Sedgwick-Kingman County KS Archives Biographies.....Garrett, Alexander 1845 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley (1910)

   Alexander Garrett, farmer, of Rockford township, Sedgwick county, Kansas, was
born in Monroe county, Ohio, on March 4, 1845. His parents were J. E. and Mary
J. (Gilmore) Garrett, both natives of Ohio, where they lived until 1869, when
they moved to Ottawa county, Kansas, where they lived until their death. The
elder Garrett died in 1873, and his widow in 1874. In September, 1869, Alexander
Garrett went to Rockford township, Sedgwick county, and filed on 160 acres of
land in Section 12, on which claim he still lives, being the only man in
Rockford township in 1910 living on his original claim. Mr. Garrett's first
house was built of logs hewn by himself. He made the shingles himself and hauled
cottonwood logs to Wichita, where he gave half to have them sawed into boards to
make windows, doors and floors. On September 26, 1866, Mr. Garrett was married
to Miss Margaret Dixon, who was born in Monroe county, Ohio. They have two
children, Anna Mary, born in March, 1870, the first white child born in Rockford
township, and Herman, born in January, 1876, who lives on a farm adjoining his
father. Mr. Garrett has spent his life in agricultural pursuits, has had a
strenuous career, and is today one of the respected and representative citizens
of Sedgwick county. He is a Republican in polities, but has never sought nor
held office. He owns 1,040 acres in Sedgwick county and 200 acres in Kingman
county, and markets from 75 to 150 fat cattle each year.

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History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account
of the cities, towns and villages of the county

Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley
Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910)


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