San Benito-El Dorado-San Joaquin County CA Archives Biographies.....Garner, Alonzo T. 1843 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

ALONZO T. GARNER,a well-to-do farmer and stock-raiser of San Benito, county,
California, was born in Missouri, October 28, 1843.

  Mr. Garner was reared in his native State, and in 1861, when the Civil war
broke out, he joined the Confederate army and fought for the principles he at
that time deemed just. He served the cause until 1865, being held a prisoner at
Indianapolis by the opposing forces six months of that time.

  After the war closed Mr. Garner came across the plains to California, arriving
at Placerville in September, 1865. He soon went to Nevada, where he spent two
years, and then came again to California, locating at Stockton and engaging in
the sheep business. It was not long before he purchased, of Hayden H. Dondy, a
squatter's right to the land on which he now lives, then unsurveyed land. To
this he has since added, until he now owns 545 acres of tilled land.

  Mr. Garner was married at Stockton, in 1871, to Miss Mary Bett, a native of
Merced county, California. They have three children: Leola, Georgia and Richard.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.

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