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JAMES B. GARRETT, farmer, P. 0. London, a native of Madison County, born January 15, 1830, is a son of Alfred
and Jane Garrett, natives of Virginia. The grandfather, Benjamin Garrett, also a natives of Virginia, married in
that State, and soon after, probably about 1805-6, removed to Kentucky, remaining there but a short time, when
he moved with his family to Chillicothe, Ohio, which was about 1806-8. He there left his family for safety from
the Indians, which were then very troublesome, and came to what is now Madison County, selected his location, and
for protection erected a block house on Ceniac Run, after which he brought his family here. Subsequently he moved
their house a short distance south of the London & Jefferson pike, where he remained till his death. He was
buried on his farm, in a lot set off for a family burying ground, and it is believed he was the first person buried
there. Alfred Garrett, the father of our subject, was about ten years old when brought to this county by his parents,
and here grew to manhood, fully inured to the trials and dangers of those early days. He was married to Jane Boggs,
a native of Virginia, and settled and spent his whole life in Deer Creek Township, with the exception of one year's
residence in Somerford Township, and nearly his whole life, to the time of his death, was spent on the old farm
of his father, where they first located in 1808, a period of about seventy years. He was one of the true pioneers,
and with his father, ranks among the first settlers of the Township. He died December 14, 1878, aged seventy nine
years. His wife died in March, 1858, aged forty five years. They had eleven children, three now survive - James
B., our subject, Alfred, Edward and Solomon. The subject of this sketch was born, raised and grew to manhood in
sight of where he now lives. He was married, February 26, 1852, to Elizabeth Flight, who was born in Pennsylvania
October 7, 1832, a daughter of Nicholas and Barbara Flight, natives of Pennsylvania. who removed to Ohio in the
fall of 1836, and settled in London, and then located in this township, where he died October 11, 1862. aged sixty
five years. His wife died November 14, 1869, aged seventy seven years. They had but one child - Elizabeth. Mr.
Garrett and wife have had ten children - Mary C., born December 16, 1852, and died October 2, 1862; James Manuel,
born December 12, 1854, died November 14, 1876; Barbara Jane, born May 6, 1857; William Henry, born October 11,
1859, died September 29, 1862; Edward Smith, born May 28, 1862, died October 8, 1862; John Marrion, born March
21, 1864; Benjamin Wilson, born December 1, 1866, died February 21, 1868; Earnest Linwood, born July 31, 1869,
died February 24, 1870; Pearl Wilbert, born January 7, 1871; and Harrison Jefferson, born December 13. 1873, and
died April 18, 1878. Mr. Garrett, after his marriage, located in the north part of Deer Creek Township, on the
Wahoo Plains, where they lived about five years, when he purchased a part of the old home farm, upon which he located,
and has since resided.
From:
History of Madison County, Ohio
Published by: W. H. Beers and Company
Chicago, Illinois
1883
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