My grandfather, Robert Mansfield Garrison, was born to Andrew Jackson Garrison & Glatha Jane Allison in the 8th District,Putnam County, Tennessee 22 May 1880. He moved with his parents to near Wesley, Madison County, Arkansas when only about one year old. When his parents both died, his uncle brought the 6 children back to Tennessee and they were raised by their grandmother.
Robert married Ruth Angeline Maynard, daughter of Ezekiel Maynard & Mahala Burton Maynard. Robert & Ruth had 12 children.
This is his story below which I wrote as he told the events of his life.
LIFE STORY OF ROBERT MANSFIELD GARRISON
Copyright Eleanor L. Johnson
As told to Eleanor Law Johnson (granddaughter) 20 July 1956, 606 Alameda Padre Serra (my parents home) in Santa Barbara, California.
"I was born 22 May 1880 in Putnam County, Tennessee to Andrew Jackson Garrison and Glatha Jane Allison. My mother was the second wife of my father and they had six children, four boys and two girls.
My father was a captain in the Civil War on the side of the Union Army. He was a tall man, black hair and weighed near 180 lbs. One time when I was about three or four years old, I went out with my dad (followed him) to kill a wild cat. The moon was shinning bright and we saw the wild cat----had eyes big as a fist. My Dad took his rifle (hog rifle) and aimed right between the eyes and that's where he hit him. It came falling through the trees and frightened me so that I ran all the way home and crawled under the bed. I thought the thing was after me. This was in Madison County, Arkansas and my Dad died in the same place.
My father had six bullets in him, which were left from the Civil War and that's what took his life. He was a firm captain in command of Stokes Regiment. Will Sewell of Baxter, TN knows about Andrew Jackson Garrison from what his father told him. Will Sewell's father was in the same regiment as A. J. Garrison.
I was too young to remember what my father did for a living. My mother was heavy-set and had red hair, medium height. She was a kind, loving mother. I was just going on four years old when my father died. There was only 11 months difference between the time of death of my parents. (Correction: pension application says there was a difference of 20 months.... her death date: 30 October 1886.) My father was taken 9 February 1885 of wounds received during Civil War. My mother died about January 1886 (note: she actually died 30 October 1886) from typhoid fever. After the death of my father in Madison County, Arkansas, we moved down off the mountain (lived in a log house) into the valley near White River (he thought it was in Scott County but was probably still in Madison County).
After my mother died, we were all left alone so one of my uncles, Grant Allison, took us all (6 children) to Putnam County, Tennessee. When there we lived with my grandmother Elizabeth Peggy Clark Allison Butler and step-grandfather, Taylor Butler..
I went to school at Bethham School at least five years. They didn't have grades then, only reading books were grades...1st reader, 2nd reader, etc. Studied spelling from "Blue-Back Speller". My work consisted of farming around the home.
I met my wife, Ruth Angeline Maynard, at Zion Hill Church in Putnam County, 8th Dist. I went with her for two years and we married when I was about 18 or 19 (actual date: 30 October 1898). We got married at my home in Putnam County in October.
(* Note: Their marriage license was issued and recorded in Dekalb County so his home may have been in Dekalb County as the line was so close). We rented a home for one year in Dekalb County, Tennessee and then bought a home with 70 acres in Dekalb County (Brimer Hollers). We lived there for 2 or 3 years and sold part of the place and moved up to Putnam County. We bought a home there with 20 acres. Dorsa was born there. Lived there about five years. After that we moved down to Putnam County near Dekalb County line. Lived there 10-12 years or more (14). From there we moved to Baxter, Tennessee and we lived there until 1930 when we came to California."
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Robert & Ruth had the following children:
William Claud, Maud Jane,John Jackson,Dorsa Mae (my mother)
Clara Algeline,Robert Hurshel,Nancy Myrtle,Mary Ethel,Charles Samuel,Arthur Howard, William Earl and Pearl Marie Garrison
Robert married Ruth Angeline Maynard, daughter of Ezekiel Maynard & Mahala Burton Maynard. Robert & Ruth had 12 children.
This is his story below which I wrote as he told the events of his life.
LIFE STORY OF ROBERT MANSFIELD GARRISON
Copyright Eleanor L. Johnson
As told to Eleanor Law Johnson (granddaughter) 20 July 1956, 606 Alameda Padre Serra (my parents home) in Santa Barbara, California.
"I was born 22 May 1880 in Putnam County, Tennessee to Andrew Jackson Garrison and Glatha Jane Allison. My mother was the second wife of my father and they had six children, four boys and two girls.
My father was a captain in the Civil War on the side of the Union Army. He was a tall man, black hair and weighed near 180 lbs. One time when I was about three or four years old, I went out with my dad (followed him) to kill a wild cat. The moon was shinning bright and we saw the wild cat----had eyes big as a fist. My Dad took his rifle (hog rifle) and aimed right between the eyes and that's where he hit him. It came falling through the trees and frightened me so that I ran all the way home and crawled under the bed. I thought the thing was after me. This was in Madison County, Arkansas and my Dad died in the same place.
My father had six bullets in him, which were left from the Civil War and that's what took his life. He was a firm captain in command of Stokes Regiment. Will Sewell of Baxter, TN knows about Andrew Jackson Garrison from what his father told him. Will Sewell's father was in the same regiment as A. J. Garrison.
I was too young to remember what my father did for a living. My mother was heavy-set and had red hair, medium height. She was a kind, loving mother. I was just going on four years old when my father died. There was only 11 months difference between the time of death of my parents. (Correction: pension application says there was a difference of 20 months.... her death date: 30 October 1886.) My father was taken 9 February 1885 of wounds received during Civil War. My mother died about January 1886 (note: she actually died 30 October 1886) from typhoid fever. After the death of my father in Madison County, Arkansas, we moved down off the mountain (lived in a log house) into the valley near White River (he thought it was in Scott County but was probably still in Madison County).
After my mother died, we were all left alone so one of my uncles, Grant Allison, took us all (6 children) to Putnam County, Tennessee. When there we lived with my grandmother Elizabeth Peggy Clark Allison Butler and step-grandfather, Taylor Butler..
I went to school at Bethham School at least five years. They didn't have grades then, only reading books were grades...1st reader, 2nd reader, etc. Studied spelling from "Blue-Back Speller". My work consisted of farming around the home.
I met my wife, Ruth Angeline Maynard, at Zion Hill Church in Putnam County, 8th Dist. I went with her for two years and we married when I was about 18 or 19 (actual date: 30 October 1898). We got married at my home in Putnam County in October.
(* Note: Their marriage license was issued and recorded in Dekalb County so his home may have been in Dekalb County as the line was so close). We rented a home for one year in Dekalb County, Tennessee and then bought a home with 70 acres in Dekalb County (Brimer Hollers). We lived there for 2 or 3 years and sold part of the place and moved up to Putnam County. We bought a home there with 20 acres. Dorsa was born there. Lived there about five years. After that we moved down to Putnam County near Dekalb County line. Lived there 10-12 years or more (14). From there we moved to Baxter, Tennessee and we lived there until 1930 when we came to California."
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Robert & Ruth had the following children:
William Claud, Maud Jane,John Jackson,Dorsa Mae (my mother)
Clara Algeline,Robert Hurshel,Nancy Myrtle,Mary Ethel,Charles Samuel,Arthur Howard, William Earl and Pearl Marie Garrison
My grandfather, Robert Mansfield Garrison, was born to Andrew Jackson Garrison & Glatha Jane Allison in the 8th District,Putnam County, Tennessee 22 May 1880. He moved with his parents to near Wesley, Madison County, Arkansas when only about one year old. When his parents both died, his uncle brought the 6 children back to Tennessee and they were raised by their grandmother.
Robert married Ruth Angeline Maynard, daughter of Ezekiel Maynard & Mahala Burton Maynard. Robert & Ruth had 12 children.
This is his story below which I wrote as he told the events of his life.
LIFE STORY OF ROBERT MANSFIELD GARRISON
Copyright Eleanor L. Johnson
As told to Eleanor Law Johnson (granddaughter) 20 July 1956, 606 Alameda Padre Serra (my parents home) in Santa Barbara, California.
"I was born 22 May 1880 in Putnam County, Tennessee to Andrew Jackson Garrison and Glatha Jane Allison. My mother was the second wife of my father and they had six children, four boys and two girls.
My father was a captain in the Civil War on the side of the Union Army. He was a tall man, black hair and weighed near 180 lbs. One time when I was about three or four years old, I went out with my dad (followed him) to kill a wild cat. The moon was shinning bright and we saw the wild cat----had eyes big as a fist. My Dad took his rifle (hog rifle) and aimed right between the eyes and that's where he hit him. It came falling through the trees and frightened me so that I ran all the way home and crawled under the bed. I thought the thing was after me. This was in Madison County, Arkansas and my Dad died in the same place.
My father had six bullets in him, which were left from the Civil War and that's what took his life. He was a firm captain in command of Stokes Regiment. Will Sewell of Baxter, TN knows about Andrew Jackson Garrison from what his father told him. Will Sewell's father was in the same regiment as A. J. Garrison.
I was too young to remember what my father did for a living. My mother was heavy-set and had red hair, medium height. She was a kind, loving mother. I was just going on four years old when my father died. There was only 11 months difference between the time of death of my parents. (Correction: pension application says there was a difference of 20 months.... her death date: 30 October 1886.) My father was taken 9 February 1885 of wounds received during Civil War. My mother died about January 1886 (note: she actually died 30 October 1886) from typhoid fever. After the death of my father in Madison County, Arkansas, we moved down off the mountain (lived in a log house) into the valley near White River (he thought it was in Scott County but was probably still in Madison County).
After my mother died, we were all left alone so one of my uncles, Grant Allison, took us all (6 children) to Putnam County, Tennessee. When there we lived with my grandmother Elizabeth Peggy Clark Allison Butler and step-grandfather, Taylor Butler..
I went to school at Bethham School at least five years. They didn't have grades then, only reading books were grades...1st reader, 2nd reader, etc. Studied spelling from "Blue-Back Speller". My work consisted of farming around the home.
I met my wife, Ruth Angeline Maynard, at Zion Hill Church in Putnam County, 8th Dist. I went with her for two years and we married when I was about 18 or 19 (actual date: 30 October 1898). We got married at my home in Putnam County in October.
(* Note: Their marriage license was issued and recorded in Dekalb County so his home may have been in Dekalb County as the line was so close). We rented a home for one year in Dekalb County, Tennessee and then bought a home with 70 acres in Dekalb County (Brimer Hollers). We lived there for 2 or 3 years and sold part of the place and moved up to Putnam County. We bought a home there with 20 acres. Dorsa was born there. Lived there about five years. After that we moved down to Putnam County near Dekalb County line. Lived there 10-12 years or more (14). From there we moved to Baxter, Tennessee and we lived there until 1930 when we came to California."
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Robert & Ruth had the following children:
William Claud, Maud Jane,John Jackson,Dorsa Mae (my mother)
Clara Algeline,Robert Hurshel,Nancy Myrtle,Mary Ethel,Charles Samuel,Arthur Howard, William Earl and Pearl Marie Garrison
Robert married Ruth Angeline Maynard, daughter of Ezekiel Maynard & Mahala Burton Maynard. Robert & Ruth had 12 children.
This is his story below which I wrote as he told the events of his life.
LIFE STORY OF ROBERT MANSFIELD GARRISON
Copyright Eleanor L. Johnson
As told to Eleanor Law Johnson (granddaughter) 20 July 1956, 606 Alameda Padre Serra (my parents home) in Santa Barbara, California.
"I was born 22 May 1880 in Putnam County, Tennessee to Andrew Jackson Garrison and Glatha Jane Allison. My mother was the second wife of my father and they had six children, four boys and two girls.
My father was a captain in the Civil War on the side of the Union Army. He was a tall man, black hair and weighed near 180 lbs. One time when I was about three or four years old, I went out with my dad (followed him) to kill a wild cat. The moon was shinning bright and we saw the wild cat----had eyes big as a fist. My Dad took his rifle (hog rifle) and aimed right between the eyes and that's where he hit him. It came falling through the trees and frightened me so that I ran all the way home and crawled under the bed. I thought the thing was after me. This was in Madison County, Arkansas and my Dad died in the same place.
My father had six bullets in him, which were left from the Civil War and that's what took his life. He was a firm captain in command of Stokes Regiment. Will Sewell of Baxter, TN knows about Andrew Jackson Garrison from what his father told him. Will Sewell's father was in the same regiment as A. J. Garrison.
I was too young to remember what my father did for a living. My mother was heavy-set and had red hair, medium height. She was a kind, loving mother. I was just going on four years old when my father died. There was only 11 months difference between the time of death of my parents. (Correction: pension application says there was a difference of 20 months.... her death date: 30 October 1886.) My father was taken 9 February 1885 of wounds received during Civil War. My mother died about January 1886 (note: she actually died 30 October 1886) from typhoid fever. After the death of my father in Madison County, Arkansas, we moved down off the mountain (lived in a log house) into the valley near White River (he thought it was in Scott County but was probably still in Madison County).
After my mother died, we were all left alone so one of my uncles, Grant Allison, took us all (6 children) to Putnam County, Tennessee. When there we lived with my grandmother Elizabeth Peggy Clark Allison Butler and step-grandfather, Taylor Butler..
I went to school at Bethham School at least five years. They didn't have grades then, only reading books were grades...1st reader, 2nd reader, etc. Studied spelling from "Blue-Back Speller". My work consisted of farming around the home.
I met my wife, Ruth Angeline Maynard, at Zion Hill Church in Putnam County, 8th Dist. I went with her for two years and we married when I was about 18 or 19 (actual date: 30 October 1898). We got married at my home in Putnam County in October.
(* Note: Their marriage license was issued and recorded in Dekalb County so his home may have been in Dekalb County as the line was so close). We rented a home for one year in Dekalb County, Tennessee and then bought a home with 70 acres in Dekalb County (Brimer Hollers). We lived there for 2 or 3 years and sold part of the place and moved up to Putnam County. We bought a home there with 20 acres. Dorsa was born there. Lived there about five years. After that we moved down to Putnam County near Dekalb County line. Lived there 10-12 years or more (14). From there we moved to Baxter, Tennessee and we lived there until 1930 when we came to California."
The end
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Robert & Ruth had the following children:
William Claud, Maud Jane,John Jackson,Dorsa Mae (my mother)
Clara Algeline,Robert Hurshel,Nancy Myrtle,Mary Ethel,Charles Samuel,Arthur Howard, William Earl and Pearl Marie Garrison
Gravesite Details
Both Robert & Ruth were born in 1880 (verified by 1880 Census) so birth years recorded on grave stone are incorrect.
Family Members
Siblings
Half Siblings
Children
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William Claud Garrison
1899–1969
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Maude Garrison Maxwell
1901–1987
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John Jackson Garrison
1903–1982
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Dorsa Garrison Law
1905–1968
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Clara Angeline Garrison Bruce
1907–1995
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Robert Hershel Garrison
1909–1988
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Nancy Garrison Winegar
1911–1999
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Mary Ethel Garrison
1914–1914
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Charles Samuel Garrison
1915–2011
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Arthur Howard Garrison
1918–1997
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William Earl "Bill" Garrison
1920–2006
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Pearl M. Garrison Knight
1923–1968
