Leander Joseph Garren (1818 - 1865)

Born 8 May 1818 in North Carolina, United States

Husband of Savilla (Hobbs) Garren — married 21 Apr 1836 in Blount County, Tennessee

Husband of Margaret (Coppinger) Garren — married before 1858 in Tennessee

Descendants

Died 27 Jan 1865 at age 46 in Monroe, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Leander was born in 1818. He is the son of Adam Garren and Unknown Cherokee.^[1][2]

On the 21 Apr 1836 in Blount, Tennessee, Leander married Savilla Hobbs.^[3] In about 1858, Leander marries second, Margaret Coppinger.

Shot on Old Federal Road. ? Killed after war in retaliation for fighting?

He and his father (Adam Garren) served in the war with Mexico where he received a leg injury. He served the CSA and was shot and killed on the Old Federal Road in Monroe County which was built by the US government through the Cherokee Nation to gain better access to the Creek Indians. He was carried to the home of his sister (Susan Garren Patterson) where he died.

Leander passed away in 1865.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/72275397/leander-joseph-garren : accessed 10 July 2021), memorial page for Leander Joseph Garren (8 May 1818–27 Jan 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 72275397, citing Notchey Creek Cemetery Old, Madisonville, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Teresa Harris (contributor 47303607)
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDT-WR5 : 9 November 2014), Sarah Garren in household of Leander Garren, Monroe county, Monroe, Tennessee, United States; citing family 1271, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN4G-QCF : 4 December 2014), Leander Garren and Savillar (Unknown) Hobs (Unknown), 21 Apr 1836; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 65, Blount, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

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