If your last name of gharst has the h in it, then you are a decendant of frederick garst I. The h was adopted by his son peter garst. peter married barbara etter and moved to indiana in 1820, then to illinois. all thier children,john, henry, william, caroline, mary, except two lived and died in illinois. Ephraim and jane garst moved to kansas. feel free to contact me @
gharsttoo@msn.com. my name is dan gharst.