Robert Franklin GARRISON
Hester Priscilla EDMONDS


Husband:  Robert Franklin GARRISON
Birth:  1 Feb 1864, Flat Creek Twp., Buncombe Co., North Carolina
Death:  28 May 1913, Catoosa, Rogers Co., Oklahoma
Burial:  May 1913, Dick Duck Cemetery, Catoosa, Rogers Co., Oklahoma
Father:  William J. Mitchell GARRISON
Mother:  Elizabeth Myra Ann ROBERTS

Marriage:      29 Dec 1882, Buncombe Co., North Carolina  

Wife:  Hester Priscilla EDMONDS
Birth:  20 Aug 1866, Buncombe Co., North Carolina 
Death:  11 Apr 1940, Mallard Creek Twp., Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina
Burial:  Apr 1940, Clarks Chapel Cemetery, Weaverville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
Father:  William Riley EDMONDS
Mother:  Sarah Catherine EDMONDS

Children: 
1. Elizabeth Sarah GARRISON, b: 28 Jan 1885, Flat Creek Twp., Buncombe Co., North Carolina   
2. William Cleveland GARRISON, b: 23 Dec 1886, Flat Creek Twp., Buncombe Co., North Carolina   
3. Charles Edwin GARRISON, b: 12 Mar 1889, Flat Creek Twp., Buncombe Co., North Carolina   
                                            d: 6 Jan 1911, Catoosa, Rogers Co., Oklahoma
                                         bur: Dick Duck Cemetery, Catoosa, Rogers Co., Oklahoma
4. Binnie Kate GARRISON, b: 12 Apr 1891, Flat Creek Twp., Buncombe Co., North Carolina
                                        d: 25 Mar 1909, Catoosa, Rogers Co., Oklahoma
                                     bur: Dick Duck Cemetery, Catoosa, Rogers Co., Oklahoma
5. Thomas Claiborne GARRISON, b: 12 Mar 1893, Flat Creek Twp., Buncombe Co., North Carolina   
                                                  d: 14 Aug 1900, Flat Creek Twp., Buncombe Co., North Carolina  
                                               bur: Clarks Chapel Cemetery, Weaverville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
6. Laura Mae GARRISON, b: 9 Jul 1895, Flat Creek Twp., Buncombe Co., North Carolina   
                                       d: 25 Aug 1896, Flat Creek Twp., Buncombe Co., North Carolina
                                    bur: Clarks Chapel Cemetery, Weaverville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
7. Mary Evangeline Frances GARRISON, b: 29 Jun 1897, Flat Creek Twp., Buncombe Co., North Carolina   
8. Jacob Fulton GARRISON, b: 7 Jan 1900, Flat Creek Twp., Buncombe Co., North Carolina   
9. Robert Cornelius GARRISON, b: 9 Sep 1902, Flat Creek Twp., Buncombe Co., North Carolina   
10. Oliver Columbus GARRISON, b: 28 Feb 1905, Collins Co., Texas 
11. James Wesley GARRISON, b: 22 Dec 1908, Catoosa, Rogers Co., Oklahoma
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Notes:    

1900 Federal Census Data (T623_1184, Page 274A), Flat Creek Twp., Buncombe Co., North Carolina,
                                                                                      Enumeration District:  145, Enumeration Date: 23-Jun-1900, Family #228

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Birth Mo.

Birth Yr

Age

M/S W/D

# Yr Mar

# C Bn

# C Liv

POB

Fa. POB

Mo. POB

Occupation
or Trade

In Sch

 GARRISON, Robert F

 Head

M

Feb

1864

36

M

17

 

 

NC

NC

NC

 Farmer

 

                   Hester

 Wife

F

Aug

1866

33

M

17

8

7

NC

NC

TN

 

 

                   Sarah E

 Daughter

F

Jan

1885

15

S

 

 

 

NC

NC

NC

 At School

X  

                   William C

 Son

M

Dec

1886

13

S

 

 

 

NC

NC

NC

 At School

X

                   Charles E

 Son

M

Mar

1889

11

S

 

 

 

NC

NC

NC

 At School

X

                   Binnie K

 Daughter

F

Apr

1891

9

S

 

 

 

NC

NC

NC

 At School

X

                   Thomas C

 Son

M

Mar

1893

7

S

 

 

 

NC

NC

NC

 At School

X

                   Mary E

 Daughter

F

Jun

1897

2

S

 

 

 

NC

NC

NC

 

 

                   Jacob F

 Son

M

Jan

1900

6m

S

 

 

 

NC

NC

NC

 

 

1910 Federal Census Data (T624_1273, Page 187A), Twp. 6, Rogers Co., Oklahoma,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 176, Enumeration Date: 21-Apr-1910, Family #85

 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, Robert F

 Head

M

47

M1

28

 

 

NC

NC

NC

 Farmer

 

                Hester P

 Wife

F

44

M1

28

11

8

NC

NC

NC

 None

 

                William C

 Son

M

23

S

 

 

 

NC

NC

NC

 Farmer

 

                Chas E

 Son

M

21

S

 

 

 

NC

NC

NC

 Farmer

 

                Mary E

 Daughter

F

12

S

 

 

 

NC

NC

NC

 None

X

                Jacob F

 Son

M

10

S

 

 

 

NC

NC

NC

 None

X

                Robert C

 Son

M

7

S

 

 

 

NC

NC

NC

 None

X

                Oliver C

 Son

M

5

S

 

 

 

TX

NC

NC

 None

 

                James W

 Son

M

1

S

 

 

 

OK

NC

NC

 None

 

After Robert died, Hester married Marcus Leach (the father of the spouses of two of her children) but by 1930, she was again a widow and had returned to North Carolina.

1920 Federal Census Data (T625_1482, Page 204B), Catoosa Twp., Rogers Co., Oklahoma,
                                                                                      Enumeration District:  165, Enumeration Date: 30-Jan-1920, Family #103

 NAME

Relation

Sex

Age

M/S
W/D

POB

Fa.
POB

Mo.
POB

Occupation

In Sch

 LEACH, Marcus Y

 Head

M

61

M

GA

GA

SC

 Farmer

 

             Hester P

 Wife

F

52

M

NC

NC

NC

 None

   

 GARRISON, Jake F

 S Son

M

20

S

NC

NC

NC

 Farm Laborer

   

                   Columbus

 S Son

M

15

S

NC

NC

NC

 Farm Laborer

  X   

                   Wesley R

 S Son

M

11

S

OK

NC

NC

 None

  X   

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Sources:    
1) Marriage: Buncombe County North Carolina Vital Statistics - Early Marriage Register, Page 333
2) Death - Wife: Mecklenburg County North Carolina Vital Statistics - Deaths, State Cert. #60-00229