EIGHTH GENERATION

GARN Book Information

367. Benjamin Franklin⁸ GARN (Susanna⁷ GARN, John⁶ GARN, Johannes⁵ GERN, Johann Adam⁴ GERN, Johannes³ GERN, David² GERN, Johannes¹ GERN) was born on 1 Sep 1849 in Sandusky Co., Ohio, USA. He appears with his parents on the 1850 U.S. Census of Jackson Twp., Sandusky Co., Ohio where his father is listed as Abram Gern. He died on 25 Feb 1931 in Union Twp., Marshall Co., Indiana, USA. He was buried on 27 Feb 1931 in Culver, Marshall Co., Indiana, USA.

He was married to Lucinda Catherine FRIEND (daughter of Emsil FRIEND and Matilda MILLER) on 13 Jan 1878 in Beatrice, Gage Co., Nebraska, USA. They appear on the 1880 U.S. Census of Beatrice Township, Gage County, Nebraska. Benjamin appears as B. F. Garn on that census. Lucinda Catherine FRIEND was born on 20 Dec 1860 in Ohio, USA. She died on 11 May 1946 in Marshall Co., Indiana, USA. Benjamin Franklin GARN and Lucinda Catherine FRIEND had the following children:

+875 i. Laura P.⁹ GARN.
+876 ii. Lewis Edwin⁹ GARN.
877 iii. Edna Clair⁹ GARN was born on 23 Jan 1888 in Burr Oak, Marshall Co., Indiana, USA.
+878 iv. Grace Evelyn⁹ GARN.
+879 v. Florence C.⁹ GARN.
880 vi. Glenn Chafis⁹ GARN was born on 11 Nov 1899 in Culver, Marshall Co., Indiana, USA. He died on 1 Jul 1981 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan, USA.