William GARNER from the "Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa"

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WILLIAM GARNER, one of the early pioneers of Pottawattamie County, was
born in Davidson County, North Carolina, June 22, 1817, a son of David
and Sarah (Stevens) Garner, also natives of North Carolina.  The father
lived to the age of 104 years, and the mother died at the age of
ninety years.  Our subject was but seventeen years of age when his
parents moved to Quincy, Illinois, where he remained eleven years.  He
was married in 1846 to Sarah Workman, and they then joined the Mormons
at Nauvoo, Illinois, and some years later came with that colony to
Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Mr. Garner was one of the first settlers
in this county, and Garner Township was named in his honor.  He served
in the Mexican war, and marched through to Mexico, thence to Lower
California, after which he returned home.  He now owns 350 acres of
fine land in Garner Township, and has also given each, of his eleven
children a good farm.  He has lived to see his children grow to
maturity, and is a well-to-do and honorable citizen of Pottawattamie
County.  He built the woolen mill on Mosquito Creek, and has been an
important factor in many other improvements.

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biography, please write to the Pottawattamie County Genealogical
Society at:

PO Box 394
Council Bluffs, IA 51502-0394

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