Comfort Bell Garner

Brief Life History of Comfort Bell

When Comfort Bell Garner was born in 1799, in Carteret, North Carolina, United States, her father, Francis Garner Sr, was 36 and her mother, Eunice Bell, was 32. She married Elijah M. Garner on 1 August 1822, in Carteret, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters.

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Family Time Line

Elijah M. Garner
1802–1865
Comfort Bell Garner
1799–
Marriage: 1 August 1822
Philemon Holland Garner
1823–1900
Jeremiah Garner Junior
1826–1895
Hannah Garner
1829–
Thomas M. Garner
1830–1924
Samuel Johnson Garner
1831–1918
Comfort Garner
1832–
Contentnia Eunice Garner
1837–1876

Sources (7)

  • Comfort Garner in household of Elijah Garner, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Comfort Garner, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Unknown in entry for Thomas M. Garner, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930"

World Events (8)

1799 · Gold Nuggets Found

"In 1799, in Little Meadow Creak located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina a large yellow """"rock"""" was found by Conrad Reed. A few years later it was determined that the """"rock"""" was a gold nugget."

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

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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