Amos Garner

Brief Life History of Amos

When Amos Garner was born on 31 May 1814, in Franklin, Tennessee, United States, his father, Henry C Garner, was 24 and his mother, Margaret Mary Richardson, was 18. He married Susannah Nancy Long in 1835, in Franklin, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870 and Civil District 12, Franklin, Tennessee, United States in 1880. He died on 24 May 1884, in Franklin, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Garner Cemetery, Franklin, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Amos Garner
1814–1884
Nancy Jane Lynch
1813–1896
Marriage: 5 September 1846
Rebecca Jane Garner
1839–1924
Dollie M Garner
1847–1929
Elizabeth Garner
1848–1929
Emily Garner
1850–1938
Mahala Garner
1852–1929
Henry Garner
1854–1936
Sarah J. Garner
1855–1905
William Garner
1855–
Martha A Garner
1858–1937

Sources (18)

  • Amos Garner and Susannah, "United States Census, 1840"
  • Amos Garner, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Amos Gunn, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): perhaps occasionally from the Old French personal name Garnier (see Garnier ), but it is exeptionally rare as a personal name in medieval England and no certain evidence has been found for its use as a surname. Compare Warner .

English: from Middle English gern(i)er, garner, gurner, Anglo-Norman French gerner ‘granary’ (Old French grenier, from Late Latin granarium, a derivative of granum ‘grain’). It was probably a metonymic occupational name for someone in charge of the stores kept in a granary.

English and Scottish: commonly shortened form of Gardner .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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