Part 2 The Author's Garrett Line - Garrett Family Genealogy

Part 2
The Author’s Garrett Line
Author: John E. Garrett, Jr.
Prepared: April, 2009
The Family of
Charles Pearson GARRETT (1872-1955)
Charles Pearson GARRETT was born July 22, 1872 in Benton County, AR and died on
April 7, 1955 and is buried in Johnson Cemetery, OK. He married Margarette Louise
BLACKWOOD on April 16, 1893. She was born on September 15, 1877 in Cypress Co.,
Crossroads, TN. and died December 30, 1948 and is buried in Johnson Cemetery, daughter
of John William Blackwood and Emma Elizabeth WARD.
Children of Charles Pearson GARRETT and Margarette Louise BLACKWOOD:
i. John E. GARRETT was born on August 8, 1894 on Mosley Prairie, Going
Snake Dist., Cherokee Nation, Delaware Co., OK and died on July 14, 1973 in
Siloam Springs, AR (in Woodland Manor (Siloam Springs) after a stroke.).
ii. Gracie G. Garrett was born February 10, 1899 and died in Deleware Co.,
OK.
iii. Loy D. Garrett was born February 12, 1901 and died May 4, 1975 in Arvin,
CA.
iv. Annie Elizabeth Garrett was born June 8, 1903 and died August 26, 2007 in
Siloam Springs, AR. at age of 104.

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v. Ted R. Garrett was born February 18, 1905 and died April 2, 1991 in Siloam
Springs, AR.
vi. Thomas Henry Garrett was born November 18, 1908 and died in May 1982
in Siloam Springs, AR.
vii. Ruby Irene Garrett was born December 19, 1911 and died in about 1998 in
Siloam Springs, AR.
viii. Carmen Julius Garrett was born May 27, 1918 and died in 1919, 18 months
old.
Charles Pearson Garrett was called “CP”
CP Garrett was a grain thresher; sawmill operator; filling station owner and operator. He
hauled the Tulsa Daily World newspapers from Locust Grove, OK to Siloam Springs for many
years. I (John E. Garrett, Jr.) made a few trips with him.
Margarette Louise BLACKWOOD was 1/16 th Cherokee and was on the Cherokee Roll as #
1872. She and her three oldest children received money or land when the Cherokee Nation
was dissolved prior to Oklahoma becoming a state in 1907.
CP’s brother, Thomas Marion Garrett, married Margarette Louise BLACKWOOD’s sister
named Mary Catherine Blackwood. This set up the unusual condition of brothers
marrying sisters where the children of the two families were 1 st cousins but DNA-wise they
were brothers and sisters.
CP Garrett and many others applied for Cherokee citizenship by marriage; but on January
10, 1907 the Department of Interior, Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes denied the
application.
Preparatory to Oklahoma statehood that would occur in 1907, those having Cherokee blood
were entered on the “Cherokee Roll”. Margarette’s roll number was 1872. Oldest son John
E. GARRETT was #1873; Grace Garrett’s was #1874; Loy Garrett’s was #1875; Annie
Garrett’s is probably M something; Ted Garrett’s number was M2961. Children with
Cherokee blood born after 1903 were called “too lates” meaning that they were born too
late to receive a land allotment – they did however, receive an allotment of cash.

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So, CP’s wife and three children
received land allotments; two
children received cash allotments
and the youngest two received
nothing – they were known as
“too damned lates”.
The photo (left) was taken in
1892 and shows C.P. GARRETT
(the tall one) standing with the
Blackwood family. On CP’s left is
the girl (Margarette Louise
Blackwood) that he will marry
the following year. The girl on
CP’s right is Mary Catherine
Blackwood who will marry CP’s brother Thomas Marion Garrett in a few years.
In 1892, CP had to get the permission of the Cherokee Chief to marry Margarette.
Thomas Marion Garrett is CP’s younger brother.
CP’s Brother, Thomas Marion GARRETT (1876-1948)
Thomas Marion Garrett was born February 19, 1876 in Benton County, AR and died
October 2, 1948 in buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Siloam Springs. He married Mary
Catherine Blackwood August 8, 1897. She was born September 17, 1879 in Cypress Co.,
Crossroads, TN and died December 26, 1932 in Deleware Co., OK.
Children of Thomas Marion Garrett and Mary Catherine Blackwood:
i. Roy Pearson Garrett was born June 29, 1898 in Indian Territory now
Deleware Co., OK and died in Siloam Springs, AR. He was allotted the farm
next to John E. Garrett’s south of the Illinois River.
ii. Earl (Shorty) Thomas Garrett was born May 31, 1901 in Indian Territory
now Deleware Co., OK. His allotment was North of the Illinois River on Mosley
Prairie.
iii. Millie Ruth Garrett was born September 29, 1903 in Indian Territory now
Deleware Co., OK and died 1994 in Siloam Springs, AR.
iv. John Edgar Garrett was born September 30, 1906 and died in Ft. Worth,
TX.
v. Frank M. Garrett was born January 1, 1910.
vi. J. C. Garrett was born March 19, 1913 and died 1925 in Siloam Springs, AR.

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Thomas Marion Garrett’s wife and two oldest children received land allotments; Millie
Ruth Garrett was born soon enough to receive land but her father said that all of the good
land had been taken so he opted for a $600 cash allotment. Millie’s father kept it.
Nora (Lenora) Garrett was CP’s and Thomas Marion’s younger sister.
CP’s Sister, Nora GARRETT (1879-1958)
Nora Garrett, daughter of John GARRETT married Lewis Bradford Allen who was part
Cherokee Indian. Lewis Bradford Allen was born in Indian Territory (near Flint Creek).
His mother was Nancy Mitchell, born February 1, 1839. Nancy was the fifth
granddaughter of Chief Moytoy of the Cherokee Nation. She was born on the "Trail of
Tears". Nancy's name sake was Nancy Ward, Cherokee princess better known as White
(or Wild) Rose.
The allotments were from 70 to 90 acres. Each Garrett that received them took them in
one of two places. One was in what is now Delaware County, OK and about 4 miles west of
the state line in an area called “Moseley Prairie”. The other place of favor was 4 or 5 miles
south of Moseley Prairie on land adjoining the Illinois River in the county that is now Adair
County. After the land allotments, the Garretts owned seven farms all within a few miles of
each other. However; the Illinois River turned out to be a divider with those north of the
river seldom visiting those south of the river. For example, my cousin Glenn Stinchcomb
(son of Millie Ruth Garrett), who was born and raised on one of the land allotments on
the Moseley Prairie, and I, who was born in the same year south of the Illinois River never
knew each other until we were 65 years old.
John Garrett
Moseley Prairie
Illinois River
14-mile road to town

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The map above, shows the area where the Garrett farms were located. The yellow arrow
points to where John E. Garrett’s farm was located. His mother’s farm (Margarette
Blackwood Garrett), was immediately east of his farm. To the west of his farm was John
E. Garrett’s cousin’s (Roy Garrett) farm.
North of the Illinois River in the vicinity of the red circle is Moseley Prairie where most of
John E. Garrett’s cousins (Children of Thomas Marion Garrett) settled. The yellow
rectangle (within the circle) is where my cousin Glenn Stinchcomb lived on the land
allotted to his grandmother, Mary Catherine Blackwood, wife of Thomas Marion
Garrett. The blue line running east and west is the old Highway 33 – the red line in the new
Highway 412. The purple arrow points to the Illinois River. The red square on the blue line is
where CP Garrett’s service station (see photo below) was located.
Above is a photo (looking east) of Charles Pearson GARRETT’S service station taken
sometime in the 1930’s. Their living quarters were in the back of the station, on the north
side. CP had made his field just north and west of the station into an air field and I believe
the people in this photo were attending an air show. The state line is just beyond the
building where the tree line is seen. The car in the lower right foreground is on old Highway
33. CP leased the air field to John Brown University (located west of Siloam Springs and a

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mile north of the station) but in the 1940’s, CP claimed that John Brown University
“cheated” him out of it.
The space between the station and the Arkansas line served several functions. At one time
it was a “Port-of-Entry” where all trucks entering Oklahoma had to stop. It was a liquor
package store at one time and later a shop from which Grace Garrett McClung (oldest
daughter of CP and Margarette) sold automobile license plates and notary public services.
Little is known of CP GARRETT’s life as a young man; however he must have gone to
school since he could read and write. He loved machinery and owned both a large steam
engine and a threshing machine. My father, John E. Garrett, as CP’s oldest son, had to
quit school (5 th grade) and run CP’s steam engine and threshing machine. Dad would
thresh for all of the farmers in a large area going from farm to farm. This would take from
one to two months during which time, he and his crew would have to eat and sleep with the
farmer-customers. He told many stories of bad food, bed bugs, hair lice and sleeping in the
barns as a part of the horrible living conditions. He attributed that experience to his stunted
growth of 5’ 4” height and weight of less than 140 pounds.
Most of Charles Pearson GARRETT’s life was spent operating his business on old Highway
33 at the Arkansas/Oklahoma state line. His place was on the Oklahoma side. His main
business was that of a “gas station”. Around 1920 when sons Ted and Tom were still at
home, they would walk westward on the dirt Highway 33 and wait until a car came along, at
which time they would run along beside the car, jump upon the running board and talk the
driver into stopping at CP’s station for gasoline.
See The Author’s Garrett Line Appendices for The Cherokee
Connection
My father, John E. Garrett is the next direct ancestor.

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The Family of
John E. GARRETT (1894-1973)
The “E” in John E. GARRETT does not stand for anything. Dad told me that he started
putting the “E” in his name to keep his mail from being mixed up with his grandfather, John
GARRETT who lived nearby. And since I am a “Jr.”, the “E” went along when I was named,
but it still represents nothing.
As mentioned before, John E. GARRETT’s early years were spent running the steam
engine and threshing machine for his father, CP GARRETT. His land allotment straddled the
Illinois River. By horse and wagon, one could ford the river and get to CP’s place on the
state line traveling about 6 miles, but when the automobile came along, the road to the
station became 14 miles.
While World War I was fought from 1914 through most of 1918; John E. GARRETT did not
receive a draft notice until January 24, 1918. He wanted to fight and had to stand on tiptoe
for his physical to be tall enough -- he was 5’ 4”. He was shipped to Camp Travis for
training where the portrait below was taken.
John E. GARRETT was sent overseas in the fall of 1918. He first went to London and then
to St. Nazaire, France. The armistice was signed while he was in route. So, he ended up in
the “Army of Occupation” at Trier, Germany on the Mosel River.
The photo above shows his unit on march in
France or Germany. On right is John E.
Garrett in his military uniform.

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The photo on the left is of his battalion in Trier.
He arrived back in the US on June 20, 1919,
age 25.
Although John E. Garrett was back in Oklahoma in 1919, he did not marry until February
22, 1924 after courting Millie Prediger Hubbard of Siloam Springs, AR. At that time,
courting was done by horse and buggy. They were married by Pastor, W. T. Farley, who
was a descendant of Grand Aunt, Polly Garrett who had married John Farley.
The photo on the right was taken at Millie Hubbard’s house when John E. GARRETT had
“come calling”. On the left is Millie Hubbard dressed for John to “come calling”.

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After John and Millie were married they moved onto John’s land allotment “down on the
Illinois River”. His allotment had been for 70 acres to which he added 40 acres through
purchase.
The place was primitive, to say the least. Below is a photo showing 4 generations of
Garretts that also shows the looks of the house and barn.
On the left is John E. GARRETT holding his daughter, Joyce Anna Garrett; in the center
is his grandmother Ana (Julia) Neel Garrett; and on the right is his father, Charles
Pearson GARRETT.
Except for a two-year absence during World War II, John E. GARRETT and Millie Hubbard
Garrett worked on the farm for 39 years. Between 1924 and 1942, times were rough. The
depression was not only bad in itself, but John and Millie were saddled with a large
mortgage on the farm that CP GARRETT had placed on it.
When World War II started, all of the able-bodied, young men enlisted in various services.
Daughter, Joyce Anna Garrett was a junior in high school but was dating a senior named
Elonzo (Jack) Wesley. Jack Wesley immediately enlisted in the Air Force but before
going overseas, he and Joyce were married. When Jack Wesley returned from overseas
(New Guinea), Joyce was working with her parents, John, Millie and me in Pasco.,
Washington. Joyce and Jack moved back to Siloam Springs, AR before the rest of the family
did.
With everyone wanting to help out in the war effort (World War II), John E. GARRETT went
to Leadville, Colorado in 1943 for a few months to do carpentry work on a military base
being built there. In April of 1944, the entire family moved to Pasco Washington for almost
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there at the Hanford Atomic Engineering Project. While in Pasco, the whole family worked
except William D. Garrett who was only 15 years old. John and Millie earned enough
money to pay off the mortgage so when the family returned to Oklahoma they were out of
debt.
Before the Pasco Washington venture, John E. GARRETT had started building a new house
on the farm. He and his sons, John E. GARRETT, Jr. and William D. Garrett, cut timber
on that portion of his land that was timbered; had it hauled to a saw mill 5 miles away; and
had it cut into lumber for the new house. I (John E. GARRETT, Jr.) had graduated from
Watts High School at the age of 15 in 1943, so I got the job of hauling the lumber from the
mill to the farm in 1943-44 using a new Ford tractor and a rubber-tired wagon. Only the
basement to the new house had been roughed-in when the decision was made to move to
Pasco Washington (April, 1944) for the duration of the war, so it was covered with tarps and
“tar paper” until the family returned in October of 1945.
A public auction was held before going to Washington where the chickens, hogs, and all
cattle (except for 5 heifers) were sold. The tractor and a lot of the other farm equipment
was not sold but locked-up in the barn.
In Pasco, Washington, Dad (John E. Garrett) worked as a carpenter at the Hanford Atomic
Engineering Project and at the U.S. Naval Base in Pasco. My mother (Millie Garrett)
worked as a checker at the U.S. Army Engineering Depot. My sister (Joyce) was a secretary
and I (John E. Garrett, Jr.) was a senior warehouseman and an equipment operator at the
U.S. Army Engineering Depot. But, before working for the Engineering Depot, I worked at
the Pasco Holding and Reconsignment Point where Lend-Lease equipment was stored before
being shipped to Russia.
The war was over in August of 1945, so the family returned to Oklahoma; farming was
resumed and the new house was finished. In about 1947, electricity became available on
the farm for the first time which really changed life on the farm. Between 1947 and 1963,
John and Millie did serious dairy farming. This included building a “Grade A” milk barn with
electric milking machines, etc.
In about 1962, John E. GARRETT had an accident on the farm where both of his thumbs
were cut off. That helped John and Millie make the decision in 1963 to sell the place that
had been allotted to John in 1906 and retired to Siloam Springs, Arkansas. They got
$20,000 for the place which permitted them to buy two houses in Siloam Springs – one to
live in and one to rent. They lived in the one at 404 S. Mt. Olive St. that had cost them
$9000 on 2/23/1963. The “rent house” was at 1002 S. Mt. Olive for which they paid $8,000
on 3/19/1963. The house was rented to Teresa Maulpin. I have all of the records
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Millie’s retirement was short lived. She died the next year on October 17, 1964 of lung
cancer at the age of 60. No one knew she had cancer until an autopsy was performed. She
had never smoked – but she did get a lot of second hand smoke from John. The local doctor
had diagnosed her as having “TB” and had sent her to a TB asylum in Boonville, AR where
she died within a week of arriving there.
John E. GARRETT was “lonesome” for 2 years before he married his renter, Teresa
Maulpin. In his remaining years he spent his day-time visiting with his brothers, Tom and
Ted in Siloam Springs. Ted Garrett and wife, Mary Ruth had also retired to Siloam
Springs and lived on the same street (Mt. Olive St.). His brother, Tom Garrett and wife
lived 2 doors from John, also on Mt. Olive St. Tom owned an auto supply store and John
spent a lot of time “helping out” in the store after his retirement.
In 1971, John E. GARRETT had a series of strokes that became more and more serious
until he died at age 78 on July 14, 1973 in Siloam Springs. He is buried in Oak Hill
Cemetery beside his wife, Millie Hubbard Garrett. Later, brother and sister-in-law, Ted
and Mary Ruth Garrett passed away and are buried next to John and Millie’s grave. Teresa
Maulpin, John’s 2 nd wife, is also buried there.
John E. Garrett left a will dated 10/27/1970 where he willed Teresa the right to live in the
house at 1002 S. Mt. Olive for the rest of her life. The rest of his estate was to be divided
equally among his three children. So, the house at 404 S. Mt. Olive was sold for $14,250
and the proceeds divided. Teresa died in 1983 and the house at 1002 S. Mt. Olive sold for
$22,500.
Children of John E. GARRETT and Millie Prediger Hubbard were:
Joyce Anna Garrett was born September 21, 1925 in Siloam Springs, AR at
Grandma Hubbard's house; married Elonzo Jack Wesley on
November 28, 1942; graduated from Watts High School in 1943 as
Valedictorian; had 4 daughters; lived in and around Watts, OK with
husband, Jack for 50 years; and died of a staph infection on
November 20, 1999 while in the hospital in Siloam Springs, AR.

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John E. GARRETT, Jr. was born October 7, 1927 in Siloam Springs, AR at
Grandma Hubbard's house.; graduated from Watts High School in
1943; worked in Pasco, Washington; was in the Navy V-5 program at
the end of World War II; attend college at California Institute of
Technology and University of California at Berkeley; graduated from
Oklahoma State in 1949 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering;
moved to Dallas, TX; married Frances Marie Bates on June 9, 1951;
had two sons; worked as an engineer for Atlantic Refining Company
for 15 years; founded Garrett Computing Systems and sold it in 1986;
founded Garrett Petroleum and retired from it in 1996, at which time it
became owned by John E. Garrett, Jr.’s two sons with John Patrick
Garrett becoming President.
William Donald Garrett was born December 12, 1929 in Siloam Springs, AR
at Grandma Hubbard's house.; was in the Air Force for 20 years;
served a 12 month tour of duty in Korea in 1952; married Pauline
Walden on May 15, 1954; had two daughters; served a 12 month
tour of duty in Thailand in 1962-63; served a 13 month tour of duty in
Korea (again); in 1969; retired from the Air Force as a Sr. Master
Sergeant at Camp Drum in NY on February 1, 1971; worked in various
jobs at Maelstrom AFB in Great Falls, Montana from 1974 until 1989;
retired in Great Falls, Montana before moving to Yuma, Arizona in
2003..
Millie Prediger Hubbard was the 5 th of 8 children of Miner Davison Hubbard and
Georgiana Grasham. I have been able to trace both of her parents’ ancestors back to
England in the 16 th Century. Her parents were from the Midwest but they met and married
in Gate, Oklahoma Territory in 1895 before moving to Siloam Springs, AR in 1910. M. D.
Hubbard was a traveling salesman selling such things as sewing machines and Bibles. He
was seldom home.

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Below is an early photo of Georgiana and M.D. Hubbard with the 3 oldest children.
Below is a photo of M. D. Hubbard and his fellow salesmen.

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The Family of
John E. GARRETT, Jr., (1927-)
John E. GARRETT, Jr. was born October 7, 1927 in Siloam Springs, AR at Grandma
Hubbard's house. He married Frances Marie BATES on June 9, 1951 in Denton, TX. She
was born December 11, 1927 near Garland, TX in the "little red house" on her Grand
father’s farm. She is the daughter of Emmett Holland BATES and Lois Eastes.
Children of John E. GARRETT, Jr. and Frances Marie BATES:
i. John Patrick Garrett was born on June 30, 1954 in Florence
Nightingale Hospital, Dallas, TX.
ii. Kevin Wade Garrett was born on January 6, 1956 in Florence
Nightingale Hospital, Dallas, TX.
Notes on John E. GARRETT, Jr. and Frances Marie BATES
Married at the Little Chapel in the Woods on the TSCW (later TWU) campus in Denton, TX.
Honeymooned in Mexico City and Acapulco, Mexico.
The Family of
John Patrick GARRETT (1954-)
John Patrick Garrett was born June 30, 1954 in Florence Nightingale Hospital, Dallas, TX.
He married Brenda Smith June 3, 1979 aboard the Queen Mary, Long Beach, CA. She was
born July 27, 1955 in Pawnee, OK.
Children of John Patrick Garrett and Brenda Smith:
i. Barrie Christine Garrett was born June 12, 1983 in Tulsa, OK
hospital.
ii. Caitlin Elise Garrett was born October 6, 1986 in Tulsa, OK hospital.
John Patrick GARRETT is presently the president of Garrett Petroleum Co.

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The Family of
Kevin Wade GARRETT (1956-)
Kevin Wade Garrett was born on January 6, 1956 in Florence Nightingale Hospital, Dallas,
TX. He married Mari Yuasa April 2, 1986 in Japan. She was born April 14, 1964 in
Tokushima, Japan.
Children of Kevin Wade Garrett and Mari Yuasa:
i. John Tyler Garrett was born on October 8, 1989 in Woodland Hills,
CA.
ii. Karina Mei Garrett was born on November 16, 1992 in Woodland
Hills, CA.
Kevin Wade Garrett is presently the founder and owner of “PodMerchant.com”, an internet
company selling Espresso pods.