OBITUARY: George Washington Garrison; Tioga co., NY 
surname: Garrison, Russell, Schleininger, Dunn, Bennett, Wood

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The Fairmont Sentinel, Martin Co, Minnesota
OBITUARY
GARRISON

Shortly after noon on Monday, March 4, 1912, George Washington Garrison passed 
away at his home in Granada. A few days previously he suffered a stroke of 
paralysis and gradually sank into the last sleep.

The funeral was held at 1:30 P.M., Wednesday, March 6th at the M.E. church in 
Granada, conducted by Rev. Ferris, and burial made in the Granada cemetery.

Mr. Garrison was a native of New York, where he was born Jan. 7, 1831.  In
1857 he came west to Marquette county, Wisconsin, remaining there until 1860,
when for a short time he was a resident of Faribault county, Minn.  He then
returned to Buffalo, N.Y., where he was married in 1862 to Miss Ellen Russell. 
In 1863 he again returned to Minnesota and the following years took up land in
Pleasant Prairie township and has ever since been a resident of this county.

Mr. Garrison enlisted in the Union army in 1864 in a regiment of Minnesota 
volunteers and served with credit until the close of the war between the
states.

On May 21, 1893, the buildings on his farm were destroyed by a cyclone, which 
is but a single instance of the hardships endured by the pioneers of this 
county who paved the way for its present prosperity.  Mr. Garrison was one of 
the very earliest of the permanent settlers and witnessed the transformation
of the prairie wilderness into a rich agricultural community.  He was a
carpenter by trade and during his active years erected many of the buildings
in the east part of the county.

Mr. Garrison was the father of five sons, Clinton, Clarence, George, Fred and 
Frank and two daughters, Mrs. Ed. Schleininger of Granada, and Mrs. Emma Dunn 
of Sauk Center, Minn.  All were present at the funeral except George, who 
resides in Beltrami county.

Mr. Garrison's first wife departed this life in January, 1909.  In October, 
1910, he married Mrs. James Bennett who survives him.

Mr. Garrison was a man of the highest integrity and a citizen whose efforts 
were always directed toward the upbuilding of the community.  As a soldier, a 
pioneer an honest man he is held in reverent memory by the entire community.

Additional Comments:
In his biography in "Memorial Record of the Counties of Minnesota", page 268, 
it is stated that he was born in Tioga County, New York, moved to Tompkins 
County, New York with his parents.  George W. Garrison's father was David C. 
Garrison, mother was Cynthia Ellen Wood of Milton, Saratoga County, New York.