Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Garn was born on 14 July 1827, in Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, United States, his father, Daniel Garn, was 24 and his mother, Margaret Moses, was 20. He married Paralee America Harmon on 11 December 1851, in Auburn, Placer, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States in 1860 and Morgan, Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 29 August 1916, in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Cedar Fort Cemetery, Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Saml Garns, "United States Census, 1860"
- Samuel Garn, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Samuel Garn, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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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.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1852
Historical Boundaries: 1852: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1856: Cedar, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Utah, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Utah, Utah, United States *Cedar became extinct 1862
Name Meaning
English (western): from a lost place called Garn in Westbury on Severn (Gloucestershire).
English: perhaps a shortened form of the Old French personal name Geron, the oblique case form of Garo, a pet form of ancient Germanic names in Ger- (see Gerald , Gerard , Garbutt ). A shortened form Gern would have given rise to a variant pronunciation Garn in late Middle English.
English: perhaps a shortened form of Garron .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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BIOGRAPHY OF SAMUEL GARN
Samuel Garn was born 14 July 1827 in in Mansfield, Richland, Ohio to Daniel and Margaret Moses Garn. Samuel joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1842 at the age of 15. H …
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