HARALSON COUNTY, GA - BIOS  James F. Garner

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Source: "MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA", Historical and Biographical Sketches,  1896.

JAMES F. GARNER, contractor, Draketown, Haralson
Co., Ga., son of William and Betsy Garner, was born
in Paulding County, Aug. 30, 1845. His parents came
in an ox-cart from South Carolina to (Georgia, and
settled in Gwinnett County. In 1843 his parents
moved to Paulding county, where they lived until
They died. Mr. Garner was reared mainly in Paulding
county, and received no education but what could be
obtained at the common country schools, and started
in life very poor. His service during the war was
confined to making fusion caps at Atlanta for the
Confederate government. While farming has been his
principal pursuit-his life reliance-he has been
engaged in contracting, and is now the leading and.
lost extensive contractor in that part of the state.
He has made money and is now financially strong.
Faithful work, honest compliance with the terms of
his contracts, and uprightness of character have bad
their reward. Mr. Garner was married July 13, 1865,
to Miss Caroline Waldrop, born in November, 1845,
daughter of T. G. and Sallie Waldrop, of Haralson
county. To them have been born ten children: William
Joseph, James Mansel, Sarah Elizabeth, George
Washington,John Franklin, Mollie, deceased, Amanda,
Adelia Mary, Alice, and Azilphia Caroline. [Note:
2/5/2003: Buried at Piney Woods Cemetery, Bn. Aug.
30, 1845, Died Sept. 12, 1912. Wife’s headstone
lists Mary G. (Waldrop) Bn. Nov. 5, 1845, Died July
31, 1903.]