Beauregard Garton

Brief Life History of Beauregard

When Beauregard Garton was born on 18 July 1861, in Burns, Dickson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Mark Garton, was 41 and his mother, Elizabeth Greer, was 24. He married Mary Ann Neff on 6 February 1887, in Dickson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Civil District 3, Jackson, Tennessee, United States in 1880. He died on 5 February 1894, in Dickson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Mark Garton Cemetery, Burns, Dickson, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Beauregard Garton
1861–1894
Mary Ann Neff
1867–1914
Marriage: 6 February 1887
Harriet R. Garton
1888–1920
Bertram Leslie Garton
1890–1975
Ruby Mai Garton
1893–1985

Sources (13)

  • Beauregard Garton in household of Mark Garton, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Beauregard Garton, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • G. B. Garton, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1862 · Battle of Shiloh

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Garton or Garton on the Wolds in the East Yorkshire or from various minor places so named, from Old English gāra ‘triangular plot of land’ + tūn ‘farmstead’.

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

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