John Nance Garner, II

1844 - 1919  (75 years)

• Name	John Nance Garner  [1, 2]
  Suffix	II
  Born	11 Oct 1844	Rutherford County, Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Bef 1865  [2]
  	as a Confederate cavalry officer under Joe Wheeler
  Military Service	Bef 1865  [2]
  	under Jeb Magruder driving the Federal blockade out of Galveston Harbor
  Military Service	Abt 1865  [2]
  	under Wheeler again near the Louisiana/Alabama state line
  Occupation	Abt 1866  [2]
  	thriving cotton farmer & rancher
  	They took the cotton harvest to Jefferson, some 70 miles away.
  Residence	1870	Blossom Prairie, Detroit, Red River County, Texas   [2]
  	Built a large ranch home in the Colonial style, built for beauty & comfort.  Loated six miles SW of Detroit, Texas.
  Biographical	Aft 1870  [2]
  	and the family were known as community leaders
  Name	Jack Garner  [3]
  Died	31 Oct 1919	Detroit, Red River, Texas   [2]
  Buried	Aft 31 Oct 1919	Family Vault, Detroit City Cemetery, Detroit, Red River, Texas   [2]
  	"Whether truth or legend, I don't know, but I have been told that John Nance ll was terribly afraid of being buried in the ground. When he died, they iced down his body until the brick vault he now rests in was completed". J. H. Garner – 2007
  Person ID	I5287	If the Legends Are True...
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2015

  
  

  Father	John Nance Garner,   b. 15 Jun 1810, Rutherford County, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Jun 1847, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee  (Age 36 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Katherine Walpole,   b. 10 Mar 1812, North Carolina ,   d. 4 Jul 1881, Blossom Prairie, Detroit, Red River County, Texas  (Age 69 years)
  Married	3 Jan 1833	Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F1939	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Jane Guest,   b. 30 May 1851, Detroit, Red River, Texas ,   d. 20 Sep 1932, Red River County, Texas  (Age 81 years)
  Married	30 May 1851	Detroit, Red River, Texas   [2]
  Children	1. Martie Guest   2. Lizzie Guest   3. Tolbert Guest   4. Elisha Guest,   b. Abt 1851,   d. Yes, date unknown + 5. Vice President John Nance Garner, III,   b. 22 Nov 1868, Blossom Prairie, Detroit, Red River County, Texas ,   d. 7 Nov 1967, Uvalde, Uvalde, Texas  (Age 98 years) + 6. James Roe Garner,   b. 18 Nov 1871, Detroit, Red River, Texas ,   d. 15 Feb 1905, Detroit, Red River, Texas  (Age 33 years) + 7. Lee Ellen Garner,   b. 10 Feb 1874, Detroit, Red River, Texas ,   d. 10 Jun 1902, Detroit, Red River, Texas  (Age 28 years) + 8. Julia Fredonia Garner,   b. 17 Sep 1877, Detroit, Red River, Texas ,   d. 29 Mar 1953, Detroit, Red River, Texas  (Age 75 years) + 9. Sarah Maude Garner,   b. 26 Jun 1880, Detroit, Red River, Texas ,   d. 1 Feb 1967, Red River County, Texas  (Age 86 years) + 10. Jesse Lewis Garner,   b. 22 Oct 1883, Detroit, Red River, Texas ,   d. 27 Jan 1942, Red River County, Texas  (Age 58 years) + 11. Jolly Garner,   b. 24 Dec 1885, Detroit, Red River, Texas ,   d. 14 Apr 1934, El Paso, El Paso, Texas  (Age 48 years)
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2007
  Family ID	F2226	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Nance Garner was "Scotch in the male line & Welsh in the other." Mentions the Garners were a well-off family that had "found the way to education & business success" & had fought for both the King vs. the French & for George Washington vs. the King. Also mentions the Garners "had moved west on the outer rim of advancing civilization" but were "not without roots". Book mentions the TN-TX migration may have been influenced by TN Gov. Sam Houston being a hero worshipper of Andrew Jackson & blazing a trail for TX, much effecting the developing philosophy of the early TX settlers. Garner's forebears had given him neither money nor education, but he had inherited their gifts for energy & success. He was a hard worker in his own fields, a good neighbor & a companionable fellow. He was able to build up a thriving ranch even under the extremely harsh times of Reconstruction after the Civil War. REF: (same), p. 8: "But Mr. & Mrs. Garner apparently decided that twice as many children would be twice as good. They took on seven more to raise, and John's companionable instinct; so notable in future years, had plenty to work on." J. H. Garner – 2007

  
  

• Reference

  If the Legends Are True... by J. Craig Canada, "John Nance Garner, II" (accessed January 24, 2021) | http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I5287&tree=Legends.