Norfolk County MA Archives Biographies.....Garman, John Harper 1811 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ma/mafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 10, 2006, 11:29 pm Author: E. O. Jameson (1886) REV. JOHN HARPER GARMAN. JOHN HARPER GARMAN, son of Joseph and Ann B. (Leach) Garman, was born Jan. 20, 1811, in Meredith Bridge, now Laconia, N. H. He married, March 1, 1840, Elizabeth Bullard, daughter of Nathan Bullard, of Medway. They taught a year in North Carolina and returned in 1842. He entered the Theological Seminary in Andover, Mass., from which he graduated in 1845. He was the acting pastor two years, 1846 and 1847, in Baldwin, Me. Nov. 3, 1847, he was ordained and installed pastor of the Congregational Church in Lemington, Me., where he remained until 1855. He then labored five years in Scarborough, Me., and was pastor from i860 to 1865 in Lebanon, Me. He then removed to North Orange, Mass., where he ministered to the Congregational Church for eight years. He afterward preached in Shutesbury and Warwick, but in 1885 resided in North Orange, Mass. His ministry was greatly blessed to the churches where he preached and his labors were attended with many conversions. The Rev. and Mrs. Garman had three children: Mary E., born Feb. 25, 1849, married Dec. 1,1868, Zina H. Goodell; Charles E., born Dec. 18, 1850, married Sept. 24, 1882, Eliza N. Miner; Frederic H., born May 15, 1857. Charles E. Garman graduated in 1872 from Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., and in 1879 from Yale Theological Seminary. He was appointed Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy in Amherst College, which position he now fills. The youngest son graduated in 1885 from Amherst College. Additional Comments: THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT PERSONS, AND The Genealogical Records OF MANY EARLY AND OTHER FAMILIES IN MEDWAY, MASS. 1713-1886. Illustrated WITH NUMEROUS STEEL AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS. BY E. O. JAMESON, THE AUTHOR OK "THE COGSWELLS IN AMERICA," "THE HISTORY OF MEDWAY, MASS." ETC. MILLIS, MASS. 1886. Copyright, 1886. E. O. JAMESON, MILLIS, MASS. All Rights Reserved. J. A. & R. A. REID, PRINTERS, PROVIDENCE, R. I. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ma/norfolk/bios/garman11gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mafiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb