THE GARMAN-GILL FAMILIES, Elizabeth Garman Gill, January 1971.
Some of his land was sold for farms to his neighbors. One such sole was a large plot of land sold to Daniel and Betsy McAnulty. Years later our present town of Barnesboro* was begun and located on the McAnulty farm. It is interesting for us to know that our grandfather once owned the land where we who live here in Barnesboro now reside. He gave land for a church and a school and helped to build the Church of God at Garman and the Garman School. The church at Grass Hill, the Good Ridge Church and the Pine Grove Church all shared his interest and financial aid, as well as a school called the Salt Well School near the junction of Emeigh and Cherry Tree roads.
There is an old adage, "Behind every successful man there is a good woman." That was true of both the first and second wives of Grandfather. Both were hard-working industrious women, wonderful wives and mothers and good managers of a large and growing household.
For his retirement years Grandfather built a red brick house in Indiana on Grant Street. It is now being used as one of the cottages for students attending the University of Indiana (sic, Indiana University of Pennsylvania). The red bricks have been painted white to combine with the campus buildings.
Some of his land was sold for farms to his neighbors. One such sole was a large plot of land sold to Daniel and Betsy McAnulty. Years later our present town of Barnesboro* was begun and located on the McAnulty farm. It is interesting for us to know that our grandfather once owned the land where we who live here in Barnesboro now reside. He gave land for a church and a school and helped to build the Church of God at Garman and the Garman School. The church at Grass Hill, the Good Ridge Church and the Pine Grove Church all shared his interest and financial aid, as well as a school called the Salt Well School near the junction of Emeigh and Cherry Tree roads.
There is an old adage, "Behind every successful man there is a good woman." That was true of both the first and second wives of Grandfather. Both were hard-working industrious women, wonderful wives and mothers and good managers of a large and growing household.
For his retirement years Grandfather built a red brick house in Indiana on Grant Street. It is now being used as one of the cottages for students attending the University of Indiana (sic, Indiana University of Pennsylvania). The red bricks have been painted white to combine with the campus buildings.
* The town Barnesboro no longer exists. After merger with adjacent Spangler the combined entity is now known as Northern Cambria.
