Lewis Nepolian Garton was the son of Hiram George Garton and Susan Demeree Byrum. He was born circa 1861 in Putnam County, Missouri, near the town of Bryant’s (or Bryan’s) Station (no longer extent). His parents had moved from Scott County, Kentucky, to Putnam County, Missouri, at the advent of the Civil War to escape the division and violence of the border state; it is not known why the border of Iowa was chosen for the move. His father was a woodsman and made a living logging for the numerous sawmills in and around Bryant’s Station.
After the war, Lewis’ family moved from Missouri to Decatur County, Indiana, near Greensburg. He is listed as Napolian Garton with his mother Susan Demeree in his father’s household according to the 1870 census for Salt Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana.
He married Nancy Viola Bockover, daughter of Peter J. Bockover and Rebecca C. Stewart, on 8 September 1888 at Decatur County, Indiana. Lewis and “Viola” had four sons, Frank Wilbert Garten (b. 1890), Burley “Beryl” Garton (b. 1892), Glenn Beecher “Beech” Garton (b. 1894), and Charles Emery Garten (b. 1897). When Lewis died at the age of 35, the children were sent to a Catholic orphanage until Viola married a Joseph Wamsley and they went to live with her and their stepfather. Beryl was tragically killed by his brother Beech with a shotgun by accident.
Lewis Napolian Garton died on 28 July 1897 at Decatur County, Indiana, of “consumption” (tuberculosis) and exposure after spending many hours in the cold wintry weather chopping and hauling wood. He was buried at Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana, most probably in an unmarked grave near Viola in the South Park Cemetery.
After the war, Lewis’ family moved from Missouri to Decatur County, Indiana, near Greensburg. He is listed as Napolian Garton with his mother Susan Demeree in his father’s household according to the 1870 census for Salt Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana.
He married Nancy Viola Bockover, daughter of Peter J. Bockover and Rebecca C. Stewart, on 8 September 1888 at Decatur County, Indiana. Lewis and “Viola” had four sons, Frank Wilbert Garten (b. 1890), Burley “Beryl” Garton (b. 1892), Glenn Beecher “Beech” Garton (b. 1894), and Charles Emery Garten (b. 1897). When Lewis died at the age of 35, the children were sent to a Catholic orphanage until Viola married a Joseph Wamsley and they went to live with her and their stepfather. Beryl was tragically killed by his brother Beech with a shotgun by accident.
Lewis Napolian Garton died on 28 July 1897 at Decatur County, Indiana, of “consumption” (tuberculosis) and exposure after spending many hours in the cold wintry weather chopping and hauling wood. He was buried at Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana, most probably in an unmarked grave near Viola in the South Park Cemetery.
Lewis Nepolian Garton was the son of Hiram George Garton and Susan Demeree Byrum. He was born circa 1861 in Putnam County, Missouri, near the town of Bryant’s (or Bryan’s) Station (no longer extent). His parents had moved from Scott County, Kentucky, to Putnam County, Missouri, at the advent of the Civil War to escape the division and violence of the border state; it is not known why the border of Iowa was chosen for the move. His father was a woodsman and made a living logging for the numerous sawmills in and around Bryant’s Station.
After the war, Lewis’ family moved from Missouri to Decatur County, Indiana, near Greensburg. He is listed as Napolian Garton with his mother Susan Demeree in his father’s household according to the 1870 census for Salt Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana.
He married Nancy Viola Bockover, daughter of Peter J. Bockover and Rebecca C. Stewart, on 8 September 1888 at Decatur County, Indiana. Lewis and “Viola” had four sons, Frank Wilbert Garten (b. 1890), Burley “Beryl” Garton (b. 1892), Glenn Beecher “Beech” Garton (b. 1894), and Charles Emery Garten (b. 1897). When Lewis died at the age of 35, the children were sent to a Catholic orphanage until Viola married a Joseph Wamsley and they went to live with her and their stepfather. Beryl was tragically killed by his brother Beech with a shotgun by accident.
Lewis Napolian Garton died on 28 July 1897 at Decatur County, Indiana, of “consumption” (tuberculosis) and exposure after spending many hours in the cold wintry weather chopping and hauling wood. He was buried at Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana, most probably in an unmarked grave near Viola in the South Park Cemetery.
After the war, Lewis’ family moved from Missouri to Decatur County, Indiana, near Greensburg. He is listed as Napolian Garton with his mother Susan Demeree in his father’s household according to the 1870 census for Salt Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana.
He married Nancy Viola Bockover, daughter of Peter J. Bockover and Rebecca C. Stewart, on 8 September 1888 at Decatur County, Indiana. Lewis and “Viola” had four sons, Frank Wilbert Garten (b. 1890), Burley “Beryl” Garton (b. 1892), Glenn Beecher “Beech” Garton (b. 1894), and Charles Emery Garten (b. 1897). When Lewis died at the age of 35, the children were sent to a Catholic orphanage until Viola married a Joseph Wamsley and they went to live with her and their stepfather. Beryl was tragically killed by his brother Beech with a shotgun by accident.
Lewis Napolian Garton died on 28 July 1897 at Decatur County, Indiana, of “consumption” (tuberculosis) and exposure after spending many hours in the cold wintry weather chopping and hauling wood. He was buried at Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana, most probably in an unmarked grave near Viola in the South Park Cemetery.
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