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Samuel J. Garner
Summary
- Born: 2 May 1852
- Died: 2 January 1912
- Father: Samuel S. Garner
- Mother: Elizabeth Carr
- Spouse: Fannie Wilson
Biography
extracted from History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: from the Discovery of the Delaware to present time by W. W. H. Davis (1905), pg. 344-345
Samuel J. Garner, the son of Samuel S. and Elizabeth (Carr) Garner, born in Philadelphia, May 2, 1852, attended school in Philadelphia and in Doylestown township, Bucks county, where a portion of his boyhood was spent. He later learned the jewelry trade, and in 1872 located in Hatboro and opened a jewelry store, later opening a clothing and more general merchandise store. He conducted both businesses for ten or twelve years, then engaged in the real estate business, which he has since followed with success. In politics Mr. Garner is a Republican, but he has never aspired to public office. He has served many years on the local school board, of which he is president, and has always taken an active interest in educational matters. He has also served for several years as a member of borough council, and taken a leading part in all that pertained to the best interests of the borough. He is one of the directors of the Bucks County Trust Company, and interested in a number of Bucks County's local enterprises.
He married Fannie H. Wilson, daughter of Silas Wilson, a well-known dry goods merchant of Philadelphia, and they are the parents of five children: Howard W., a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, and now studying in Paris; Marion, residing at home; Samuel Carl, in the brokerage business in Philadelphia; and Ralph and Florence, who are attending the public school.
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