Muscogee-Hancock County GaArchives Biographies.....Garrard, Frank U. 1876 - living in 1913
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   FRANK U. GARRARD. A lawyer of Columbus whose practice has brought him into
relationship with many of the largest corporations and business concerns of the
state, Mr. Frank U. Garrard represents an old family and his father before him
was one of the ablest members of the Columbus bar.

   Frank U. Garrard was born at Columbus, January 1, 1876, a son of the late
Louis F. and Annie (Foster) Garrard. As a boy he attended private schools in
Columbus, and when seventeen years old began the study in the law offices of his
father. He continued in this way for several years, and on December 4, 1897, was
admitted to the bar. He practiced law alone for several years and then was taken
into partnership with his father under the firm name of Garrard & Garrard. This
firm was counsel for many of the larger corporations of Columbus, and also had a
large general practice, the ability of the firm being recognized both as trial
and as counsel lawyers. On the death of the senior Garrard the son has continued
the business formerly conducted by the joint firm, and now enjoys a large and
successful business. Mr. Garrard is attorney for the Columbus Investment
Company; The Columbus Railroad Company; The Muskogee Real Estate and Investment
Company; The Columbus Power Company; The Gas Light Company of Columbus ; The
Stone & Webster Engineering Syndicate; and the Third National Bank and the
Columbus Savings Bank. Mr. Garrard was married December 12, 1900, to Miss Sara
Gardiner of Sparta. They are the parents of four children, namely: Louise
Gardiner, born December 2, 1902; Margaret, born February 3, 1906; Frank, Jr.,
born January 5, 1910; and Gardiner, born May 14, 1912. Mr. Garrard is affiliated
with Mt. Harmen lodge, No. 304, A. F. & A. M.; Darly Chapter No. 7, R. A. M.;
and is a Knights Templar Mason and a member of the Alee Temple of the Mystic
Shrine. He is also affiliated with Columbus lodge, No. 67, I. 0. 0. F., and with
R. E. Lee lodge, of the Knights of Pythias, and belongs to the Improved Order of
Red Men. He also has membership in the Georgia State Bar Association. Mr. and
Mrs. Gardiner worship in the Presbyterian church of which he is an elder in the
church at Columbus. His chief recreations are automobiling and hunting.



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A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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