Henry Garst (1801 - 1887)

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Light (Wenger) Garst — married 15 Oct 1826 in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Apr 1887 at age 85 in Montgomery County Ohio USA

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Biography

Son of Johann Nicholas Garst Jr and Elizabeth Francis Unknown.

The fifth oldest known child (of John Nicholas Garst Jr.) was Henry Garst. He was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1801, and died in Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1887. He married Elizabeth Wenger in Jonestown, Lebanon County (formerly Dauphin County), Pennsylvania, in 1826. They moved to Ohio and settled in Mad River Township, Montgomery County, near the line with Greene County. Elizabeth [Wenger] Garst died in 1886. Both were buried in Hawker Cemetery, Beavercreek Township, Greene County, Ohio. This cemetery was one mile south of the Aley Chapel Cemetery where Henry Garst's sister Anna [Garst] Aley was buried. Source: Family of John Nicholas Garst Jr., by Dwight Wrightsman

Married October 15, 1826 to Elizabeth Light Wenger b: Aug 8, 1809 PA d: June 15, 1886 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, Mad River Township daughter of Martin Wenger and Mari Elizabeth Light

Ohio Death Record: Henry Garst, born 1802, Penn, died 15 Apr 1887 Mad River Township, Montgomery, Ohio, 85 years, Farmer, Married, v 3 p 57 ^[1]

Sources

https://tpettit.verio.com/family/grisso/fg02/fg02_330.htm

• Find A Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82753169/henry-garst. Accessed 21 July 2020.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial 82753169 Entered by Dee Al-Hasan.

Acknowledgments

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