| Miss Florence Garrason News reaches us as we go to press of the death of Miss Florence Garrason at her father's home near the Rye Patch Sunday morning, caused by typhoid fever. This is the second death within two weeks and the affliction falls heavy upon the family. Miss Florence was a beautiful girl, just blooming in young womanhood, and her death is felt very much by all who knew her. |
| Never before, in the annals of our community, have we witnessed anything so sad and heartrending as the sorrow that has shrouded the home of our friend and relative, Mr. J. O. Garrason. Three dear ones have been taken from the loved ones in less than a month. The bereaved ones have our deepest sympathy. |
| Mr. J. O. Garrason's family is still suffering with fever. Miss Florence is critically ill. On last Sunday the Death Angel came into his home taking his son, Smith. He was fully resigned and told his father he didn't care to stay here any longer. Blessings are often sent in disguise. Our deepest sympathy is with the bereaved family. |
| Gordon Smith Garrason 29 Mar 1880 - 21 May 1899 |
Martha Florence Garrason 31 Aug 1872 - 4 Jun 1899 |
Catharine Annette Garrason 12 Aug 1876 - 13 Jun 1899 |
These siblings, children of James Osgood Garrason (1846-1930) and wife Charity Annette Smith (1853- 1906), died within a period of 26 days in a local typhoid epidemic in Liberty (now Long) Co, GA. The editor of the news- paper in nearby Hinesville was Stephen Alexander Calder, first cousin to JOG's mother. He was so distraught he forgot to name Catharine in the third obituary. Several other children, including the Webmaster's grandfather, Milton Calder Garrason (1878-1951), had the fever but survived. - C Calder Garrason |
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| Willliam A Garrison 8 Oct 1825- 26 Mar 1863 |
Christopher M Garrison 2 Jan 1842- 12 Apr 1863 |
Thomas Garrison 1846-1862 |
Clayton Garrison 2 Jun 1847- 10 Apr 1865 |
Henry F Garrison c1834- 26 Dec 1862 |
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| M Five of the seven sons of Martin T Garrison answered the call to join the armed forces of the Confederacy. All five were either killed or died during the war. When Mr. Garrison would get word that a son had been killed, he would go by horse-and-wagon [to the nearest train station] to retrieve the body and return it to Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church Cemetery for burial. Christopher, Clayton, Thomas and William are all buried at Mt. Pleasant and a rock wall encircled the four graves. The fifth son, Henry, the only one to leave a family, died in a hospital in Knoxville, TN, and is buried in Bethel Cemetery. He was honored by the United Daughters of the Confederacy on Confederate Memorial Day, 2003, in Banks County, GA. M |
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| Edited by the Webmaster from an abstract of "Banks County News" on the Banks Co genealogical website. Martin Garrison (1802-aft 1880) was son of Thomas Garrison (1780-1864) - ancestor of member Ed Garrison - and son of Jedediah Garrison (c1752-1830) of Duplin Co, NC and Franklin (now Banks) Co, GA. The flags shown are for display purposes only; they do not imply that each brother served under a different flag. When is Confederate Memorial Day? It varies by state, being set by the legislatures of the Old South states. Some states use 19 January, Robert E Lee's birthday. |
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