GARLAND BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri ==================================================================== GARLAND, Richard - b: 1827 Green Co, KY source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 748 residence: Osage Twp Richard Garland, a thrifty farmer and stock man of this township, was born in Green County, Kentucky, January 10, 1827. His parents, Jesse and Elizabeth (Smith) Garland, were Virginians by birth. Richard accompanied the family to Missouri in 1836 and settled in Benton County, being among the early pioneers there. He grew up in that county upon the home farm, and was married there December 31, 1846 to Miss Nancy E. Edwards. After his marriage Mr. Garland resided in Benton County, (where he had entered and improved a farm) until about 1857, when he sold out and came to Henry County, purchasing a farm on Grand River, upon which he lived until 1860. Selling that place, he moved to Osage Township. He now has three farms, one of 320 acres of cultivated land in Fairview Township; one of 160 acres in Osage Township, and another 200 acres improved. He also owns seventy-six acres of timber land in Benton County. He has a good residence property where he lives, in Brownington, upon which is a comfortable dwelling. Mr. Garland makes a specialty of feeding cattle, and is feeding at this time seventy head; also handles some mules and horses. He and his wife have a family of six children: Rosena E., Mellissa J., Ellen, Emily, Mary R. and Alice. Mr. and Mrs. G. are members of the Baptist Church. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by the Henry County MOGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mohenry/henryco.html Contact the Henry County Coordinator for comments or corrections. ====================================================================