Barton County, Missouri Biographies-G.W.B. GARRETT

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri, 1889.  Published by Goodspeed. Page 892

G.W.B. Garrett, sheriff, was born in Loudoun County, Va., May 27, 1857,
and is the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Harden) Garrett, both natives
of Loudoun County, Va., where they were reared and married.  After
living there until 1866, they moved to Northern Missouri, and in 1882
to Barton County, settling on a farm, and there the father is living
at present.  The mother was a worthy and consistent member of the 
Baptist Church, and died in the year 1888.  The father is a Democrat
in politics.  In their family were twelve children, of whom four are
now living, all sons.  The educational advantages of G.W. B. Garrett
were very meager in youth, but upon reaching manhood he earned the 
money by working on a farm to take a two years' course at the 
Kirksville Normal.  He then returned to the farm, and continued tilling
the soil until 1888, when he was elected sheriff of Barton County.
Previous to this he had held the office of justice of the peace of
North Fork Township, for a period of two years.  In politics he is
a stanch Democrat.  Of Mr. Garrett it may with truth be said that he is
a man in every way fitted for the position he is now holding, brave and
fearless in the discharge of his duty, honorable and conscientious in
all his business relations, and a man universally respected.

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