Sumter County, AL - Anna Maria Rhodes - Dr. A.M. Garber Record

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          A History of the Town of Livingston, Alabama

Returning toward town and then going down what is now called the Bellamy
Road, we come to where Dr. A.M. Garber lived. He married a daughter [Anna
Maria Rhodes] of Col. James Rhodes [son of General James Rhodes of Wayne 
County, NC] and lived at this place many years. Dr. Garber came from 
Virginia and was one of the early physicians of Livingston. He came about 
1837. [Anna and Dr. Garber inherited Vernon Plantation in Wayne County,
NC after the death of her aunt, Anna Maria Rhodes Hill, the "Lady of
Vernon"]

Among the children of Dr. and Mrs. Garber were: Dr. James R. Garber,
Joseph B. Garber, Buckner L. Garber, Mrs. James C. Browder, Judge Eugene
Garber and Colonel Alex M. Garber.

Dr. James R. Garber was a Lieutenant, C.S.A. and was the father of Dr.
James Garber of Birmingham. Mr. Jos. B. Garber removed to Hale and 
Marengo counties and never married. Mr. B.L. Garber removed to Hale and 
Marengo counties and married a Miss Browder and they had a number of
children. Mrs. Browder, whose husband was a brother of B.L. Garger's
wife, continued to live at the old home near Livingston.

Her children were: James D. Browder, Joe Browder, Mrs. Dr. W.T. Cocke
and Mrs. John Watkins. James D. Browder lived at the old place now. He 
married a daughter of the late T.L. Smith and their children are: Sara
Jane and Tom.

Judge Eugene Garber live in California and had met with much success
there when he died prematurely.

Col. A.M. Garber taught school for a while in Livingston and then went
to Talladega, where he was a lawyer. He became Attorney General of
Alabama and afterward removed to Birmingham. He married and has two
sons, Alexander and Eugene.

In connection with the Browders is an interesting story. It seems that
a French family of the name Chapron lived in Haiti, then a French Colony.
In 1804 a boy of this family named Frank Chapron was sent to Philadelphia
to attend a school. About this time there was a terrible insurrection of
the slaves in Haiti and nearly all the white people were killed. The
Chapron family is said to have been warned in time to get aboard a ship,
but the ship was lost and the family dissappeared excepting the boy, who
was at school in Philadelphia.

This Frank Chapron went to work for some tea importers, and by the time
he was grown, he was in that business for himself and made a success of
it. His daughter married Dr. James D. Browder of Richmond, Virginia,
and Dr. Browder and his wife came to Alabama. James Chapron Browder,
who married Miss Annie Garber, was the son of this Dr. James. D. Browder
and his wife, who had been Miss Chapron.