Mark Houston GARRISON
Bettie Jane Gossett NICHOLSON

Husband:  Mark Houston GARRISON
Birth:  25 Oct 1870, Dallas Co., Missouri
Death:  16 Jan 1938, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas 
Burial:  Jan 1938, Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas
Father:  James Benjamin GARRISON
Mother:  Nancy L. REYNOLDS

Marriage:   1904, Fannin Co., Texas

Wife:  Bettie Jane Gossett NICHOLSON 
Birth:  Dec 1878, Fannin Co., Texas 
Death:  16 Apr 1954, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas 
Burial:  Apr 1954, Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas  
Father:  Offie S. GOSSETT  
Mother:  Mary Catherine UNKNOWN

Children:
1. Clay Benjamin GARRISON, b: 3 Nov 1905, Fannin Co., Texas
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Notes:
Bettie was first married to Edward Lawson Nicholson, who died in 1901, and she brought two children into her marriage with Mark.

1910 Federal Census Data (T624_0824, Page 250B), Eminence Twp., Shannon Co., Missouri,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 90, Enumeration Date: 29-Apr-1910, Family #216

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S W/D

# Yr Mar

# C Bn.

# C Liv.

POB

Fa. POB

Mo. POB

Occupation
or Trade

In Sch

 GARRISON, Mark H

 Head

M

39

M1

12?

 

 

MO

IL

MO

 Millwright / Construction

 

                   Bettie

 Wife

F

31

M2

12?

3

3

TX

GA

AL

 None

 

                   Clay

 Son

M

4

S

 

 

 

TX

MO

TX

 None

 

 Nicholson, Murray

 S Daughter

F

11

S

 

 

 

TX

MO

TX

 None

X

                  Lizzie

 S Daughter

F

9

S

 

 

 

TX

MO

TX

 None

X

1930 Federal Census Data (T626_2392, Page 208B), Fort Worth Ward 5, Tarrant Co., Texas,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 16, Enumeration Date: 7-Apr-1930, Family #137

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S W/D

Age Marr

POB

Fa. POB

Mo. POB

 In Sch

Occupation

 GARRISON, Mark H

 Head

M

59

M

34

MO

MO

MO

 

 Proprietor

                  Bettie

 Wife

F

51

M

27

TX

GA

AL

 

 None

                  Clay B

 Son

M

24

S

 

TX

MO

TX

 

 Fireman / City Fire Dept.

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Sources:
1) Birth - Child #1: Fannin County Texas Vital Statistics, Births, Cert. #59808
2) Death - Husband:  Tarrant County Texas Vital Statistics - Deaths, Cert. #04823
3) Death - Wife:  Tarrant County Texas Vital Statistics - Deaths, Cert. #19743