Gabriel Colvin Wharton was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, on July 23, 1824. After graduating from Virginia Military Institute in 1847, Wharton became a civil engineer, working in Arizona and elsewhere. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Wharton was appointed a major within the 45th Virginia Infantry. Soon after, he was promoted to colonel, commanding the 51st Virginia Infantry. In July 1863, Wharton was promoted to brigadier general, commanding a brigade guarding southwestern Virginia railroads and participating in the battles of New Market and Cold Harbor, among others. Wharton married Nannie Radford in 1863; following the war, the couple made their home in Radford, Virginia.

Wharton resumed his civil engineering career and was instrumental in building a railroad in the New River Valley. In 1871, he began the first of several terms in the Virginia General Assembly. From 1874-1877, he served on the Board of Visitors for Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, including a term as Rector from 1875-1877. Gabriel Wharton died in Radford in 1906.

There is a Franklin Edmond Garnett (1826-1913) buried in Crooked Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Rapidan, Virginia.

Source: "Franklin Edmond Garnett" entry, Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26208842/franklin-edmund-garnett, accessed Dec. 12, 2022.