Son of Michael Garber (1769-1845) and Margaret Elizabeth Smith (1775-1834)
Married Ellen Schell 20 Dec 1837, Schellsburg, Bedford Co., PA

COLONEL CHIEF O M U S ARMY 1861 - 1866
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From Death Certificate:
Age 68 years
Nativity - Virginia
Male White Married
Cause of death - apoplexy of the brain
Duration of last illness - 5 days
Wm. A. Collins, MD
Died at Second Street
C. Vail, Undertaker
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Indianapolis Sentinel
Indianapolis, IN
Saturday, April 9, 1881
Issue: 99 Page: 4

HON. M. C. GARBER died yesterday at his home in Madison. He was the editor of the Courier, and Postmaster of Madison. He was generally respected, and his death will be mourned by all who knew him. The Sentinal of Monday last contained a special from Madison announcing that Mr Garber had been stricken with apoplexy on Sunday morning. This has prepared, in some measure at least, our readers for the intelligence of his death this morning.
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Jeffersonville National Democrat
14 Apr 1881

MICHAEL C. GARBER

Peaceful Death of the Veteran Editor at Madison Yesterday Afternoon

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Madison, April 8 --Colonel M. C. Garber, a former editor of the Courier and postmaster at Madison died at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The Evening Courier and Star both appeared with invested column rules in respect to the memory of the deceased who was one of the oldest journalists in Indiana. During the war he was quartermaster of the Army at Tennessee, and afterwards quartermaster in the field with General Sherman's army. The funeral takes place at 2 o'clock Sunday. He will be buried here.

Colonel Garber held a life-insurance policy for $5,0000. The remaining members of the family are his wife, two unmarried daughters, one unmarried son, one married son and one married daughter, together with a niece Fanny Garber, who has long made her home with the family.
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Staunton Spectator
Staunton, Virginia
19 Apr 1881

DEATH OF COL. M. C. GARBER--We noticed last week the fact that Col. Michael C. Garber, of Madison, Indiana, Postmaster and editor of the Daily Courier of that place, had been paralyzed and was in a critical condition. Later information brings the news of his death, which occurred on the morning of Friday, the 8th inst. He had many relatives and friends here whom he visited every year, and was the brother of Albert C. Garber, A. W. Garber, Ann C. Garber, and the late Wm. H. Garber of this city, and of Christian Garber of Keokuk, Iowa, who at the time was on a visit to Livinston, Alabama.

Son of Michael Garber (1769-1845) and Margaret Elizabeth Smith (1775-1834)
Married Ellen Schell 20 Dec 1837, Schellsburg, Bedford Co., PA

COLONEL CHIEF O M U S ARMY 1861 - 1866
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From Death Certificate:
Age 68 years
Nativity - Virginia
Male White Married
Cause of death - apoplexy of the brain
Duration of last illness - 5 days
Wm. A. Collins, MD
Died at Second Street
C. Vail, Undertaker
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Indianapolis Sentinel
Indianapolis, IN
Saturday, April 9, 1881
Issue: 99 Page: 4

HON. M. C. GARBER died yesterday at his home in Madison. He was the editor of the Courier, and Postmaster of Madison. He was generally respected, and his death will be mourned by all who knew him. The Sentinal of Monday last contained a special from Madison announcing that Mr Garber had been stricken with apoplexy on Sunday morning. This has prepared, in some measure at least, our readers for the intelligence of his death this morning.
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Jeffersonville National Democrat
14 Apr 1881

MICHAEL C. GARBER

Peaceful Death of the Veteran Editor at Madison Yesterday Afternoon

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Madison, April 8 --Colonel M. C. Garber, a former editor of the Courier and postmaster at Madison died at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The Evening Courier and Star both appeared with invested column rules in respect to the memory of the deceased who was one of the oldest journalists in Indiana. During the war he was quartermaster of the Army at Tennessee, and afterwards quartermaster in the field with General Sherman's army. The funeral takes place at 2 o'clock Sunday. He will be buried here.

Colonel Garber held a life-insurance policy for $5,0000. The remaining members of the family are his wife, two unmarried daughters, one unmarried son, one married son and one married daughter, together with a niece Fanny Garber, who has long made her home with the family.
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Staunton Spectator
Staunton, Virginia
19 Apr 1881

DEATH OF COL. M. C. GARBER--We noticed last week the fact that Col. Michael C. Garber, of Madison, Indiana, Postmaster and editor of the Daily Courier of that place, had been paralyzed and was in a critical condition. Later information brings the news of his death, which occurred on the morning of Friday, the 8th inst. He had many relatives and friends here whom he visited every year, and was the brother of Albert C. Garber, A. W. Garber, Ann C. Garber, and the late Wm. H. Garber of this city, and of Christian Garber of Keokuk, Iowa, who at the time was on a visit to Livinston, Alabama.