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

HENRY GARM, grain buyer; P. O. Beardstown; is a native of 
Germany; born May 22, 1831; son of Henry and Margaret 
(Albers) Garm, natives of Altenburg, Germany, and parents 
of two children.  Subject's father, who was a farmer, was 
born in 1798, and died in Washington D.C., in 1840.  Mr. 
Garm attended school in that city several years, and began 
the business of life as a farmer in this county in 1852.  
He ran a saw mill six years; then kept a lumber-yard; 
engaged in the merchant tailoring business; afterward in 
the ice business, for three years; and finally engaged in 
his present business, dealing in grain.  He married here, 
in May, 1851, Mary D. Harris; born March 22, 1831, who has 
borne him eight children, five of whom are living: Robert, 
John, Mamie, Joseph and Frank.  Mr. Garm is a Democrat; has 
been Master of Lodge No. 23, A.F. and A.M., three years; 
has been Alderman four years.  He is a member of the M.E. 
Church.

Garm Albers Harris
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Germany Washington D.C.