Anna Garber

Events

Relation to the center person (Miller, James Caricofe) : fourth great grandmother

Parents

Families

Source References

1. 
   Wise, W. Harvey, IV.: From the Rhineland to the Promised Land of Virginia
   
   1. • Date: 2009
      • Page: P. 85
      • Confidence: High
2. 
   ellingham/getperson.php?personID=I95476&tree=Ellingham: http://www.genealogycenter.info/
   
   1. • Page: http://www.genealogycenter.info/ellingham/getperson.php?personID=I95476&tree=Ellingham
      • Confidence: High
3. 
   Ed. Durnbaugh, Donald F.; Martin Dennis D.; et al.: The Brethren Encyclopedia
   
   1. • Page: Vol. 1 / P. 529
      • Confidence: Very High
      • Person Note:
        

        Biographical Note – Garber, John, Entry in The Brethren Encyclopedia Vol. 1 / P. 529.

        Garber (Gerber), John H., (1717-87). pioneer. Garber arrived in Philadelphia, Aug. 28, 1750, and joined Michael Garber, who may have been a relative, in York County, PA. In 1768, he moved to Frederick Co., MD, where he was ordained to the eldership in the Beaver Dam congregation. Garber visited the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia around 1774. In 1775 or 1776, he moved to the Flat Rock area near Harrisonburg, VA, where he farmed and made and repaired shoes for a living. Other Brethren families followed, spurred southward by reports of bountiful farm land adn by the disruptions of the Revolutionary War. By 1787, thirty-two Brethren families were in the Flat Rock area; a congregation was organized in 1788. Garber is considered to ahve been influential in the founding of several large congregations in Northern Virginia. He is remembered as “loved and admired, not only by those who knew him best, but by the scattered settlers and the roving Indians.”

        Garber was married to Barbara Miller (d. 1808); their family had wide influence among the Brethren. Six of their seven sons were ministers, as were two of three sons-in-law. Three of the sons – Samuel, John, and Jacob – became pioneers in Tennessee and the Miami Valley of Ohio. Other sons – Martin, Daniel, and Abraham – remained in the Shenandoah Valley and founded many congregations. Twenty years after Garber’s initial migration to Virginia, the Brethren in the Shenandoah had become a center of influence to the extent that Annual Meeting was held there in 1794. CSH/ESM. See also Garber (Gerber) Family [Entry]. Messenger (June 1, 1971) 13-14; J. S. Flory, Builders (1925) 61-65; Virginia (1908 [1914] 54-55, (1973) index; unpubl. family records in possession of LaRue B. Mason, Roanoke, VA; R. F. Flory, Lest We Forget (1974) 2:213-215; F.E. Mallott, Studies (1954) index; J.D. Wine, History of Flat Rock CB (1962) 2; Maryland (1936) 229-32; K. Wust, Virginia Germans (1969) 95, 146.

      • Family Note:
        

        Family Note – Garber Family (Garver, Gerber), from The Brethren Encyclopedia Vol. 1 / P. 529-530

        Garber (Garver, Gerber) Family. Origination in Langnau, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, the Gerber family, then mennonites, fled from perseuction to the German Palatinate in the 1500s. Michael Gerber arrived at Philadelphia on Sept. 12, 1734, on the Hope with his wfie and infant daughter. He settled in York Co., PA. Among his descendants are many elders, ministers, and deacons of the Old German Baptist Brethren, Amish, and Mennonites.

        Johannes H. Gerber, later called John H. Garber (1717-1787) arrived at Philadelphia on Aug. 28, 1750, on the Phoenix. He went first to the home of Michael Garber, believed to be a relative. In 1768 he went to Frederick Co., MD, to the Beaver Dam congregation; about 1775 he migrated dto hte Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, the first Brethren minister to settle there permanently. About the same time, anothre group of Garbers, led by Jacob Garber, migrated to Washington Co., PA, where they helped establish the Ten Mile congregation. These were the two major migrations of Garbers in America; some of them went on to Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, and other states, establishing new congregations as they went.

        John H. Garber and his wife, Barbara [Miller], established the first Brethren church in Virginia at Flat Rock. They had seven sons, six of whom were ministers, and three daughters, two of whom married ministers. This family also founded the Middle River congregation in Augusta Co., VA.

        The Garber family has produced generations of Brethren ministers and is represented in the Old German Baptist Brethren, the Brethren Church, and the Church of the Brethren. They have had a wide influence on the affairs of the Brethren in amny parts of America. GFB.

        C. M. Garber, The Garber Historical and Genealogical Record (1937-64); R.B. Stressburger and W.J. Hinke, eds., Pioneers (1934) 1:143, 146; J.W. Wayland, The German Element in the Shenandoah Valley (1907); ME (1956) 2:478; S.W. Garber, Family Tree of Jacob Garber of Augusta Co., VA (1919); Virginia (1908 [1914]) 30, 32, 41-43, 52, 55-56, 71-72, 87, 93, 175, 179-180, 205-9, 216-18, 231, (1973) index; New Nation (1976) index; Maryland (1936) index; S. Ohio (1920) index; K. Wust, VA Germans (1969) 95, 146; W.H. Gager, “Genealogy of Some Garbers” (1975); D.K. Garber, Ancestry of Jacob and Estehr Garber (1970-72); E.P. Garber, Historical Sketeches of Seven Generations of Descendants of Michael Gerber (1938); E.R. Garber, “Joseph Garber Family,” NQ (1900) 44-45; C.G. Gregory, “Genealogy of the Ludwig Mohler Family” (ca. 1921); G.E. Miller, “George Win and Some Brethren Families” (1979); A.T. Ronk, History BC (1968) index; S. Ohio (FGBC) (1975) 161.