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John (Haldeman) Garner
Summary
- Born: 1793
- Died: 1872
- Father: Samuel Garner
- Mother: Mary Haldeman
- Spouses: Sarah Markley, Rebecca Reinhart
Biography
extracted from History of Bucks County by J. H. Battle (1887), page 1182
He (John Garner) owned a large tract of land in Warrington township, which is now divided into three separate farms. He died on the farm now owned by his son Levi M., in 1872, in his eightieth year. He was a prominent and influential citizen of the township, and one of the five who organized the Pleasantville Reformed Church, of which he was an elder until the time of his death. He was married first to Sarah Markley, who died in May 1863, aged 69. His second wife was Rebecca Ryner, who lived 6 years after her husband's decease. His children, all by the first wife, were: Eliza, widow of Joseph Beidelman, of Washington, N.J.; George M.; Joseph, in Doylestown township; Maria, wife of Tilghman Hoover, of this township; Sarah Anna, wife of Peter Landis, of New Britain; Priscilla, wife of John Nash, of this township; Samuel and John, who died young; Levi M., farmer of this township.
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