Edward Davie GARRISON
Arabella Adrienne "Rena" COWSERT

Husband:  Edward Davie GARRISON
Birth: 8 Sep 1840, Mason Hall, Obion Co., Tennessee 
Death:  26 May 1928, Mansfield, De Soto Parish, Louisiana      (obituary)
Burial:  May 1928, Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, De Soto Parish, Louisiana
Father:  John H. GARRISON
Mother:  Elizabeth Ann DAVIE

Marriage:  27 Nov 1871, Gibson Co., Tennessee  

Wife:  Arabella Adrienne "Rena" COWSERT
Birth:  1 Mar 1853, Yorktown, Gibson Co., Kentucky 
Death:  4 Jan 1932, Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana 
Burial:  Jan 1932, Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, De Soto Parish, Louisiana
Father: William S. COWSERT  
Mother:  Arabella Perrin NOAH 

Children:
1. Egbert Edward (Garrison) DAVIES, b: 12 Aug 1872, Christian Co., Kentucky
2. Ernest Perrin (Garrison) DAVIES, b: 5 Nov 1874, Christian Co., Kentucky
3. Iva Ann (Garrison) DAVIES, b: 1 Sep 1881, Sabine Parish, Louisiana
                                                 d: 4 Oct 1889, Bear Creek, Bienville Parish, Louisiana
                                          Cause: Fever Epidemic
4. Drayton (Garrison) DAVIES, b: 19 Jun 1883, Sabine Parish, Louisiana
                                                 d: 4 Oct 1889, Bear Creek, Bienville Parish, Louisiana
                                          Cause: Fever Epidemic
5. Jennie (Garrison) DAVIES, b: 23 Oct 1887, Bear Creek, Bienville Parish, Louisiana
6. Eva (Garrison) DAVIES, b: 24 Jan 1891, Bear Creek, Bienville Parish, Louisiana
                                           d: 24 Jan 1891, Bear Creek, Bienville Parish, Louisiana
7. Lloyd Eugene (Garrison) DAVIES, b: 30 Apr 1892, Bear Creek, Bienville Parish, Louisiana
8. Alexis (Garrison) DAVIES, b: 4 Jan 1894, Bear Creek, Bienville Parish, Louisiana
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Notes:
During the so-called period of "Reconstruction" (after the Civil War) Edward killed, or thought he had killed, at least one man, maybe more, during a feud, and fled the Obion-Gibson County, Tennessee. area, and went first to Christian or Fulton Co., KY, where his wife Arabella Adrienne Cowsert was from, then to East Texas. He was a school teacher and eventually taught and served as principal at Ft. Jessup, Sabine Parish, LA., and at Winnfield and Ganville, both in Winn Parish, prior to becoming a medical doctor. He served as a physician in Bear Creek, Bienville Parish, La., before moving to De Soto Parish.

While a fugitive from justice, he changed his name by dropping "Garrison" and added an "s" to his middle name of Davie, which was his mother's maiden name. After seven years and one day, when the statute of limitations expired, he sent to Tenn. for his family and they joined him.

Further efforts to disguise his true identity can be found in census records that show he was born in England and in his listing in the Directory of Deceased American Physicians 1804-1828, where his birth place is listed as Manchester, England.

1900 Federal Census Data (T623_0563, Page 242B), 7^th Ward, De Soto Parish, Louisiana,
                                                                                     Enumeration District: 60, Enumeration Date: 15-Jun-1900, Family #306

1910 Federal Census Data (T624_0525, Page 131B), Mansfield Ward 4, De Soto Parish, Louisiana,
                                                                                     Enumeration District: 69, Enumeration Date: 23-Apr-1910, Family #219

1920 Federal Census Data (T625_0610, Page 184B), Mansfield, De Soto Parish, Louisiana,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 111, Enumeration Date: 17-Jan-1920, Family #551

By 1930, Rena was living with their daughter, Jennie, and her family.
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Sources:
1) Death - Husband:  De Soto Parish Louisiana Vital Statistics - Deaths, Vol. 13, Cert. #6163
2) Death - Wife:  Rapides Parish Louisiana Vital Statistics - Deaths, Vol. #, Cert. #0816