TAYLOR   COUNTY, GA -   OBITS  Garrett, Samuel
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Butler, Ga., October 1890, Vol. 12
No. 10
Samuel Garrett was born in Wilkinson county, Ga, June 19,
1816, and died in Taylor county, Ga., June 12, 1890. When
about 4 years of age his parents moved to Alabama, where he
remained until his nineteenth year. He then returned to
Georgia, where he married his first wife, Miss Mary Colta,
with whom he lived fifteen years, when she was called away
by death. To this marriage one child was given. He married
Miss Isabella Anderson, December 27, 1855, who still
survives him. He was blessed with health and strength until
a few years before his death, when he became afflicted with
dropsy, which prevailed in spite of medical treatment and
kind attention until mortality ceased, during which time his
sufferings were very severe, but I am informed that he bore
his affliction with great patience and fortitude. He was a
man of order, honor and veracity, and truly manifested a
meek and humble Christian spirit. His dying request was to
be buried in the cemetery at Bethel, where he occasionally
attended my ministry. Uncle Sammy leaves a wife and five
children, many relatives, friends and neighbors who deeply
mourn their loss, but not as those who have no hope.

ELDER JOHN GREEN MURRAY