William Garlinger

  General Notes:

!Occupation: Carpenter and Farmer

!MISC: It is not known when William and Christina met and married but
would have been around 1820. By 1824 they were living in Bedford County,
Pennsylvania next to William's brother John. They attended the "Log Cabin"
Lutheran Church built in 1806 at Schellsburg. They had two infants that died
and are buried in the church cemetary. Times must have been very tough because
in 1836 four of their children are listed as "Poor Children of Bedford County"
They are George, Henry, Horatio and John of Napier Township
In 1841 they moved to Columbiana County, Ohio.
In 1848 their son John J. moved to Hardin County, Ohio, William, Christina and
the rest of the family moved to Hardin County a year later in 1849. Horatio
stayed behind in Jefferson County which is adjacent to Columbiana. Horatio was
staying in an inn ran by George and Eliza Todd. This inn was located very close
to the residence of Thomas Garlinger in Salem Township, Jefferson Co., Ohio.
Thomas was a Wagonmaker born in Maryland and may be the eldest son of Christina
and William Sr. Horatio moved to Hardin County in 1850. Thomas later went to
Iowa.
William died in 1866 and is believed to be buried next to Christina in the
McElroy Cemetary. there is no stone present but there is room for the unmarked
grave next to her.

  Events

• Notes. He married Christina Anhart. (Christina Anhart is #19.) Christina was born in Pennsylvania June 18, 1800. Christina died August 30, 1859 in Liberty Twp., Hardin, Ohio, at 59 years of age. Her body was interred in McElroy Cemetery, Hardin, Ohio. Tombstone says "Cristeena" and that she was 59 years 2 month s and 12 days at her death. The tombstone is difficult to read and the 2 months looks like 11 months, the 59 looks like 79 but she is known to have been 59 at her death and this is consistent with Census information.

William was a Carpenter and Farmer. It is not known when William and Christina met and married but it would have been around 1820. After the death of William's mother , Jane, his father, Jacob Garlinger was re-married by 1819. William headed westward in Pennsylvania. Christina was a "christianized" Potawatomi Indian. It is unknown how she came to be in Bedford County and raised by a German Lutheran Family that had emigrated from the Northern regions of the Alsace in the late 1700's. . Her last name "Anhart" has never been found in any early Pennsylvania records. Christina's European last name has also been recorded as Arehart or Earhart. She was raised by George Arehart of Colerain Twp. in Bedford County. When George died he made some provision for her and a minor daughter in his will dated June 13, 1814. There are Orphan's Court Record's in Bedford County indicating that "at the insistance of William Garlinger intermarried with Christina Earhart, daughter of the deceased George Earhart" a suit was filed against the Executor's of the Estate to settle the administration of the account for Christina.

By 1824, William and Christina were living in Bedford County, Pennsylvania next to William's brother John. They attended the "Log Cabin" Reformed and Lutheran Church built in 1806 at Schellsburg in Napier Township of Bedford County. They had two infants that died and are buried in the church's Union Graveyard. Poverty and hard times seem to be a constant companion of the Garlinger's. Times must have been especially tough for William and Christina because in 1836 four of their children are listed as "Poor Children of Bedford County" They are George, Henry, Horatio and John of Napier Township

William Garlinger appears in the 1830 Bedford Co. Census as age 30-40 with 6 children and a free white female age 20-30. (Is this Christina?). In the 1840 Bedford Census, William is listed as age 50-60 (Incorrect age, he was 47) with 8 children and no free white females over 20 listed. Could it be that Christina was not counted because she was not considered a "white female"?.

In 1841, they moved to Columbiana County, Ohio. In 1848, their son John J.Garlinger moved to Hardin County, Ohio, William, Christina and the rest of the family moved to Hardin County a year later in 1849. Horatio stayed behind in Jefferson County which is adjacent to Columbiana, County. Horatio was staying in an inn ran by George and Eliza Todd. This inn was located very close to the residence of Thomas Garlinger in Salem Township, Jefferson Co. , Ohio. Thomas was a Wagon maker born in Maryland and was a likely the eldest son of Christina and William.. Horatio moved to Hardin County in 1850. Thomas Garlinger later went to Iowa.

William died in 1866 and is believed to be buried next to Christina (Cristeena) in the McElroy Cemetery. there is no stone present but there is room for the unmarked grave next to her. Christina is believed to be a full-blooded Potawatomi Indian, but no proof of this has been found. She has been described as an "Indian maiden". Interviews in the late 1980's and early 1990's with elderly descendants living in the immediate area of McElroy cemetery referred to her as the "dirty little Indian" buried there.

Christina was proud of her Indian heritage. Family members and neighbors complained that Potawatomi and Wyandot Indians would come and stay on the property where Christina lived and visit with her. This would have been in the 1850's on the farm owned by John J. Garlinger, one of Christina's son's. The Potawatomi Indian information is also found in a letter from Joe Thompson of Bluffton, Ohio who cites Julia Herr as the source, Julia is grand-daughter of Julia Boutwell. Merle Romick of nearby Ada, Ohio and great-great-grandson of Christina also spoke of Christina as an Indian in a telphone conversation in 1992. Merle's brother, Melvin Romick owned the John J. Garlinger farm in 1992. The barn had burned down in 1913 as a result of a lightning strike.

Christina was one of the 11 original founders of the Summit Christian Church organized during the year of her death in 1859. The church met at the Summit Schoolhouse and was pastored by Rev. H.P. Darst. The church was attended by as many as 40 members at it's peak. One of the other founders was Susanna McElroy, widow of Hugh W. McElroy. The McElroy's and Garlinger's were neighbors and several of the McElroy men married Garlinger women.

From 1850 until their deaths, William and Christina lived on the 160 acre farm owned by John J. Garlinger in Section 2 of Liberty Township, Hardin County, Ohio.

William married Christina Anhart. (Christina Anhart was born on 18 Jun 1800 in , Pennsylvania, died on 30 Aug 1859 in Liberty Twp., Hardin, Ohio and was buried in McElroy Cemetary, Hardin, Ohio.)