Garrison

GARRISON
George Washington Garrison
m. Emily Pritchard

Ancestors of George Washington Garrison
Ancestors of Emily Pritchard Garrison

George Washington Garrison
b: June 9, 1829 Rockingham County, Virginia
d: Aft. 1880 Ritchie County, West Virginia
married November 25, 1855 Ritchie County, (W)VA
Emily Pritchard b: Abt. 1829 Harrison County (W)VA

Descendants of George Washington Garrison and Emily Pritchard Garrison

LEWIS Garrison (See Children below) b: April 4, 1857 Ritchie County, (W)VA d: August 28, 1937;
Buried: *Mount Union Methodist Church Cemetery, near Spurgeon, Gilmer, West Virginia
1st Wife of Lewis Garrison married May 5, 1878 Ritchie Co. WV
..............Mary E. Hart b: August 26, 1859 d: April 2, 1886 Parents: William Hart and Sarah Unknown Hart
2nd Wife of Lewis Garrison married March 27, 1887 in Doddridge County, WV
.............. Charity Ann Boyce b. August 10, 1856 Burial: Mount Union Methodist Church Cemetery
3rd Wife of Lewis Garrison: Ginsey (or Jency) White

AMOS Garrison b: August 19, 1859 d: September 11, 1864
WILLIAM G. Garrison b: December 4, 1861 d: September 13, 1864
THOMAS SHERMAN Garrison b: August 1, 1864 d: November 3, 1949
married March 27, 1888 Mary Dora Adams b: June 1, 1865 d: 1947

MARTHA JANE Garrison b: November 9, 1866 d: 1941 married December 5, 1886
Frederick Richard Wanstreet b: November 2, 1861 d: August 21, 1946
Both are buried: Pleasant Valley Church Cemetery aka Spurgeon Cemetery, Spurgeon, Gilmer, West Virginia

I descend from Martha Jane Garrison and Frederick Richard Wanstreet.

*Mount Union Methodist Church Cemetery, Head of Straight Fork, Southwest District
Directions:From the West Union Court House drive south for 21.9 miles.Turn right on Bear Fork, County Road #8, continue for 2.7 miles to the Pleasant Valley Church.Turn left at the church and drive 1.7 miles to the Mt. Union Church. The Cemetery is located beside the church on the left side of the road.

Below are pictures of Thomas "Sherman" Garrison, his two boys, Roscoe and Romeo
and Roscoe's store in Bonner's Ferry, Idaho in 1940.
Sherman's family left Rockingham County and moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming. They had to leave because of the cattle wars. They moved to Bonner's Ferry, Idaho and Troy, Montana, where the descendants of Roscoe Garrison still live today. My mother's brother, Bus Brannon, went to live in Troy, Montana after WWII and lived many years near them as a family.

LEWIS GARRISON
[son of George Washington Garrison and Emily Pritchard Garrison]
Children with Mary E. Hart

CLARENCE Garrison m. Grace Adams
WILLIS Garrison b. 1884 in Ritchie County, WV
...m. Eunice Estella Kemper b. 1892 Burial: Mount Union Methodist Church Cemetery, Gilmer Co., WV
...m. Fay Hall, d. aged 106 Burial: Mount Union Methodist Church Cemetery,
..................near Spurgeon, Gilmer, West Virginia
ROSIE Garrison m. Unknown Riddle

Children with Charity Ann Boyce

HARLEY Garrison b. 1887 (never married); Buried: Mount Union Methodist Church Cemetery,
..................near Spurgeon, Gilmer, West Virginia
AMOS I. Garrison b. Abt. 1891 m. Lillie Adams
LAURA JANE Garrison b. Abt. 1892 d. 1972
PORTER Garrison b. 1896 d. 1918 - Casualty in World War I - Burial: Mount Union Methodist
...................Church Cemetery, near Spurgeon, Gilmer, West Virginia
FAYE Garrison b. 1899 Burial: Mount Union Methodist Church Cemetery, near Spurgeon, Gilmer Co., WV
............m. Dow T. Shrader

Thomas Sherman Garrison, known to me as "Sherman" Garrison,
brother to my great grandmother Martha Jane Garrison Wanstreet
What's with the double/triple facial hair?

Glenn "Louie" Garrison provided this photograph.

Thomas Sherman Garrison and Mary Dora Adams
in their later years

This picture provided me by Glenn "Louie" Garrison.

Children of Thomas Sherman Garrison and Mary Dora Adams are:

ICIE JULET Garrison b: October 9, 1890 buried Libby Cemetery, Libby, Montana;
married Ed S. Betzer, possibly buried Libby Cemetery, Libby, Montana.
ROSCOE Garrison b: September 15, 1892 d: January 1972 buried Libby Cemetery, Libby, Montana; married first Ruth E. Nash on May 22, 1913.
Roscoe married 2nd on March 11, 1924 in Bonners Ferry, Boundary Co, ID
Selma Captiolia Aldrich b: February 26, 1904 d. 1998, buried Libby Cemetery, Libby, Montana
ROMEO Garrison b: April 30, 1889 d: March 11, 1964 married first
August 22, 1922 Druzilla Moore b: 1904; married 2nd Unknown in Ritchie Co., WV
AVIE VIRGINIA Garrison b: September 1, 1901 d: August 24, 1936; buried
Boyd Cemetery, Yaak, Montana; married June 15, 1921, J. M. Riedlinger

The children of Thomas Sherman Garrison and Mary Dora Adams are my first-cousins, twice-removed.

Icie Garrison was Post-Mistress at Yaak, Montana for around 40 years.
Romeo was 6'4. He and Druzilla were divorced in Montana. He moved near Auburn, Ritchie, WV and married again. I have heard he is buried in the Auburn Community Cemetery, but his grave is not mentioned in cemetery documents.
Roscoe and Bus Brannon, my mother's brother, were good friends. I believe they did a lot of fishing, hunting and trapping together.

Romeo Garrison
Private Co. E. 6th Br. 20th Engs.
American E.F. Via New York
Somewhere in France

Roscoe Garrison

I met Roscoe only once. He and my Uncle Bus Brannon came to visit in Belpre, Ohio, where Bus' mother, Josephine, (my grandmother) lived, when they came from Montana to pick up a new car in Detroit, Michigan, to drive back to Montana. Roscoe and my Uncle Bus were high spirited.

Garrison's Store in Bonner's Ferry, Idaho probably during WWII
owned by Roscoe Garrison

I was in Bonner's Ferry in the 1980's and to me, it seemed a frontier then.
Glenn Garrison said this was a properous business.

Lewis "Bud" Woodrow Garrison
b: January 11, 1915 in Fortine, Lincoln, Montana d: November 1979
son of Roscoe Garrison & Ruth E. Nash

1 Roscoe Garrison b: September 15, 1892 d: January 2, 1972 in Troy, Lincoln, Montana
.. +Ruth E. Nash m: May 22, 1913

.... 2 Lewis "Bud" Woodrow Garrison b: January 11, 1915 in Fortine, Lincoln, Montana d: November 1979

.... 2 Gertrude "Marie" Garrison b: July 27, 1919 in Troy, Lincoln ,Montana 59935 d: March 16, 2000
........ +Norman Obermayer b: 1916 m: 1939
.... *2nd Husband of [1] Gertrude "Marie" Garrison:
........ +Leland McNeill m: 1971

Selma & Roscoe

Roscoe & Children
Roscoe & Selma

Front Row: Leota, Gladys, Richard
Back Row: Roscoe, Ida, Danny, Glenn

Roscoe Garrison b: September 15, 1892 d: January 2, 1972 in Troy, Lincoln, Montana
m: March 11, 1924 in Bonners Ferry, Boundary, Idaho
Selma Captiolia Aldrich b: February 26, 1904 in Bonners Ferry,,Idaho d: 1998
Father: Walter ALDRICH Mother: Hulda LIVEMORE

Their children:

... 2 Glenn Calvin Garrison b: January 26, 1925 d: August 23, 1983
... 2 Gladys Garrison b: November 10, 1927
... 2 Leota Garrison b: March 16, 1929
... 2 Richard Garrison b: 1930 d: January 1935
... 2 Danny Garrison b: August 6, 1931 in Bonners Ferry,,Idaho d: 2000
... 2 Ida Garrison b: July 2, 1934

Back Row: Gladys, Leota, Selma, Roscoe, Ida
Front Row: Danny, Glenn

Leota, Ida, Roscoe, Selma, Glenn, Gladys, Danny

Back row in middle with mustache:
Thomas Sherman Garrison
& wife, Mary Dora Adams Garrison

Front row Left to right:
Selma Garrison (wife of Roscoe Garrison) with
their children and
I believe the boy holding the flag is their child also.

Leota Garrison, d/o Roscoe & Selma
marriage to Duane ?
Roscoe- in back -last man to the right
Selma - in back - last woman to the right

Richard Garrison
1930-1935
son of Roscoe & Selma

Brothers:
Glenn Garrison 1925-1983
and
Richard Garrison 1930-1935
children of Roscoe & Selma

Page updated
June 20, 2003