Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882. Cass County.

REV. JAMES R.GARNER, minister and farmer; P. O. Berryton; 
was born in Indiana, May 30, 1830; has been a resident of 
this county over fifty-one years, having come here when the 
county was in its infancy, and has endured all the trials 
and hardships of a pioneer's life; he has followed farming 
all his life; has preached the gospel for twenty years, 
and, during that time, has married about sixty couples. In 
this county, in 1850, he was married to Margaret Wilson, a 
native of Ohio; born Feb. 28, 1834, daughter of Joseph and 
May (Allison) Wilson; from this union they have been 
blessed with nine children, viz.: Mary W., Sarah, Charles 
R., Cynthia, S. G., James W., Joseph, Theodore and Renty.  
Mr. Garner is a Methodist, and is a supporter of the 
Republican party.

Garner Wilson Allison 
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