Fifty-eight life members were initiated by June 9, 1905. H. E. Garth offered to loan the lodge $35,000 as soon as the lodge raised $20,000. On March 17 a report stated that $12,875 in notes and $3,125 in cash had been raised. A special meeting on December, 1904, raised $4500. The initiation fee, meanwhile, had been raised from $15 to $25 on October 1." - Elks
• Reeves tells the story of Horace's son's disappearance. Woven in the story are details connected to Horace. Horace suffered a stroke that partially paralyzed him. His son, Granville, took over as the president of the bank. But his mental health declined and while on a trip designed to restore his health, he mysteriously disappeared. After Granville disappeared, he and his wife moved to Huntsville. - Reeves
Related Links:
• Ancestry.com - Page owned by MargaretFrancis86 and can be viewed only with an ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/16690020/person/20475679050.)
• Elks - Great Elks in Madison County?? You Better Believe It!! A History of Madison County, Alabama, Elkdom, by James Record, 1972, page 8.
• Find A Grave - Page created by Dale Schaefer.
• Reeves - Hidden History of North Alabama, by Jacquelyn Procter Reeves, 2010, pages 95 - 102.
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• Lena Garth