Daughter of Francis Hedrick & Elizabeth Howard

Married Phillip Garner, 4 Apr 1830, Cartlige, Hancock, Illinois

Mary was born to Francis Hendrick and Elizabeth Howard Hendrick on September 25, 1811. She was of Dutch descent. At age twenty she married Philip Garner Sr. [on April 4, 1830 at Carthage, Hancock, Illinois. Shortly thereafter they moved to Jackson County, Indiana.

During their stay in Indiana, three children were born. They next moved to Adams County, Illinois. In the summer of 1841, Mary was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

In 1845, with her family, she moved to Nauvoo, where she remained until the "Mormon Exodus" in the winter of 1846. With her family she reached Council Bluffs, where Philip entered the Mormon Battalion [Captain J.D. Hunter's Company B], on July 16, 1846.

He was absent for fifteen months, during which time Mary was left with eight children. In 1847, he returned from the Battalion to his family in Iowa and in 1849 the family left Kanesville, Iowa, July 4, 1849, arriving in Salt Lake City, December 25, 1849.

They went north and helped Captain James Brown to colonize Ogden, Utah. They remained there for the rest of their lives, having three more children, fighting crickets, grasshoppers, snakes and Indians.

They made a nice home, cultivated the land and grew with the new community. Mary served where she was called, was quick to recognixe good qualities in others and was never more happy than when she was making others happy.

Phillip passed away September 16, 1872, leaving her a widow for nearly twenty years. They were parents of twelve children and left a large posterity.

Mary passed away at age eightly and is buried in Ogden beside her dear Philip.


GRANDMOTHER GARNER
Another Octogenarian has Gone to Her Rest.
"Leaf by leaf the roses fall, One by one they drop away."

And so drop and pass away thoses who have borne the burthen and heat of the day-the early pioneers from the East, who bridged the streams, and opened the roads through trackless wilds from the Missouri river to the then sterile valleys of Utah and who have laid the foundation for the contruction of a mighty commonwealth-an empire whose star will never set.

Among those who have recently been gathered to their peaceful rest, is Mrs. Mary Hedrick Garner, an octogenarian the relict of the late Philip Garner. She was the daughter of Francis Hedrick and Elizabeth Howard, and was born in Davis county, North Carolina, September 25, 1811. When twenty years of age she was married to Philip Garner. Shortly after their marriage they removed to Jackson county, Indiana, where they lived for a number of years.

Death notice courtesy of Utah Digital Newspapers, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.

Ogden Standard, 4 Mar 1892, p. 2