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George Washington Garber (1860 - 1939)

George Washington Garber
Born in Johnsville, Frederick, Maryland, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married about 1889 [location unknown]
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Died at age 79 in Johnsville, Frederick, Maryland, United Statesmap
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Biography

George was born in 1860. He is the son of John Garber and Hester Poole. [1]


Biographical Sketch from History of Frederick County, Maryland"

REV. GEORGE WASHINGTON GARBER, preacher in the Beaver Dam German Baptist Church (old order), and fourth ranking elder in his congregation, is one of the highly esteemed residents of Johnsville District, and a man of excellent character. He is a son of John G. and Hester (Poole) Garber.
The Garbers came originally to this country from Germany many generations ago. The branch of the family to which the Rev. George W. Garber belongs and the Saylor family were probably the first people to settle in the vicinity of Beaver Dam.
Henry Garber, the grandfather of Rev. George W. Garber, died on his farm at the head of Beaver Dam and is buried on the farm. He was but thirty years of age at the time of his death and had been engaged in farming. He was not a member of any church. Mr. Garber was married to Mary Green. In her religious beliefs she was a Dunkard. They were the parents of two children, a son and a daughter: John G., and Lena, who married Washington Hartman and died in the lower part of Frederick County. After her husband's death, Mrs. Garber was married to Isaac Harmon.
John G. Garber, son of Henry and Mary (Green) Garber, was born on his father's farm, April 18, 1818. He was educated in the old Willow Grove school in Beaver Dam Valley. He chose school teaching as his occupation, which he followed throughout his life. He taught in Frederick and Carroll Counties. His last charge, however, was in Baltimore county, being located at Woodbury. He served in the Union army during the rebellion and made a most creditable record. He enlisted, in 1861, as a private in one of the Maryland regiments and remained in service until the close of the war. He died at the soldier's home in Washington, D.C. He held membership in the German Baptist Church. Mr. Garber was married to Hester Poole, who was affiliated with the same church. They were the parents of the following children: Mary E., born May 12, 1857; George Washington, our subject; Thomas J. McClelland was born November 28, 1862, and died in Carroll County in March, 1908; Catharine Elizabeth, born March 3, 1864, married George Sproul and lives at Woodbury, Baltimore County, Md.; J. William L. , born October 26, 1866, lives at Woodbury, Md., and is married to a Miss Tyson; Hannah, born October 1, 1868, and died, unmarried; Amon, born November 18, 1870, and died aged two years; and Effie, was born May 12, 1872, and married a Mr. Tyson, who is deceased.
George Washington Garber, son of John G. and Hester (Poole) Garber, was born in a farm in Johnsonville District, Frederick County, May 25, 1860. When he was eight years old he was taken by Henry Saylor, a relative, to raise, who owned a farm in that neighborhood. Here he attended school for part of each year until he was twenty years of age, except for two years in the Mountain View school, under Daniel Wolfe. His instructors at the former locality were Jesse Fox, Marian Lord, Hannah Doll, Sally Norris, Molly Hendrickson, and Thomas Sidwell. Mr. Garber began life as a farmer's boy or day laborer at the age of fourteen years. His first employer David Stoner, from whom he received fifty cents a day for dropping corn. When he attained his majority he began farming on the place on which he was raised. Mr. Saylor died about that time, and Mr. Garber managed the farm for his widow for eight years. After Mrs. Saylor's death, the property came into his possession. Here he remained, actively engaged in agriculture, until 1901. In that year he purchased his present home, a farm of 90 acres, situated in Johnsville District. This is a valuable property and a fertile tract, producing large crops. In September, 1908, he sold the old Saylor place.
Mr. Garber takes no part in the field of politics and is independent. In 1887 he became a member of the Beaver Dam German Baptist Church. In the fall of 1888 he was elected a deacon. The year following he was elected to the first degree of the ministry and to the second degree one year later.
Rev. Garber was married about 1889 to Mrs. Mary C. Smith. There is no issue by this marriage.

Sources

  1. Williams, T.J.C. and McKinsey, Folger. History of Frederick County, Maryland. Hagerstown, MD: The Mail Publishing Company & L.R. Titsworth & Company, 1910. Page 1151.




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