Person:Greenberry Garner (1)

"Rev. G. Garner, Methodist Clergyman, Little Indian; was born in Clarke County, Ind., March 11, 1816. When 14 years of age he was removed by his parents to Cass County, Ill., near where he now resides. His educational privileges were not of the best, but he eventually fitted himself for the ministry. In 1841 he was licensed to preach, and spent the following four years as a local minister. He became attached to Illinois Conference of Jacksonville, in 1847; his first charge was at Waterloo, Monroe County, where he remained one year. He preached in different localities until 1877, when he returned to this county, and has since had charge of the Zion M.E. Church. His term of thirty-five years in the Illinois Conference has been one of continuous labor. At Hebron March 31, 1836, he was married to Miss Mary J. Rebman, who was born in Greene County Ill., Nov. 18, 1821. They are the parents of ten children, three of whom are deceased; those living are: Hannah E., wife of Rev. George B. Wolf, of Jacksonville, Ill.; Charles W., residing in Oregon Township, this county; Isaac C., in Ashland; Mary, wife of J.C. Bagby, of Chicago; Harriet E., wife of Ross Iler, of Pike County; George, living at home, and Minnie Lee, living in Chicago with her sister, Mrs. Bagby. Mrs. Garner is a daughter of James and Mary (Bowen) Rebman, natives of Kentucky, both of whom died of cholera in 1832..." {History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin.1882, Cass Co. Illinois Rootsweb Archives, <http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcass/Perrin/biographies/garner.ws.txt>, 18 Oct 2003}

 "Rev. Greenberry Garner was born in Clark county, Ind., March 11, 1816, and died in Ashland, Ill., Nov. 24, 1887. He had attended the public Thanksgiving service on that day in his usual health, and had assisted by making a short address. While sitting in his chair after dinner, engaged in conversation, his head suddenly dropped on the back of the chair and he was gone. Bro. Garner was converted in his 18th year in Morgan county, Ill., Aug. 27, 1834. He was received on trial in the Illinois Conference of the M.E. Church in 1847... Bro. Garner married Miss Mary J. Redman, March 31, 1836, who survives him, and was his companion in all his vicissitudes and the sharer in all his burdens. Ten children were born unto them, of whom seven are still living. Bro. Garner's parents and grandparents on both sides, and all his brothers and sisters, of whom there were ten, were active, useful Christians and members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was ordained elder by Bishop Waugh, in Jacksonville, Ill., Sept. 21, 1851." {Virginia Gazette or Ashland Sentinel, }
 In the 1880 census for Chandlerville, Cass Co., Illinois, Green Garner is a minister age 64 from Indiana (father NC mother Indiana); wife Mary J. 58 from Illlinois (parents KY); and children Charles 36; George 30; and Minnie 17 -- all born Illinois. {p.652A}