Biography of D.T. GARNER, Logan Co, AR

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Submitted by:  Delaine Edwards <delaine@ipa.net>
        Date:  29 Jun 1999
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SOURCE: Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago and Nashville, 1891.
Logan County

	D.T. GARNER, farmer and ginner, Booneville, Ark. The
parents of our subject, William and Martha (Linnear) Garner,
were natives of South Carolina and Georgia, respectively, and
they were principally reared in the last named State. They were
also married, and to their union were born nine children - seven
sons and two daughters - George W., John S., Ellen J., D.T.,
James F., William N., Richard H. and Daniel L. The ninth one died
in infancy and was unnamed. The parents are still living in Georgia,
where they reared their family and where they have resided for
nearly sixty years. D.T. Garner was born in October, 1841, in
Gwinnett County, Ga., and there passed his youth and boyhood. In
1862 he enlisted in the Confederate Army, Company A, Forty-second
Georgia Infantry, and was captured at Vicksburg, on June 24, while
on picket. He was paroled when Vicksburg surrendered and returned
to his home in Georgia, where he remained about a year, after which
he entered the army again and served until the cessation of hostilities.
He then made his way to Georgia again, and in 1865 was married to
Miss Rhoda Carroll, daughter of the widow, Rhoda Carroll. They removed
from Georgia to Booneville, Ark., in 1871, and remained there until
the spring of 1877, when they removed to Mason County, Tex. In the
fall of 1887 he returned to Logan County, Ark., bought land and
engaged in tilling the soil. He also bought one-half interest in a
gin-mill with George R. Basinger, and still makes this his occupation.
He is the owner of 137 acres of land, and has 40 acres of this under
cultivation. He and wife are the parents of seven children - four
sons and three daughters - Charles R., Lulu (deceased), Martha O.,
Dewitt, Carroll, Maud and Newton. Our suject is the only one of
his father's family now living in Arkansas. His son Charles married
Miss Ida Corlan, daughter of William Corlan, and is engaged in
farming in Logan County. Mr. Garner and wife are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, and contribute of their means
to all worthy enterprises.