Biographical Sketch of H. R. Garrison, Johnson County, Missouri,
Warrensburg Township

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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H. R. Garrison, the efficient secretary and treasurer of the Vitt-Mayes
Manufacturing Company of Warrensburg, Missouri, was born in Schell City,
Missouri, in 1886.  He is a son of J. W. and Florence (Davis) Garrison.
J. W. Garrison is a native of Illinois.  He came to Missouri about 38
years ago and to Johnson county in 1892.  Mr. Garrison was engaged for
several years in conducting the old St. Cloud Hotel in Warrensburg.  At
the time of this writing, in 1917, J. W. Garrison is in southeastern
Oklahoma, traveling for the Vitt-Mayes Manufacturing Company.  Florence
(Davis) Garrison is a daughter of Robert Davis, a native of Pennsyl-
vania, who settled in Schell City several years after the Civil War.
Mr. Davis was a veteran of the Confederacy.  To J. W. and Florence
(Davis) Garrison have been born the following children: Mabel, who is
the wife of H. P. Bryant, of Marshall, Missouri; and H. R., the subject
of this review.  H. R. Garrison is a graduate of the Warrensburg High
School and he was a student of the Warrensburg State Normal School for
several terms.  In 1907, Mr. Garrison went to Garvin, Oklahoma, and for
six years was in the employ of the Bank of Garvin.  He returned to
Warrensburg in 1913 and accepted a position as secretary and treasurer
of the Vitt-Mayes Manufacturing Company, which position he holds at the
present time, in 1917.  This company is one of Warrensburg's best busi-
ness firms, a progressive, enterprising, alert manufacturing establish-
ment.  A brief history of the company will be found elsewhere in this
volume.  The company is engaged in the manufacture of garments and at 
the present time in making khaki uniforms.  Vitt-Mayes Manufacturing
Company has never yet been able to supply the demand for their product.
In 1907, H. R. Garrison was united in marriage with Wyota Campbell, the
daughter of R. L. Campbell, a prominent citizen of Warrensburg, the 
present chairman of the board of directors of the American Trust Comp-
any of Warrensburg.  To H. R. and Wyota (Campbell) Garrison has been
born a son, James Robert.  Mr. and Mrs. Garrison are highly esteemed
and popular young citizens of Johnson county.  Their home is in Warren-
sburg at 203 South street.

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