Person:Elizabeth Robertson (51)

"[The father of William S. Garner], Rev. James Garner, was born in North Carolina, October 7, 1792; when very young went to Kentucky, and subsequently to Clark county, Indiana, where he was married and resided till 1830... He made the journey to this State with a four horse team and wagon, being accompanied by his wife and four children. They cooked and camped on the road, and after their arrival here settled in township 17, range 10, where they lived a year or two... After his settlement in Illinois, James R. Garner became a local preacher. In 1855 Mr. Garner divided his land among his children, and moved to section 36, township 18, range 9, where he improved a farm and resided till his death, September 11, 1862. The maiden name of his wife was Elizabeth Robertson. She was born in Clark county, Indiana, October 15, 1795, when that State was a part of the Northwest Territory. These worthy pioneers reared ten children, viz: Mahulda married George Beggs; Greenbury m. Jane Redman; Susan m. J. Fox; Amos m. Lucy Bingley; Mary J.m. Robert Robertson; James R. m. Margaret Wilson; John W. m. Lucy Carver, and after her death, Melinda Downing; Sarah A. m. Henry Sherrer; and William S. All their sons joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in youth, and became ministers of the same." {Biographies, History of Greene & Jersey Counties, Illinois - 1885 ; <http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/cass/1892bios/garner_wms.html>}