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CHILDREN OF NATHAN GARNTO, Sr.and JEMIMA MIMMS
1. Benjamin Garnto
2. Thomas S. Garnto married Nancy Wyatt
3. Nathan Garnto, Jr., married Mary Rowland
4. John Garnto married Mary Lider
5. Caroline Garnto
6. Elizabeth Garnto
7. David Garnto never married.
THOMAS S. GARNTO b. 1828 d. 1890
was married to
NANCY WYATT b. 1834. Her name may have been Nancy Mary Ann Wyatt.
WYATT Family Connection
Nancy Wyatt's parents were
HARDY WYATT b. ABOUT 1790 and MARTHA WYATT b. ABT. 1800. They lived in
Laurens County, Ga. On the 1850 Census of Laurens County, 60 year old Hardy Wyatt is listed as being blind. At tis time Martha was 50 years old and Nancy was 16.
Thomas Garnto was farm laborer.
Thomas Garnto age 32, Nancy Garnto age 23 and son, Newton T. Garnto age 2 are shown on the
1880 Census of Laurens County, Georgia . The name is misspelled: "Gomto".
My Great-Aunt, Martie Garnto Thomas, told me that Jordon Garnto's father had lost an arm in battle. Click on this link and it tells of his DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY - He was a POW and his right arm was amputated by a Union Surgeon in a Union Prison. Click on this link for mor info.:
THOMAS GARNTO, POW
CHILDREN OF THOMAS S. GARNTO AND NANCY WYATT of Laurens Co., Ga.:
1. Newton Thomas Garnto b. ABT. 1850
2. John Jordon Garnto b. 1860 married Lonie Hester
3. John Franklin Garnto b. ABT. 1863 married Rachel Graham - children: John Shorter Garnto, Frank Daniel, Rosa, Ned, George& Henry Duggan.
4. William Henry Garnto "Henry" b. ABT. 1865
5. Mary Mollie Christine Garnto "Mary" b. ABT 1868
6. Nancy R. Garnto b. ABT. 1870
7. Jane A. Garnto b. ABT. 1872
8. James Garnto b. ABT. 1874
Click for more info: Carl Garnto's Web Page
Note: I got some of this info from a cousin - Sheila Payne. Sheila is the granddaughter of Henry Duggan Gornto. Great-Grand Daughter of
John Franklin Gornto - Jordon's brother.
Look for John Franklin Gornto's photo and his daughter, Rosa Gornto Fordham,in the photo album of my mother's family. Rosa died during a flu epidemic.
Rosa Gornto married Tom Fordham and is buried at Big Sandy Church cemetery in Wilkinson County, Ga.
JORDON GARNTO born 1860 died 1931 at the age of 70. He lived in Laurens County, Georgia
These names are on the 1880 census of GM Dist. 52 Smith. Laurens County, Georgia.
Married MARTHA LONIE HESTER of Laurens Co., Ga., b. 1867 d. 1947.(Her name is sometimes spelled "Lonnie").
Lonie Hester's parents were JOHN HESTER b. ABT. 1840, occupation: farm laborer and MARY HESTER b. ABT. 1842).
John "Jordon" Garnto and Martha "Lonie" Hester Garnto are buried in Snow Hill Cemetery in Cadwell, Georgia.
Note: Jordon's sister, Ethel Mathis and her husband Jonie Mathis are buried between Jordon and Lonie. Jordon died long before his wife, Lonie. That is why they were buried like that.
Lonie Hester Garnto and her Grandchildren, J. W. and Jewel Thomas (Children of Martie Garnto Thomas and John Thomas
HESTER Family Connection
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CHILDREN OF JOHN AND MARY HESTER:
1. Eliza Jane Hester born ABT. 1863
2. George Hester b. ABT. 1866
3. Martha Lonie Hester b. 1867
4. Henry Hester b. 1870
5. Emogene Hester b. ABT. 1872
6. John Hester
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Lonie Hester Garnto, b. 1867 d. 1947 at the age of 79.
Pronounced "Jerdon" and "Loan-ie"
There is a photo of them in my photo album
They had a farm near Dublin, Georgia, and later moved close to Cadwell, Georgia.
They are buried at Snow Hill Cemetery in Cadwell, Georgia.
CHILDREN OF
JORDON GARNTO AND LONIE HESTER GARNTO:
1. Fannie Garnto (female)b. 1884 d. 1936 age 52 of a brain tumor?
2. Lou Ella Garnto b. 1886 d. 1952 age 65 of a heart condition
3. Ethel Garnto b. 1891 d. 1944 age 53 of cancer
4. Maggie Garnto 1904-1976 age 72 died of a heart condition
5. Martie Garnto (female)b. 1911 died 1986 age 75 of heart attack
6. Ivey Garnto (male)b. 1899 died 1940 age 40 of cancer
7. John Duggin Garnto (may have used the name John D.)b. 1897 d. 1955 age 57 died of leukemia
8. WILLIE GARNTO b. 1889 d. 1953 age 64
9. Lonnie Lee Garnto (male)b. 1893 d. 1926 age 33
10. J. C. Garnto (male)b. 1908 d. 1967 age 59. He died in an accident. He was driving a tractor that was hit by a car.
11. Walter Garnto b. 1906?
12. Arthur Garnto b. 1895 d. 1967 age 71
13. James Wright "Jimmy" Garnto b.1902 d. 1941 age 39
www.fieldsoftheharvest.com
Jeff's My Space Page
You Tube - Jeff's Son,Joseph Fields
# 5 Martie Garnto Thomas: These are her Grandson's Web Pages.
WILLIE GARNTO sometimes used the name "Willie G. Garnto" even though he did not actually have a middle name.
Note: Pa Willie Garnto liked to play practical jokes. Like the time he saw two old black women fishing at the creek. Pa Willie emptied his pockets and handed over everything to his wife, Ma Emmie. Then he sneaked up stream and got into the water, still wearing all of his clothes, and floated downstream. The women saw him and screamed, "Lawd have mercey, its a dead man!!"
They threw down their fishing poles and ran for their lives.
1st Wife: Eulalah Stuckey "Lalah"- after her death he married
2nd Wife:
EMMIE WILLIAMS
b. 1888 d. 1956 age 67.
They were called Pa Willie and Ma Emmie and their home was in Cadwell, Georgia.
They are buried in Snow Hill Cemetery in Cadwell, Laurens County, Georgia.
Children of Willie Garnto and Eulalah
Stuckey Garnto:
Willie "Blondell" Garnto married Lona Mae Williams (his first cousin). They had no children.
Reverend Alfred "Durell" Garnto married Emma Nell Sterling
Durell and Emma Nell had 3 children: Emma Lou, Dianne and Sterling Garnto.
Children of WILLIE GARNTO and EMMIE WILLIAMS GARNTO:
EMMIE WILLIAMS GARNTO
1. Evelyn Lucile Garnto
2. Avis Esteen Garnto
When Evelyn was little, her Daddy, Pa Willie, had some delicious looking cakes of chewing tobacco, and she just thought it looked yummy. (It does kind of look like a brownie). She wanted to try it. So she talked her sister, Avis, into sneaking some with her and chewing it. They knew not to swallow
any of the tobacco juice. Chew and spit; they had seen it done lots of times, but Evelyn got sick anyway. Extremely sick. It was strange how it didn't bother Avis at all.
So Evelyn was vomiting and Ma Emmie wanted to know what in the world was wrong with her. She told her mother she did not know why she was so sick, it must be the tea. Ma Emmie went inside and got the sweet tea and poured all of it out. It might be contaminated! If Ma Emmie had known what was really going on they would have both gotten a good switching. Not only had they been a-lyin' and a-stealin' but a-chewin' as well.
Years later, Avis confessed that she did not get sick that day because she had chewed some of her daddy's tobacco before . . . lots of times, she was used to it."
EVELYN GARNTO born 11/17/24
married CLINTON JUNIOR ( C. J. ) (Buck) SELF b. 2/29/20 d. 1/19/75 of Dodge County, Georgia.
(Buried at the Giddens-Harrell Cemetery in Dodge County, Ga.)
Children Evelyn and Buck Self:
1. MARCIA ELLEN SELF MANNING (one daughter: Carlie Crystal Collins)
"AVIS" ESTEEN GARNTO married JAMES STERLING
Children OF Avis and James Sterling:
1. ROGER STERLING (one son: Mark Sterling)
2. KAREN EVONNE STERLING (one daughter: Angela Thigpen)
Willie Garnto's sister, Martie Garnto Thomas, said the Garnto family was part Italian.
Our Great- Grandmother, Lonie Garnto, was remembered as being very tall with a dark complexion.
Click this link to view the family chart:
Garnto-Williams Family Chart
View My Photo Albums!
Garnto, Williams and Hester Family
Self, Rooks, Mullis, Family
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