BIO:  Jesse W. Garrett, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, West Manheim Township, Pg 201

JESSE W. GARRETT, farmer, was born in what was formerly Manheim Township, York Co., Penn., 
October 4, 1836, is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Wildason) Garrett, of German descent, and is 
the seventh of thirteen children.  His parents were both born in York County, and the Garrett 
family has been known in the county 100 years.  Mr. Garrett, at nineteen years, began the 
labors of life for himself; when twenty-five years old he began huckstering, and that continued 
for fifteen years, and then began farming; he now has 120 acres of well improved land, and is a 
successful farmer of West Manheim Township.  In 1860 he married Miss Eliza A. Nace, of West 
Manheim Township.  Eight children have blessed their union:  John F., Eliza E. A., Emma J., 
Missouri E., Marcellus J., Horace J., Amelia C. and Birda E.  He is a Republican and has held 
the office of school director for seven years.  He is a member of the Reformed Church and his 
wife of the Lutheran Church.