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Father: Stephen Joseph Garland Born 13 April 1803 [some researchers say 1793] in the Limestone Cove area of what is now Unicoi County, Tennessee. Son of Guthridge ("Old Gutch") Garland and Bridget Hampton. Died 6 June 1875 on Iron Mountain. (Killed when a large tree fell on him while he was cutting timber.) Buried at the Garland-Phillips Cemetery, Red Hill, Mitchell County, North Carolina. Second wife: Elizabeth ("Betsy") Forbes. |
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Mother: Elizabeth ("Betsy") McKinney Born 8 September 1805. Daughter of Samuel McKinney. Died 28 July 1844. |
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#1: Alexander Garland. Born 22 December 1823. Married, 1847, Elizabeth Nelson. Died 2 May 1902. |
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#2: Melinda ("Linda") Garland Born 23 December 1825. Married, 1845, Joseph Stanley. Died 28 May 1906. |
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#3: William MacDonald ("Black Mack") Garland Born 29 May 1826. [Some sources say 30 May 1835.] Married, 1848 in Yancey County, North Carolina, Emilia McKinney. Died 10 June 1910. |
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#4: Mathilda Garland Born 1828. Married Johnson Whitson. Died 1918. |
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#5: Elisha Garland Born 1831. Married 1st Jane R. -----. Married 2nd Margaret Buchanan. |
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#6: Elizabeth Garland Born 1832. |
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#7: Mary Garland (According to some, her full name was "Mary Pollyanna;" according to others it was "Mary Minerva.") Born 31 July 1833. Married Jacob W. Bowman. Died 1911. |
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#8: Samuel Garland Born 1834. Married Margaret Elizabeth Burchfield. |
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#9: Gutridge O. Garland Born 21 March 1835. Married Sarah Garland. Died 18 February 1862. |
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#10: John Powell Garland Born 8 December 1837. Never married. Died 22 August 1918. |
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#11: Ezekiel Garland Born 1839. Died young. |