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later he died, adding another to the list of the hero dead that bore the name of
Garlington.
Lieutenant Elia H. Gasque was a farmer first after leaving school, until 1860, when he moved to
Smith county, Miss., and entered mercantile business, being thus engaged when the war broke out. He was among the first of the young men who hurried into war, and his enlistment occurred in March, 1861, in Company A, Eighth Mississippi infantry, as a private.
In October, 1861, he was appointed sergeant, then elected second lieutenant, afterward promoted to first lieutenant and served in that capacity until the close of the war. He was in the following engagements:
Perryville, Ky.;
Murfreesboro, Tenn.;
Missionary Ridge,
Lookout Mountain,
Chickamauga, New Hope Church;
Resaca,
Atlanta and
Jonesboro, Ga. At the
Murfreesboro battle he was wounded in the shoulder, which interrupted his patriotic service about ninety days. Again at
Atlanta he was seriously wounded by a minie ball in the leg fracturing the bone.
This wound disabled him for the remainder of the war. After being wounded he remained in hospital at
Barnesville, Ga., about sixty days, when he was granted a leave of absence and came to
Marion, S. C., where he remained until after the Confederate army returned from
Tennessee.
He then reported to his command at
Smithfield, N. C., and was there given another leave of absence for sixty days, being unfit for duty.
Before the expiration of this leave of absence the war had ended.
During the balance of 1865 he worked with his father farming, and in December he entered mercantile business at
Marion, S. C., and has achieved success.
He was born in
Marion, May 8, 1834, and has been twice married, first in January, 1863, to
Mrs. Sallie Shaw, of
Raleigh, Miss., who died in January, 1883, leaving the following children: Hattie, now
Mrs. H. C. Twinning, of
Wilmington, N. C.;
Leonidas M., at present (1898) a member of the South Carolina legislature;
Henry E. and
Byrd R., mercantile clerks; Charles W., railway conductor on the
Coast Line; John O., mercantile clerk and assistant bookkeeper; Joseph H., machinist at
Wilmington, and Harry W. He was married again, in October, 1883, to
Miss Sara Foxworth, of
Marion, and to this union there are four children living;
Herbert 
