WASHINGTON M. GARNER, miner, Sec. 32; P. O. Beetown; was born in 1825, in Hamilton Co., Ill.; was a son of Jarred and Martha Garner. In 1833, he moved to Warren, Ill.; resided there until 1839, then to Grant Co., Wis.; located at Pigeon Diggings, near Lancaster; was there until 1847, when he moved to Beetown, where he has since lived. When a boy, he attempted to learn the printing business. Was married in 1849, to Mary A. Edwards, a daughter of Mathew Edwards; have ten chidren. Has been on Town Board four terms, was Town Treasurer three years. Has been a farmer and hotel-keeper. Politics, Greenbacker.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.