Robert Mansfield GARRISON

                   Time Line:
1880..................Birth 22 May 1880 Putnam County, Tennessee
                            1880 Census
1881--1884.......Moved to Arkansas
1885..................Father died in Madison County, Arkansas
1886..................Mother died in Arkansas
1886..................Moved back to Putnam County, Tennessee to live with Grandmother and his brothers and sisters
1887-1895.........School...Betham School for about 7 years.....
1898..................Marriage to Ruth Angeline Maynard ......Dekalb County, Tennessee  30 October 1898
1898-1930        Rented home in Dekalb County,Tenn
                            Bought home in Dekalb County, Tenn
                            Moved to Putnam County, Tennessee
                            Moved to Baxter, Putnam, Tennessee
1899-1930.........12 children born to them
1899..................William Claud....Dekalb County, Tennessee
1901...................Maud................Dekalb County, Tennessee
1903...................John Jackson....Dekalb County, Tennessee
1905...................Dorsa Mae.......Putnam County, Tennessee
1907...................Clara
1909...................Robert
1911...................Nancy
1914...................Mary
1915 ..................Charles Samuel
1918...................Arthur
1920...................Earl.... 
                            Ck for  Census for 1920
1923...................Pearl Marie

1930.................1930 Census, Putnam Co.,Tennessee....Listed R. M. Garrison & Ruth w/ children and a g.son,
                           William Hart Garison.....
                           .Moved to California
                            Fresno?
1932?                Redding, Shasta, California
1946..................Death of wife, Ruth Maynard Garrison
1956.................death in Redding,Shasta,California


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Robert Mansfield Garrison  
    Birth: 22 May 1880-- Putnam Co, Th Dist, TN 
    Death:
   21 November 1956 -- Redding, Shasta, CA 
    Spouse:  Ruth Angeline Maynard 
    Parents: Andrew Jackson Garrison, Glatha Jane Allison 
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10/02  Donnell Bush said that "his father (Hershal) stopped by to see my grandfather, Robert Mansfield Garrison, when he was in Tennessee for a visit and was about to leave to come back to California.  Robert broke down and cried and said that he wished that he could go back to California with him."
           My note:  he wasn't happy with his 2nd marriage and he eventually did leave Tennessee and come back to California about 1955 or 1956 as I recall.  I interviewed him while he was staying with my mother and father in Santa Barbara about that time.  The last time I saw him was in early fall of 1956 at Aunt Nancy's.....He died in November of that year.

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   Submitter: Eleanor Johnson 
Subject: Garrison''s 1800''s Tenn.Smith Dekalb Co 
Message: Do you have parents names? 
My Garrison's were originally from North Carolina. Samuel, Obadiah,Andrew Jackson Garrison b.1830,Robert Mansfield Garrison b.1880,etc.
e-mail to 
elliejohn@yahoo.com 
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LIFE STORY OF ROBERT MANSFIELD GARRISON
Interviewed by Eleanor Law Johnson.....

Story as told to Eleanor Law Johnson (granddaughter) 20 JUL 1956 in Santa Barbara, CA.

"I was born 22 May 1880 in Putnam County, TN 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, AR 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 firm captain in command of Stokes Regiment. Will Sewell of Baxter, TN knows about Andrew Jackson Garrison from what his father told him. Will Sewells father was in the 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 OCT 1886.) My father was taken 9 FEB 1885 of wounds received during Civil War. My mother died about JAN 1886 (actually died 30 OCT 1886) from typhoid fever. After the death of my father in Madison County, AR, 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, TN. When there we lived with my grandmother and step-grandfather, ELIZABETH PEGGY CLARK ALLISON BUTLER and 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 OCT 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, TN 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 place and moved up to Putnam County. Bought a home there with 20 acres... Dorsa was born there. Lived there about five years. After that moved down Putnam County near DeKalb County line. Lived there 10-12 years or more (14). From there we moved to Baxter, TN. We lived there until 1930 when we came to CA.

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Sources:  Census Record
                 Bible Record
                 Named in Pension Application Files
                 Copy of Marriage record; Death Certificate
Personal Interview conducted by Eleanor Law Johnson 1956....(not on tape)

AFN:  3X5Z-NO
Narration on family in notes for Andrew Jackson Garrison     
All records in possession of Eleanor Law Johnson (Mrs. Charles Wm.) c/o 530 S. 4th St.,Las Vegas, Nevada.

Listed in Pension Application Record for his father:  Andrew Jackson Garrison (Civil War-Union Army  #MC 364 921).
   
Soc.Sec.Death Index....nil 

Birth certificates for following children in my possession. Nancy, Charles (Sam), Arthur, William (Earl) and Pearl.  

1880 Census of Putnam County Tennessee..listed as 1/12 (May) 1880.

Personal interviews with every child except 3, 6, 8.

California Death Index Database  from ancestry.com.........Note:  there is incorrect data in this file due to informant.
GARRISON
   ROBERT
   MANSFIELD
Sex:       MALE
Birth Date:   05/22/1881  (Note: born 1880)
Death Date:   11/02/1956
Birth Place:   ARKANSAS  (note:  incorrect   He was a baby  in 1880 Tenn. Census ).
Death Place:  SHASTA
Social Security #   567125475
Mother's Maiden Name:   MAYNARD   (Note: His mothers maiden name was Allison)
The informant on this death was his daughter, Nancy Garrison Winegar, and she did not have correct information as research indicated....ELJ

GARRISON   ROBERT   MANSFIELD   MALE   22 May 1881   2 Nov 1956   ARKANSAS   SHASTA   567125475   MAYNARD        

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Tennessee Marriages, 1851-1900  
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GARRISON, MANS 
    Spouse: MAYNARD, RUTHA Marriage Date: 20 Oct 1898 
    County: Dekalb State: TN 

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California Deaths, 1940-97  
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Surname Given Name Middle Name Sex Birth Date Death Date Birth Place Death Place Social Security # Mother's Maiden Name Father's Surname   
GARRISON  ROBERT  MANSFIELD  MALE  22 May 1881  2 Nov 1956  ARKANSAS  SHASTA  567125475  MAYNARD     
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AUBOR VITAE CEMENTERY MADERA, CALIFORNIA
BLOCK 5             ROW I8
   
PLOT  35..............RUTH GARRISON
PLOT  36..............ROBERT GARRISON

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e-mail 1/7/2000 from Sandy....
Date:     Fri, 07 Jan 2000 12:52:36 -0800
      From:       Sandra Garrison-Cooper   | Block address
   Reply-to:      garrison@cetnet.net
        To:    "Johnson, Eleanor" 
    Subject:    genealogy
   Hi,
Just got some of this info from Aunt Alpha will also send a copy by snail as I don't know if this will be too  large for your email.  Let me know. 
Sandy  (garrison@cetnet.net)
Note:  Put the information under James Carlos Garrison as it had to do with him.
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