Edmund Augustus Garrison
Edmund Augustus Garrison was born on August 20, 1837, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, to Edmund F. Garrison and Rebecca Dare. His father was a merchant who owned $15,000 of real estate in 1850. He worked as a sutler’s clerk during the Civil War. He married Emma Louisa Clark in Gloucester County on February 15, 1865, and their daughter Bettie was born around 1867. In 1870, he was working as a farmer, and he owned $300 of real estate and $3,200 of personal property. He employed a white domestic servant and at least three farm laborers. By 1880, the family was living in Swedesboro, New Jersey, and Garrison was working as a produce dealer. His wife Emma died around 1882. By 1910, he was living in the “Old Man’s Home” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died there on September 18, 1917.
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(373)Garrison, Edmund Augustus1837-08-201917-09-18
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 5

  • (596) [recipient] ~ Amos F. Garrison II to Edmund A. Garrison, 14 March 1877
  • (598) [writer] ~ Edmund A. Garrison to Harriet F. Kirby, 21 June 18XX
  • (599) [writer] ~ Edmund A. Garrison to Harriet F. Kirby, 15 August 18XX
  • (600) [writer] ~ Edmund A. Garrison to Harriet F. Kirby, 22 August 18XX
  • (601) [writer] ~ Edmund A. Garrison to Harriet F. Kirby, 14 June 18XX

People - Records: 6

  • (373) Garrison, Edmund Augustus is the [sibling of] (368) Garrison, Amos Fithian II
  • (373) Garrison, Edmund Augustus is the [sibling of] (369) Garrison, Henry Clay
  • (373) Garrison, Edmund Augustus is the [sibling of] (370) Kirby, Harriet Fithian
  • (373) Garrison, Edmund Augustus is the [sibling-in-law of] (371) Kirby, John
  • (372) Garrison, Charles C. is the [aunt/uncle of] (373) Garrison, Edmund Augustus
  • (4285) Garrison, Amos Fithian I is the [aunt/uncle of] (373) Garrison, Edmund Augustus

Places - Records: 2

  • (576) [birth] ~ Gloucester County, New Jersey
  • (39) [death] ~ Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; New Jersey Marriage Records, 1670-1965, available from Ancestry.com; Pennsylvania and New Jersey Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, available from Ancestry.com.