Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Garrison, Charles L. 1866 - living in 1917
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Author: B. F. Bowen

CHARLES L. GARRISON.

    Of the business enterprises of Blue Rapids, Marshall county, Kansas, it is
well to mention the United States Gypsum Company, one of the substantial and
progressive industries of the county. Much of the success of this large business
is due to the ability and untiring effort of the superintendent, Charles L.
Garrison, who devotes his best efforts to the interests of the mill. He was born
in New York on March 25, 1866, and is the son of Edwin A. and Mary (Phillips)
Garrison.

    Edwin A. and Mary (Phillips) Garrison were also natives of the state of New
York, where they were educated in the public schools, grew up and were later
married. They were of Dutch descent; their forefathers came to America before
the Revolutionary War and took an important part in the struggle for
independence. As a young man Edwin A. Garrison learned the carpenter trade, at
which he worked in his native state until 1888, when he came to Blue Rapids,
where he continued at his trade until the time of his death in 1902, and his
widow died at her home in Blue Rapids in 1913. To them were born children as
follow: George, Susan and Charles L. George is now a resident of Gray county,
Kansas, and Susan Whitman is living in the state of New York.

    Charles L. Garrison received his education in the schools of his native
state and there he grew to manhood. In February, 1887, he came to Kansas and
located at Blue Rapids, where he worked as a farm hand for six years. He then
entered the employ of the company with which he is still engaged. He learned
every department of the large business. He devoted his best efforts for the
success of the business, and seven years ago he was appointed to his present
position as superintendent. For a year he was superintendent of the mill in
Oklahoma, but returned to the mill at Blue Rapids in 1911.

    Mr. Garrison was married in 1906 to Susan M. Gilbert, of Colorado Springs,
Colorado, and to this union two sons have been born, Gilbert, aged nine years,
and Ellis, aged six years. Mrs. Garrison is an excellent woman and she and her
husband are attendants at the Methodist Episcopal church.

    Mr. Garrison is not identified with any political party, but he is an
independent, yet takes much interest in the affairs of his home district. He is
a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and has attained the Scottish
Rite degrees. He is also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. Garrison
has attained his high place in life through his own efforts. Starting as a
laborer, he is now a trusted employee, high in authority in a large business.



Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions
by
Emma E. Forter

Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917)

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