Prudence was the daughter of Dr. Edward Edmond M. Brooks who was born about 1825 in Virginia; and Lucretia E. Watson who was born in 1837 in Tennessee.
Prudence had one known sibling:
Eldorado R. "Elder" Brooks 1867-1927
The Brooks family moved from Tennessee to Chariton County, Missouri before 1870.
On June 20, 1888, Prudence was married to James Wesley Garrett in Keytesville, Chariton County, Missouri, by Probate Judge H. C. Minter.
James had recently been released from prison at Jefferson City, Missouri. He had been sentenced to 15 years in prison when he was age 16 for killing a man named Ferrow or Farris which James said was in self defense. However, James did not have to serve the full 15 years as he was pardoned by the Govenor.
Prudence and James had four known children:
Lola Inez Garrett 1889 – 1951
Ola Garrett 1890-1890 (male)
Brooks M. "Brooky" Garrett 1893 –
Merle James Garrett 1900 – 1949
In 1910, Prudence and James were operating a boarding house and restaurant and had 13 tenants in Salisbury, Chariton County, Mo.
Prudence died of pernicious anemia on October 28, 1916 in Moberly, Missouri, believed to be at the home of her daughter. Just two months later, her husband James committed another murder. He shot his maternal aunt for her money. James was convicted of this crime and spent the rest of his life in prison in Jefferson City.
Note: James Garrett's maternal grandmother, Orvella (Asbell) Winkler, was raised by this writer's great great grandparents, Ezekiel, Sr. and Lydia (Asbell) *Bennett, in Kentucky and then in Macon County, Missouri. She was probably their niece, but the relationship is unsure.
- Written by Blytha (Dennis) Ellis, great great granddaughter of the Bennetts.
Prudence had one known sibling:
Eldorado R. "Elder" Brooks 1867-1927
The Brooks family moved from Tennessee to Chariton County, Missouri before 1870.
On June 20, 1888, Prudence was married to James Wesley Garrett in Keytesville, Chariton County, Missouri, by Probate Judge H. C. Minter.
James had recently been released from prison at Jefferson City, Missouri. He had been sentenced to 15 years in prison when he was age 16 for killing a man named Ferrow or Farris which James said was in self defense. However, James did not have to serve the full 15 years as he was pardoned by the Govenor.
Prudence and James had four known children:
Lola Inez Garrett 1889 – 1951
Ola Garrett 1890-1890 (male)
Brooks M. "Brooky" Garrett 1893 –
Merle James Garrett 1900 – 1949
In 1910, Prudence and James were operating a boarding house and restaurant and had 13 tenants in Salisbury, Chariton County, Mo.
Prudence died of pernicious anemia on October 28, 1916 in Moberly, Missouri, believed to be at the home of her daughter. Just two months later, her husband James committed another murder. He shot his maternal aunt for her money. James was convicted of this crime and spent the rest of his life in prison in Jefferson City.
Note: James Garrett's maternal grandmother, Orvella (Asbell) Winkler, was raised by this writer's great great grandparents, Ezekiel, Sr. and Lydia (Asbell) *Bennett, in Kentucky and then in Macon County, Missouri. She was probably their niece, but the relationship is unsure.
- Written by Blytha (Dennis) Ellis, great great granddaughter of the Bennetts.
Prudence was the daughter of Dr. Edward Edmond M. Brooks who was born about 1825 in Virginia; and Lucretia E. Watson who was born in 1837 in Tennessee.
Prudence had one known sibling:
Eldorado R. "Elder" Brooks 1867-1927
The Brooks family moved from Tennessee to Chariton County, Missouri before 1870.
On June 20, 1888, Prudence was married to James Wesley Garrett in Keytesville, Chariton County, Missouri, by Probate Judge H. C. Minter.
James had recently been released from prison at Jefferson City, Missouri. He had been sentenced to 15 years in prison when he was age 16 for killing a man named Ferrow or Farris which James said was in self defense. However, James did not have to serve the full 15 years as he was pardoned by the Govenor.
Prudence and James had four known children:
Lola Inez Garrett 1889 – 1951
Ola Garrett 1890-1890 (male)
Brooks M. "Brooky" Garrett 1893 –
Merle James Garrett 1900 – 1949
In 1910, Prudence and James were operating a boarding house and restaurant and had 13 tenants in Salisbury, Chariton County, Mo.
Prudence died of pernicious anemia on October 28, 1916 in Moberly, Missouri, believed to be at the home of her daughter. Just two months later, her husband James committed another murder. He shot his maternal aunt for her money. James was convicted of this crime and spent the rest of his life in prison in Jefferson City.
Note: James Garrett's maternal grandmother, Orvella (Asbell) Winkler, was raised by this writer's great great grandparents, Ezekiel, Sr. and Lydia (Asbell) *Bennett, in Kentucky and then in Macon County, Missouri. She was probably their niece, but the relationship is unsure.
- Written by Blytha (Dennis) Ellis, great great granddaughter of the Bennetts.
Prudence had one known sibling:
Eldorado R. "Elder" Brooks 1867-1927
The Brooks family moved from Tennessee to Chariton County, Missouri before 1870.
On June 20, 1888, Prudence was married to James Wesley Garrett in Keytesville, Chariton County, Missouri, by Probate Judge H. C. Minter.
James had recently been released from prison at Jefferson City, Missouri. He had been sentenced to 15 years in prison when he was age 16 for killing a man named Ferrow or Farris which James said was in self defense. However, James did not have to serve the full 15 years as he was pardoned by the Govenor.
Prudence and James had four known children:
Lola Inez Garrett 1889 – 1951
Ola Garrett 1890-1890 (male)
Brooks M. "Brooky" Garrett 1893 –
Merle James Garrett 1900 – 1949
In 1910, Prudence and James were operating a boarding house and restaurant and had 13 tenants in Salisbury, Chariton County, Mo.
Prudence died of pernicious anemia on October 28, 1916 in Moberly, Missouri, believed to be at the home of her daughter. Just two months later, her husband James committed another murder. He shot his maternal aunt for her money. James was convicted of this crime and spent the rest of his life in prison in Jefferson City.
Note: James Garrett's maternal grandmother, Orvella (Asbell) Winkler, was raised by this writer's great great grandparents, Ezekiel, Sr. and Lydia (Asbell) *Bennett, in Kentucky and then in Macon County, Missouri. She was probably their niece, but the relationship is unsure.
- Written by Blytha (Dennis) Ellis, great great granddaughter of the Bennetts.
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