William F Garrison and Nancy Elvira Poovey

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Husband William F GARRISON ¹

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         Born: 14 Oct 1841 - York Co, South Carolina 1 2
         Died: 6 Oct 1882 - Pleasant Valley, Dallas Co, Texas 1 2
       Buried: Oct 1882 - Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Dallas Co, Texas

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       Father: Arthur GARRISON (1807-1890) 3
       Mother: Mariah Terissa BENTLEY (1807-1876) 3

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     Marriage: 24 Nov 1865 - Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Rock Hill, York Co, South Carolina 1

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Events in his life were:

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• Military, Civil War, Between 13 Apr and 20 Dec 1862

• Residence, Bradley Co, Arkansas, 1869

• Church, Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1879

• Residence, Dallas Co, Texas, 1879

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Wife Nancy Elvira POOVEY ^{1 4}

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          AKA: Nan
         Born: 23 Aug 1846 - York Co, South Carolina 1 2
         Died: 14 Nov 1936 - Texas 2 3
       Buried: Nov 1936 - Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Dallas Co, Texas

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       Father: David POOVEY (1815-1873) 3
       Mother: Christian Lucretia McCALLUM (1818-1900) 3

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Events in her life were:

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• Alt. Birth ⁵, South Carolina, 22 Aug 1846

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Children

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1 F Lois Aurora GARRISON ^{6 7}

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         Born: 4 Jul 1881 - Liberty Grove, Dallas Co, Texas 1 6 7
         Died: 26 Jul 1930 - John Sealy Hospital, Galveston, Galveston Co, Texas 3 8
       Buried: 28 Jul 1930 - Fairview Cemetery, League City, Galveston Co, Texas

       Spouse: Frank JONES (1878-1897) 9

       Spouse: Elijah Clifford THOMPSON (1874-1950) 10 11
         Marr: 1902 - Texas 6

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2 F Mary Cordelia GARRISON ^{12 13 14}

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         Born: 2 Sep 1866 - Rock Hill, York Co, South Carolina 12 13 14
         Died: 5 Oct 1935 - Garland, Dallas Co, Texas 14
       Buried: 6 Oct 1935 - Mills Cemetery, Garland, Dallas Co, Texas

       Spouse: William Sydney TUCKER (1861-1931) 2 13
         Marr: 10 Sep 1885 - Dallas Co, Texas

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3 M James Pinckney GARRISON ¹²

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          AKA: Jim
         Born: 9 Jan 1868 - York Co, South Carolina 7 12
         Died: 23 Apr 1951 - Garland, Dallas Co, Texas 14
       Buried: 24 Apr 1951 - Mills Cemetery, Garland, Dallas Co, Texas

       Spouse: David Tennessee HARRIS (1877-After 1900) 7
         Marr: 9 Jan 1894 - Dallas Co, Texas 7

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4 M Augustus A GARRISON ¹²

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         Born: 14 Aug 1869 - York Co, South Carolina 2 12
         Died: 27 Jun 1897 - Pleasant Valley, Dallas Co, Texas 2
       Buried: Jun 1897 - Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Dallas Co, Texas

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5 F Emma Jane GARRISON ^{12 13}

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         Born: 5 Feb 1871 - Bradley Co, Arkansas 12 13 14
         Died: 3 Dec 1957 - Pearsall, Frio Co, Texas 14
       Buried: 5 Dec 1957 - Buckhorn Cemetery, Frio Co, Texas

       Spouse: Marion I FUDGE (1871-      ) 13
         Marr: 20 Dec 1894 - Dallas Co, Texas 13

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6 M John Duncan GARRISON ⁷

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         Born: 7 Jul 1872 - Bradley Co, Arkansas 2 7 12
         Died: 11 Oct 1911 - Godley, Dallas Co, Texas 2
       Buried: Oct 1911 - Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Dallas Co, Texas

       Spouse: Saloma J ??? (Abt 1887-      )
         Marr: Between 1900 and 1905 - Dallas Co, Texas

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7 M William David GARRISON ¹²

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          AKA: Will
         Born: 11 Jan 1874 - Bradley Co, Arkansas 2 12
         Died: 6 Jul 1950 - Dallas, Dallas Co, Texas 2
       Buried: 7 Jul 1950 - Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Dallas Co, Texas

       Spouse: Sarah Lottie BOYD (1878-1955)
         Marr: 1896 - Dallas Co, Texas

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8 F Cordelia Estelle GARRISON ¹²

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         Born: 22 Oct 1875 - Warren, Bradley Co, Arkansas 12
         Died: 22 Feb 1910 - Bryan Co, Oklahoma
       Buried: Feb 1910 - Cox Chapel Cemetery, Armstrong, Oklahoma

       Spouse: John Franklin BOYD (1866-1936) 15
         Marr: 14 Feb 1892 - Dallas Co, Texas 15

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9 F Nancy Lucretia GARRISON ^{12 16}

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          AKA: Nannie
         Born: 11 Jan 1878 - Bradley Co, Arkansas 12 14 16
         Died: 14 Aug 1963 - Dallas, Dallas Co, Texas 14
       Buried: 14 Aug 1963 - Garland Memorial Park, Garland, Dallas Co, Texas

       Spouse: William F SEBASTIAN (1872-      ) 16
         Marr: 31 Mar 1896 - Dallas Co, Texas

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General Notes (Husband)

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1880 Dallas Co, TX Census, Rckwall, pg 601c
GARRISON William Self M Male W 38 SC Farmer SC SC
GARRISON Nancy Wife M Female W 33 SC Keeps House NC SCOT
GARRISON Mary Dau S Female W 13 SC At Home SC SC
GARRISON James Son S Male W 12 SC At Home SC SC
GARRISON Augustus Son S Male W 11 SC At Home SC SC
GARRISON Emma Dau S Female W 8 AR At Home SC SC
GARRISON John Son S Male W 7 AR At Home SC SC
GARRISON William Son S Male W 6 AR At Home SC SC
GARRISON Estelle Dau S Female W 4 AR At Home SC SC
GARRISON Nancy Dau S Female W 2 AR At Home SC SC

Catawba Light Infantry: A roster of Confederate recruits was printed in the Yorkville Enquirer on May 3, 1861 that list a Private, W. F. Garrison from York County. Most of the men were from the Allison Creek and Ebenezer areas of York County. Ref. "The Quarterly", fall 1989 by the York Count Genealogical and Historical Society (YCGHS).
SOURCE: WFT VOLUME #5

April 13, 1861 Joined in York, South Carolina at the age of 19.(2)
May 3, 1861; Joined Catawba Light Infantry, South Carolina
July 16, 1861: Admitted to CSA General Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia; Measles2
Aug 13, 1861: Return to duty
December 1861: South Carolina Hospital, Warren Springs, Virginia; Pulmonary Affection2
December 20, 1861: Discharged from service(2)
2. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Roll #193: Dale Boyd

Marriage Notices from the Yorkville Miscellany Newspaper York County, South Carolina
Issue of November 23, 1865
On the 14th inst., by Rev. W. W. Carothers, Mr. Wm. F. Garrison, and Miss Nancy H., daughter of David Poovey, all of this District.

William F. Garrison was born in York, co. S.C., Oct. 14, 1841. At the age of eighteen he made a profession of Christianity, and united with the Presbyterian (O.S.) Church. He was married to Miss N.A.T. Poovey, Nov. 14, 1865. They moved to S. Arkansas in 1869 where they united with the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in which Bro. Garrison acted as ruling elder. In 1873 they moved to N. Arkansas; and united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Thus we see they would not live out of the Church. In 1879 they moved to Dallas co. Texas and united with Pleasant Valley congregation of the C.P. church, where Bro. Garrison died, on the 6th of Oct. 1882. He leaves a wife and nine children. He left them with the legacy of an upright Christian life.
He died in faith and peace. J.H. Dickerson.

Garrison, William F
William F. Garrison was born during 1841 in York County, South Carolina. His parents were Arthur and Mariah Terissa Bentley Garison (only 1 R) of York County, South Carolina.
William was the third son of Arthur and Mariah. He enlisted in the Confederate army and served them until July of 1865. Four months later on November 14, he married Nancy Hannah Elvira Poovey. Nancy was the daughter of David and Christian Lucretia McCallum Poovey. David was born November 15, 1815 in Burke County, North Carolina and Lucretia was born February 15, 1815 at Perthshire Scotland.
William, and his new bride, Nancy lived in York County, South Carolina until the winter of 1869. They had three children during that time: Mary Catherine born during 1866; James Pickney born during 1868, and Augustus Garrison born August 14, 1869. Their other children were Emma J. born 1871; John D. born 1872; William D. born 1874; Cordelia Estelle born 1875; Nancy Garrison born during 1878, and Lois A. which was born at Liberty Grove during 1878.
The Garrison family owned large tracts of land and had lived in South Carolina for more than a hundred years, but the spoils of war caused William's parents to head southwest. It was the winter of 1869 when William, accompanied by his parents and brother Peter Prince, brother Zebus Arthur, along with his sister Sarah Clarinda Neely and her husband David Jackson traveled into Bradley County, Arkansas and settled near the small town of Warren.
William's younger brother, John, died in 1864 at the age of twenty-nine after contracting an intestinal infection while serving in the 17th Regiment, Company E, around Charleston Harbor.
William moved from Arkansas to Liberty Grove, Texas in 1878. Sometime during his service for the Confederacy, William caught severe pneumonia and had to be hospitalized. He never fully recovered and died on October 6, 1882 at the age of forty-one. Nancy never remarried.
William and Nancy were both united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Pleasant Valley.
http://dallaspioneer.org/stories/pioneers.php?ID=94

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Medical Notes (Husband)

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During the war, Mr. Garrison's father served in the Confederate army, and at that time contracted disease from which he never recovered, and which caused his death. ¹

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General Notes (Wife)

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Mrs. Nan Poovey Garrison died Saturday night at the home of her grand-daughter, Mrs. Albert Fletcher, where she has made her home for several years. She had been in failing health for about two years and death was not unexpected.
She was born in South Carolina ninety years ago and came to Texas many years ago. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the Pleasant Valley Presbyterian Church, of which she was a member, by Rev. Russell of Garland, assisted by Rev. Jones of Fort Worth in the presence of a large crowd.
She was preceded in death by her husband and five children and is survived by five children, Jim Garrison of Rowlett, Will Garrison of Dallas, Mrs. Nan Sebastian of Garland and Mrs. Emma Fudge of Port Arthur; seventy-two grandchildren, one hundred twenty-three great grandchildren and twelve great great grand-children; one brother, Gus Poovey, and other relatives and friends.
Pallbearers were Will Willeford, Jim Parker, Ed Coyle, Sam Tomlinson, Reef Anderson and Clarence Stultz.
Interment was in Pleasant Valley Cemetery.
Sympathy is extended the bereaved family.

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1 Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company. 1892.), 634-635.

2 Cemetery, Pleasant Valley, Dallas Co, TX.

3 Garrison, Doug.

4 1860 York Co, SC Census (http://files.usgwarchives.net/sc/york/census/1860/), 417.

5 South Carolina Births (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~peaveysusa/PVSO/records/births/scarolina_births.html).

6 1910 Dallas Co, Texas Census, Pct. 3, Vol. 37, ED 88, Sheet 12.

7 1900 Dallas Co, Texas Census (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/), E 132 S 15.

8 Death Certificate, 33161.

9 The Dallas Daily Times Herald, June 28, 1897, p. 1, col. 3-4.

10 Thompson, Harvey J.

11 1880 Hickory Co, MO Census (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp), 516d.

12 1880 Dallas Co, TX Census (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp), 601c.

13 1900 Dallas Co, Texas Census (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/), E 132 S 5.

14 Death Certificate.

15 1900 Dallas Co, Texas Census (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/), E 132 S 17.

16 Ibid, E 131 S 4.