Sam Houston Garvin

Sam Houston Garvin

• Father: S. M. Garvin b. 20 April 1811, d. 26 November 1861
• Mother: Elizabeth J. (?) b. 3 October 1821, d. 17 January 1889

• Sam Houston Garvin was born in October 1856 in Texas.
• S. M. Garvin and Elizabeth J. (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Anderson PO, Grimes County, Texas, and M. S. Garvin (male, age 11), who is a mystery, and Fransena, who would have been age 10, does not appear in the household.. Other members of the household included Sam Houston Garvin, Ed W. H. Garvin, S. Archibald M. Garvin, M. M. Texanna Garvin, Adrian A. M. Garvin, Laura J. Garvin, Fransena Garvin, Anderson Garvin and Robert Garvin.
• Elizabeth J. (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Anderson PO, Grimes County, Texas, and drygoods merchant John Tidwell, likely a boarder, and apparently Laura's future husband.. Other members of the household included Sam Houston Garvin, Laura J. Garvin, Anderson Garvin and Robert Garvin.
• He was attending school and working on the farm, according to the 1870 census.
• He married Martha Elizabeth McIntyre, daughter of Jesse Cothier McIntyre and Hannah Caroline Lindley, circa 1 December 1878 in Grimes County, Texas.
• Sam Houston Garvin appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
• The following appeared on 2 January 1899 in The Daily Examiner: S. H. Garvin has removed from Roans Prairie to Navasota and will occupy the Elson Kelley place in the McNair addition.
• Sam Houston Garvin and Martha Elizabeth McIntyre appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Jesse Waldo Garvin and Douglas Garvin.
• He was a carpenter and a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
• Sam Houston Garvin and Martha Elizabeth McIntyre appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Jesse Waldo Garvin and Imogene C. Haynie.
• He was an odd-job carpenter, according to the 1910 census.

• Last Edited: 21 Apr 2009