Barbour County AlArchives Biographies.....John B. Garland February 8 1854 - after 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    JOHN B. GARLAND. - The Garland family emigrated in an early day from Louisa
county, Va., to North Carolina, and settled on the Yadkin river; thence, a few
years later, they moved to Jasper county, Ga., and in 1836, became residents of
Russell county, Ala. Edward Garland, father of John B., was a native of Georgia,
and a son of John and Louisa Garland. He grew to manhood in Georgia, came to
Alabama in 1836, and on the 19th of August, 1838, in Russell county, was united
in marriage to Mary Ivey. Mrs. Garland was the daughter of Barnabas and Acy
(Davis) Ivey, who moved to Alabama in 1836, settling in the county of Russell.
For several years after his marriage, Edward Garland lived near Uchee, Russell
county, but in 1849, changed his residence to Barbour county, purchasing a home
there, three miles west of where Mrs. Garland now resides; thence, in 1855, to
Glenville, and in 1860, moved to the present home place, about twelve miles
north of Eufaula. Mr. Garland died here in 1876, November 4th. His widow is
still living, at the advanced age of seventy-two years. Mr. and Mrs. Garland
became the parents of nine children, as follows: Lucy A., wife of James David;
Elizabeth J., deceased; Emma L., widow of John Curry; Alcey C., wife of C. B.
Wellborn ; Mary D., widow of John C. Calhoun ; John B. ; Josephine F., wife of
J. Biggers; Sarah V. and Edward H., the last-named living on the old homestead
of 1,600 acres. Edward H. Garland, the youngest son, was born October 22, 1860,
and was married in Opelika, November 22, 1883, to Minnie Roquemore, and is the
father of one child, Edward Augustus Garland. John B. Garland is a native of
Alabama, born in Barbour county on the 8th day of February, 1854. He received
his education chiefly under the instructions of a governess and remained on the
home place until its division among the heirs, and in 1883, moved to his present
beautiful plantation, consisting of 1,043 acres, where he has one of the most
comfortable and well appointed homes in Barbour county. Mr. Garland was married
May 24, 1877, to Miss Lucy Parsons, daughter of Dr. James L. and Lucy (Carlton)
Parsons. Mrs. Garland was born and reared in Russell county, near the town of
Hurtsboro, and had three sisters, namely: Lula, deceased wife of W. R. Logan;
Annie, wife of Wilton Beeston, and Mattie, wife of R. A. Stratford. Mrs. Garland
lost her mother when quite young, and her father subsequently marrying a member
of the noted Bass family, of Georgia, she was reared by a stepmother. The
marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Garland has been blessed by the birth of two bright
children., Mary Lucy, a bright miss of fourteen, and Lena, C., aged ten years.
In politics, Mr. Garland is a democrat, and as such, has been active in the
deliberations of party affairs in Barbour county. He is a member of the farmers'
alliance, and for some years has been a steward in the Methodist church, with
which religious body his wife is also identified.



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