Absalom GARRISON
Lucy HUFF


Husband:  Absalom GARRISON
Birth:  1771, Henry Co., Virginia 
Death:  1853, Jersey Co., Illinois
Burial:
Father:  Thomas GARRISON
Mother:  Comfort ROBERTS

Marriage:    1804, North Carolina

Wife:  Lucy HUFF
Birth:  1790, Virginia 
Death: 1868, Enfield, White Co., Illinois 
Burial:  
Father:   
Mother:   

Children:
1. Sarah GARRISON, b: 1806, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
2. Mary GARRISON, b: 17 Dec 1807, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
3. Comfort GARRISON, b: 27 Jan 1810, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
4. Elizabeth GARRISON, b: 24 Apr 1812, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
5. Andrew Jackson GARRISON, b: 1815, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
6. William P. GARRISON, b: 9 Jan 1818, White Co., Illinois
7. Mahala Caroline GARRISON, b: Jul 1820, White Co., Illinois
8. Minerva Ann GARRISON, b: 29 Mar 1823, White Co., Illinois
9. Edward C. GARRISON, b: 28 Mar 1829, White Co., Illinois
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Notes:
From A Short Record and Autobiography of the Garrison Family of North Carolina:
Absolom Garrison, the second child of Thomas Garrison (and Comfort Garrison)  was born in the State of Virginia, & emigrated to North Carolina with his parents.  He married Miss Lucy Huff, she was of Irish descent.  He lived on his father's old homestead a few years after his father died. He then sold to his mother his interest in the lands and emigrated to Illinois about 1810 and settled in White county in southern Illinois. He was a farmer and stock raiser.  In 1852 he divided his property among his children. He gave his farm to his youngest child, Edward Garrison, and he was to maintain his father and mother the remainder of their days.   Absolom Garrison was on a visit to his daughter Mahala Caroline Fuller, in 1853 and while he was there he sickened and died at her home in the western part of the State of Illinois, about 150 miles from his home. His widow, Lucy Huff Garrison, continued to live with Edward, their son, until his death, and then she continued to live with his widow for several years after until her death (ca 1866). Absolom Garrison and Lucy Huff Garrison, his wife, had three sons and six daughters born to them.


        1800 Federal Census Data (M32_29, page 169), Morgan Twp., Buncombe Co.,
North Carolina 

 NAME

Males

Males

Males

Males

Males

Females

Females

Females

Females

Females

 

<10

10-15

16-25

26-44

45+

<10

10-15

16-25

26-44

45+

 GARRISON, Absalom

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Indicates

 

 

 

 

Number/ Sex

Age

Therefore Born

Inferred

 

 1 Male

16 - 25

1775 – 1784

  =  Absalom         (b: 1771)

 

        1810 Federal Census Data (M252_39, Page 264), Not Stated, Buncombe Co., North Carolina 

 NAME

Males

Males

Males

Males

Males

Females

Females

Females

Females

Females

 

<10

10-15

16-25

26-44

45+

<10

10-15

16-25

26-44

45+

 GARRISON, Absalom

0

0

0

1

0

3

0

1

0

0

Indicates:

 

 

 

Number/ Sex

Age

Therefore Born

Inferred

 1 Male

26 - 44

1766 – 1784

  =  Absalom                 (b: 1771)

 3 Females

< 10

1800 – 1810

  =  Sarah                     (b: 1806)
  =  Mary                       (b: 1807)
  =  Comfort                  (b: 1810)

 1 Female

16 - 25

1785 – 1794

  =  Lucy                       (b: 1790)

1820 Federal Census Data (M33_011, Page 187), North of West, White Co., Illinois

 NAME

Males

Males

Males

Males

Males

Males

Females

Females

Females

Females

Females

 

<10

10-15

16-18

16-25

26-44

45+

<10

10-15

16-25

26-44

45+

 GARRISON, Absalom

2

0

0

0

0

1

3

2

0

1

0

Indicates:

 

 

 

Number/ Sex

Age

Therefore Born

Inferred

 2 Males

< 10

1810 – 1820

  =  Andrew         (b: 1815)
  =  William            (b: 1818)

 1 Male

45 +

1775 or Before

  =  Absalom        (b: 1771)

 3 Females

< 10

1810 – 1820

  =  Comfort          (b: 1810)
  = 
Elizabeth        (b: 1812)
  =  Mahalia          (b: 1820)

 2 Females

10 - 15

1805 – 1810

  =  Sarah            (b: 1806)
  =  Mary              (b: 1807)

 1 Female

26 - 44

1776 – 1794

  =  Lucy              (b: 1790)

1830 Federal Census Data (M19_025, Page 23), Unknown Twps., White Co., Illinois

 NAME

 

< 5

5-9

10-14

15-19

20-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60-69

70-79

80-89

90-99

 GARRISON, Absalom

Males

1

0

1

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

 

Females

0

2

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Indicates:

 

 

 

Number/ Sex

Age

Therefore Born

Inferred

 1 Male

< 5

1826 – 1830

  =  Edward             (b: 1829)

 1 Male

10 – 14

1816 – 1820

  =  William               (b: 1818)

 1 Male

15 – 19

1811 – 1815

  =  Andrew            (b: 1815)

 1 Male

40 – 49

1781 – 1790

  =  Absalom           (b: 1771)

 2 Females

5 – 9

1821 – 1825

  =  Mahalia             (b: 1820)
  =  Manerva           (b: 1823)

 1 Female

20 – 29

1801 – 1810

  =  Sarah                (b: 1806)

 1 Female

30 – 39

1791 – 1800

  =  Lucy                  (b: 1790)

1840 Federal Census Data (M704_0073, Page 305), Unknown Twps., White Co., Illinois

 NAME

 

< 5

5-9

10-14

15-19

20-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60-69

70-79

80-89

90-99

 GARRISON, Absalom

Males

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

 

Females

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Indicates:

 

 

 

Number/ Sex

Age

Therefore Born

Inferred

 1 Male

10 – 14

1826 – 1830

  =  Edward                (b: 1829)

 1 Male

20 – 29

1811 – 1820

  =  William                 (b: 1818)

 1 Male

60 – 69

1771 – 1780

  =  Absalom              (b: 1771)

 1 Female

40 – 49

1791 – 1800

  =  Lucy                    (b: 1790)

1860 Federal Census Data (M653_0236, Page 192), Unknown Twps., White Co., Illinois,
                                                                                                                 Enumeration Date: 18-Aug-1860, Family #1360

NAME

Age

Sex

Col.

Occupation
Or Trade

Real Estate

Pers. Estate

POB

In Sch.

Married in Year

D, D, B, I,   I, P, or C

 GARRISON, Lucy

70

F

W

 --

$500

$300

VA

 

 

 

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Sources:
1) Biography:  A Record and Autobiography of the Garrison Family of North Carolina and Their Descendants, by Thomas Garrison Stansberry