2. Edward Samuel² Garner Jr. (Edward Samuel¹) was born in St. Joseph, MO 13 Oct 1895.⁽³⁰⁹¹⁾ Edward died 31 Jan 1958 in Los Angeles, CA.⁽³⁰⁹²⁾

He married Helen Marguerite Berry 6 Jul 1921.⁽³⁰⁹³⁾ Helen was born in Fort McHenry, Maryland 14 Jan 1897.⁽³⁰⁹⁴⁾ Stanton Garner indicates also that she was born 6 Jan 1897. Helen was the daughter of Lucien Grant Berry and Emily Ross Minier.

Helen died 17 Mar 1982 in Palo Alto, CA.⁽³⁰⁹⁵⁾ She was a student in Troy, NY, mid 1900's. School: Emma Willard's Finishing School.⁽³⁰⁹⁶⁾ She resided in Corning, NY 1930.⁽³⁰⁹⁷⁾ When the 1930 stock market collapse reduced the Edward Garner family close to destitution, Lucien and Emily sent for Helen and her two children, Edward and Stanton, who came to stay with them for temporary shelter. However that arrangement became permanent when Edward Garner, Senior was unable to recover and sought a divorce.

Helen was divorced from Edward Samuel Garner Jr. sometime between 1930 and 1940.⁽³⁰⁹⁸⁾

Edward was divorced from Helen Marguerite Berry sometime between 1930 and 1940.⁽³⁰⁹⁹⁾ He served in World War I as a Missouri National Guard artillery officer, in General Berry's brigade. Afterward, he became a regular army officer but resigned in 1922 when he inherited his family's wealth. After losing his fortune in the depression, he was forced in 1930 to send his family to New York to live with General and Mrs. Berry. Not being able to recover financially, he divorced Helen in the early 1930s.

Edward Samuel Garner Jr. and Helen Marguerite Berry had the following children:

+ 3 i. Edward Samuel³ Garner (still alive).

+ 4 ii. Stanton Berry Garner (still alive).

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