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From: "Jody Dillard" <>
Subject: Re: [TXBELL] Garner family
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:29:17 -0600


Hi George,

Who were your parents? Maybe someone here knows them. If you grew up in Port Lavaca you may have known some of my Dillard family or Trousdale Family there. Ken and Rita Dillard Trousdale are my first cousins. They lived in Port Lavaca a long time. She work as a dispatcher for the Sheriff's Dept. I can't remember if they moved to Victoria or if it was my Dillard family but they all lived in that area. I am also related to the Garner - Herring family of Bell County.
Jody Dillard


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From: "George Patrick" <>
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Subject: [TXBELL] Garner family
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 14:26:47 -0600

>
> Hi Dorothy and Rose,
> I am not related to the Garner family but do know something about them. I was
> born in Bell Co., but my family relocated to Calhoun County in about 1940 and
> I grew up in Port Lavaca, living there until I graduated high school. There
> was a John Garner family in Port Lavaca. They had a large farm on Lavaca Bay
> and owned a real nice red brick home on the Houston Highway. John operated a
> bar across the road from their home. My dad, being Czech, spent quite a bit
> of time there and he and John were great friends. One of their children , a
> son, is an attorney in Port Lavaca. Sorry that I don't remember John's wife's
> name. Not sure what happened to their other children.
>
> Alarge road constructin project took out John's bar, their home, and a large
> chunk of their property. He sold out and he and his wife relocated to the
> hill country. They bought a ranch across the highway from the entrance to
> Garner State Park near Leaky(sic). My folks visited them there from time to
> time. Not to sure how many of the family remained in Port Lavaca and how many
> moved to the hill country with them. Calhoun County has a pretty good
> genealogy site online so try there. Although I am not sure, I do think that
> John Garner was kin to John Nance Garner somehow?
>
> My mom and dad were both born in Bell County and somehow I have the idea that
> they knew the Garner family before leaving Bell. So, maybe they were
> originally from Bell, too. Many folks in Calhoun were originally from Bell.
>
> Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
>
> George of Austin
>
>
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