Individual Details

Robert was born in April 1845 and orphaned at a young age. He enlisted in the Union Army from Illinois (Hancock County, Illinois) in the Civil War. He was in Company K, 47th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was wounded at Vicksburg, Mississippi on 22nd May 1863 with a 58 cal. musket ball to the left thigh. He was hospitalized for about 5 months and was found to not be fit for further military service and received a Disability Discharge on the 8th of October 1863 at St. Louis, Missouri. He returned home to live with his sister, Margaret S. (Garner) McCance in Toulon, Illinois. He received a disability pension based on his wounds and was able to regain his health and strength, so much so, that he then re-enlisted into the Union Army, this time in Company C, 3rd Illinois Cavalry on 21st February 1864 at Springfield, Illinois. He enlisted for a three year period. He was captured near Lawrenceburg, Tennessee while on a probing patrol on 23 November 1864. He was a incarcerated as a prisoner at the POW Camp at Ft. Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia. Robert was released as a POW at Vicksburg, Mississippi on 16 April 1865 (1 year 11 months after he had been wounded at the battle of Vicksburg). He was then sent to Benton Barracks near St. Louis, Missouri for discharge. We have a copy of his pension file which shows more fully his service.

After leaving military service he worked in Bates County, Missouri. He met his wife Eliza and married there in 1867. They moved to Putnam County, Missouri in 1873.

On the U. S. Census of 1880 Robert, Louisa, Mary J. and James L. Garner appear in Sherman, Putnam County, Missouri. His occupation was farmer.

Robert's death notice in the Unionville Republican, no date, GARNER--Feb. 5th. Robert Garner, of Union, of consumption, aged 40 years.

Birth	Apr 1845	Hancock Co., Illinois
Marriage	25 Aug 1867	Bates Co., Missouri - Eliza Jane Wine
Death	5 Feb 1885	Unionville, Putnam Co., Missouri
Burial		Union Church Cemetery, Unionville, Putnam Co., Missouri

Spouse	Eliza Jane Wine (1850 - 1883)
Child	Mary Jane "Jennie" Garner (1869 - 1956)
Child	James Linzy Garner (1871 - 1941)
Child	Lillian Belle Garner (1881 - 1954)

Father	John Stout Garner (1810 - 1846)
Mother	Elizabeth Atherton (1810 - 1851)
Sibling	Margaret Sarah Garner (1830 - 1905)
Sibling	Lovisa J. Garner (1833 - 1902)
Sibling	Aaron A. Garner (1834 - 1885)
Sibling	Henry Garner (1837 - 1923)
Sibling	Nancy Garner (1840 - )