1850 Marshall County Census
GARLOW (1549)
Joseph...Farmer...36-M...VA
Sophia...38-F...VA
Alice...8-F...VA
Samuel...6-M...VA
Joseph...4-M...VA
Sophia...2-F...VA
John...9mo-M...VA
Davis, Helen H...16-F...VA
Davis, Catherine...14-F...VA

From: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers of the War of the Rebellion. Together with historical sketches of volunteer organizations 1861-1866: “Samuel C. Garlow - Age 22. Residence, Cedar Rapids; nativity Virginia. Enlisted March 29, 1864. Mustered April 15, 1864. Died of disease Feb. 25, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.”

From Report of the Adjutant General and Acting Quartermaster General of the State of Iowa: “Samuel C. Garlow, resident of Cass Twp., Harrison; nativity, Virginia; Private; entered U.S. service Mar. 29, 1864; mustered in Apr. 15, 1864 to serve 3 years.”

Samuel C. Garlow was the son of Joseph and Sophia (Cheney) Garlow, who were married in Harrison County, (W) Va., on Oct. 8, 1840. Sophia was a widow so her name on the marriage record is Sophia Davis.

Following their marriage, the Garlows lived in Marshall County, where they are found in the 1850 census. Joseph, 36, and Sophia, 38, were the parents of Alice, 8; Samuel, 6; Joseph, 4; Sophia, 2; John, 9 months. Helen Davis, 16, and Catherine Davis, 14, daughters from Sophia’s first marriage, were also in the home.

Other members of this Garlow family lived in Marshall County in 1850, including Joseph Garlow’s father, John. In the early 1850s, the Joseph Garlow family moved to Missouri (a child was born there), and from there to Pine Rock, Ogle County, Illinois, where they are named in the 1860 census. The Garlow children were Alice, 19; Samuel, 17; Joseph, 15; Sophia, 14; John, 12; Thomas, 10; Edith, 8. - They probably moved to Iowa in the early 1860s because Samuel Garlow and his brother, Joseph, were residents of Iowa when they enlisted in 1864.

From the history of the 6th Iowa Cavalry on Wikipedia: “In 1864, eleven of the regiment’s twelve companies were part of Lieutenant Colonel Samuel M. Pollock’s 1st Brigade of Brigadier General Alfred Sully’s District of Iowa. In this organization, these companies participated in the Northwestern Indian Expedition, fighting at the Battle of Killdeer Mountain and in the Battle of the Badlands. The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on October 17, 1865.”

According to U.S., Returns from Military Posts, 1806-1916, Samuel C. Garlow of E 6th Iowa Cavalry was stationed at Fort Rice, Dakota Territory, in Nov. 1864. – Samuel’s parents died in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa.

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