BIOGRAPHY: Abraham Benjamin GARVER, Mifflin County, PA

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The Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley, Comprising 
the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, Pennsylvania.
Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897, Volume II, pages 772-773.

  ABRAHAM BENJAMIN GARVER, deceased, of Kishacoquillas, Mifflin county, Pa., son 
of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Rudy) Garver, was born on the homestead in Union 
township, Mifflin county, April 2, 1846;  He died March 9, 1897.
  Abraham B. Garver attended the district schools of his native township and 
completed his education at the Kishacoquillas Seminary;  he remained at home 
working with his father on the farm until he was seventeen.  He enlisted at 
Philadelphia, Pa., in a cavalry regiment, under Captain Brown, of that city, 
served until the close of the war and was mustered out at Philadelphia.  After 
two years passed at his home in Mifflin county, he spent two years in different 
parts of California.  Returning to the east, he farmed for a short time, 
studying during the winter.  He taught at McVeytown and at Reedsville, Union 
township, and afterwards turned his attention to mercantile pursuits, forming a 
partnership with his brother, John R., under the firm name of J. R. Garver & 
Bro.  For six years the firm carried on a thriving business.  In April, 1889, 
Mr. Abraham Garver bought the property of the Kishacoquillas Seminary and opened 
a general store;  he was very successful, his business constantly increasing.  
Mr. Garver was a Republican;  he was also a member of the G.A.R. Post at 
Belleville;  and Lodge No. 203, F. and A. M., at Lewistown, Pa.
  Abraham Benjamin Garver was married, January 22, 1878, to Clara M., daughter 
of Harrison H. and Elizabeth (Webb) Gibboney.  They had two children:  Robert 
Taylor, born May 28, 1879;  and Rush H., born February 17, 1881.  Mr. Garver, 
with his family, was a member of the Presbyterian church.
  Mrs. Garver's parents have seven children:  Annie (Mrs. O.D. Frey), of 
Reedsville;  Clara M. (Mrs. A. B. Garver);  Rush, married Alice McNitt, has two 
children;  Thomas F., married Ida Dellett, of Milroy, Pa., has four children;  
Willa (Mrs. Charles McLaughlin), Washington, D.C., has one child;  Cora J.;  and 
Vernon.