Memorial of W. A. Garrett, born Oct 11 1848, died Jan 16 1944 - W. A. Garrett, son of James
W. and Ann T. (Perry) Garrett, was born October 11, 1848, in a little log house on the farm
where he died. When at the age of seven years, his parents bought a farm some three miles
west, where he was reared to manhood. During the Civil War, while his father was away in the
Army, he, a boy of fourteen years, took the care of his mother and sisters, working as faithfully
as if he had been a grown man. Mr. Garrett and Miss Alice Walker were married February 16,
1871, living in a house on his fatherís farm for four years. In 1875 they purchased the present
home where he spent 76 years of his life, passing away January 16, 1944, after a few days
illness. Mr. and Mrs. Garrett made the home what it is today, after a number of happy years
together. They were the parents of six children, five daughters, Ivy L. (Mrs. Geo. Munday), now
deceased; Mary Edna, (Mrs. J. M. Powell of Leeton); Daisy C. (Mrs. J. B. Scott of Windsor);
Linnie A. (Mrs. Arch Kavanaugh, now deceased)); Nellie W. (Mrs. J. O. Reynolds of St. Louis),
and one son Robert L. of Leeton, whose wife was Miss Myrtle Glazebrook. He leaves one
sister, Mrs. W. E. Botts of Sedalia. Mr. Garrett united with the Sardis Baptist Church at Leeton,
Missouri in June 1920. In November of that year he and Miss Mollie Dyer, of St. Joseph, were
married, who survives him. He also leaves to mourn his passing, seven grandchildren, namely:
Mildred Powell of Leeton; Clara Bell, (Mrs. H. B. Harrop of Mission, Texas); Lewis G. Munday
of Odessa, Missouri; Frederick W. Kavanaugh of New Brunswich, New Jersey; Herbert L.
Kavanaugh of Rosemead, California; Alice Belle, (Mrs. A. G. Harvey Jr. of St. Louis) and
Dorothy Ann Reynolds of St. Louis. One grandson, William J. Reynolds passed away March 22,
1943. There are five great grandchildren:: Garrett Munday; Jerry Nolan Harrop; McNeil, Mollie
Lynn, and David Andrew Kavanaugh. Also a number of nieces and nephews. The funeral service
was held Tuesday afternoon at the Baptist Church in Windsor, conducted by Elder E. D. Botts,
of Sedalia, Pastor of the Primitive Baptist Church, of Leeton Mo., where Mr. Garrett was a
member; he was assisted by Elder Wm. Pollard, of Independence, Mo., his former pastor; Rev.
E. H. Michalkowsky of the Windsor Baptist church also assisted. Pallbearers were J. M. Powell,
John Scott, Joe Reynolds, George Munday, H. A. Barber, Logan Sutherland, the first four being
sons-in-law of Mr. Garrett. Burial was in Laurel Oak Cemetery. Mr. Garrett had cherished a hope
in Godís saving grace some fifty years before uniting with the Sardis Primitive Baptist church at
Leeton, Mo. After having been a member for a few years, he was heard to say that he had
enjoyed the meetings more in that short time than in all the years he had lived outside the church.
He had always been a financial supporter and regular attendant of the church. He often said "I
have attended Sardis longer than anyone now living, for I was first carried there in my Motherís
arms." His Father and Mother were members of Sardis in the early years of its existence; the
church is now one hundred and four years old. In former days Mr. Garrett owned a herd of
high-grade Red Polled cows which were his pride and joy; they attracted the attention of visitors
and his neighbors and friends. He never lost interest in his daily and weekly papers, and loved to
read his church paper, the Messenger of Peace, until the Lord called him home. His birth
occurred the year gold was discovered in California and thus his life spans the same period that
saw the development of the West. He was born in the cabin home when that was the usual
building and when this part of Missouri was considered part of the frontier of the United States.
He liked to talk about the many changes that he had witnessed. When he was a lad there were no
roads and very few fences. The settlers traveled by direction and they obtained their supplies
from Lexington and Boonville, river ports. Mr. Garrett still believed there was much genuine
pleasure in those ìgood old daysî of long ago. He said that the young people were not shy of
simple pleasures and amusements, but enjoyed themselves immensely at house-raisings, corn
huskings, spinning, quilting and apple-paring "bees" and country dances. The social conditions
were the very best and there was not to be found an inhospitable family in all the country.
Horseback riding was the inevitable rule and everyone, who could possibly go, attended church,
many men and women coming on horseback from long distances. He had a few reminders of
some pioneer customs in a skillet, a crane and in parts of a primitive loom, all of them much over
one hundred years old. W. A. Garrettís mother, Ann Tandy (Perry) Garrett, was born in Kentucky
and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William T. Perry, settled in this part of Missouri in 1837 and were
prominent pioneers of Henry and Johnson counties. His father James Washington Garrett, was
born October 23, 1832 in North Carolina and his parents were James and Elizabeth (Sims)
Garrett; both of English ancestry. Elizabeth was born August 31, 1792, in Virginia and her
parents were Thomas and Amy (Wall) Sims. Thomas Sims was born April 24, 1758, and was a
soldier in the colonial army in the Revolutionary War and his father Thomas Sims, Sr. was also
thought to have been a soldier in that was. Amy Wall was the third generation of the Wall family
in America, her great grandfather, Robert Wall, having come across and settled in the Maryland
colony about 200 years ago. Her parents were Zacariah and Annie (Everett) Wall. Amy (Wall)
Sims lived to be 90 years of age. James Washington Garrett was the second son in a family of
twelve children, eleven of who, grew to maturity, married and reared families. James W. came to
Missouri with his parents in 1843 and engaged in farming. He was in the tobacco business and
very prosperous when the civil war began. He served in the Confederate army and he and his
brother, Robert, were in the battle of Lone Jack, Robert being killed in that battle. After James
W. Returned to his large farm at the close of the war, he gave his entire attention to stock raising
and agricultural pursuits until his death in 1882. According to Cockrellís history James Garrett
came to Missouri from Maryland in 1843. He was born on his fatherís plantation in that state.
However, it seems more likely that he sojourned several years in North Carolina immediately
preceding his journey to Missouri. Upon his arrival he purchased 320 acres of land in Jefferson
township and engaged in farming and stockraising, becoming one of the most prosperous and
influential citizens of his day in the county. He died in 1849.
Source: Allan G. Joyce, ajgumtree@skybest.com
W. and Ann T. (Perry) Garrett, was born October 11, 1848, in a little log house on the farm
where he died. When at the age of seven years, his parents bought a farm some three miles
west, where he was reared to manhood. During the Civil War, while his father was away in the
Army, he, a boy of fourteen years, took the care of his mother and sisters, working as faithfully
as if he had been a grown man. Mr. Garrett and Miss Alice Walker were married February 16,
1871, living in a house on his fatherís farm for four years. In 1875 they purchased the present
home where he spent 76 years of his life, passing away January 16, 1944, after a few days
illness. Mr. and Mrs. Garrett made the home what it is today, after a number of happy years
together. They were the parents of six children, five daughters, Ivy L. (Mrs. Geo. Munday), now
deceased; Mary Edna, (Mrs. J. M. Powell of Leeton); Daisy C. (Mrs. J. B. Scott of Windsor);
Linnie A. (Mrs. Arch Kavanaugh, now deceased)); Nellie W. (Mrs. J. O. Reynolds of St. Louis),
and one son Robert L. of Leeton, whose wife was Miss Myrtle Glazebrook. He leaves one
sister, Mrs. W. E. Botts of Sedalia. Mr. Garrett united with the Sardis Baptist Church at Leeton,
Missouri in June 1920. In November of that year he and Miss Mollie Dyer, of St. Joseph, were
married, who survives him. He also leaves to mourn his passing, seven grandchildren, namely:
Mildred Powell of Leeton; Clara Bell, (Mrs. H. B. Harrop of Mission, Texas); Lewis G. Munday
of Odessa, Missouri; Frederick W. Kavanaugh of New Brunswich, New Jersey; Herbert L.
Kavanaugh of Rosemead, California; Alice Belle, (Mrs. A. G. Harvey Jr. of St. Louis) and
Dorothy Ann Reynolds of St. Louis. One grandson, William J. Reynolds passed away March 22,
1943. There are five great grandchildren:: Garrett Munday; Jerry Nolan Harrop; McNeil, Mollie
Lynn, and David Andrew Kavanaugh. Also a number of nieces and nephews. The funeral service
was held Tuesday afternoon at the Baptist Church in Windsor, conducted by Elder E. D. Botts,
of Sedalia, Pastor of the Primitive Baptist Church, of Leeton Mo., where Mr. Garrett was a
member; he was assisted by Elder Wm. Pollard, of Independence, Mo., his former pastor; Rev.
E. H. Michalkowsky of the Windsor Baptist church also assisted. Pallbearers were J. M. Powell,
John Scott, Joe Reynolds, George Munday, H. A. Barber, Logan Sutherland, the first four being
sons-in-law of Mr. Garrett. Burial was in Laurel Oak Cemetery. Mr. Garrett had cherished a hope
in Godís saving grace some fifty years before uniting with the Sardis Primitive Baptist church at
Leeton, Mo. After having been a member for a few years, he was heard to say that he had
enjoyed the meetings more in that short time than in all the years he had lived outside the church.
He had always been a financial supporter and regular attendant of the church. He often said "I
have attended Sardis longer than anyone now living, for I was first carried there in my Motherís
arms." His Father and Mother were members of Sardis in the early years of its existence; the
church is now one hundred and four years old. In former days Mr. Garrett owned a herd of
high-grade Red Polled cows which were his pride and joy; they attracted the attention of visitors
and his neighbors and friends. He never lost interest in his daily and weekly papers, and loved to
read his church paper, the Messenger of Peace, until the Lord called him home. His birth
occurred the year gold was discovered in California and thus his life spans the same period that
saw the development of the West. He was born in the cabin home when that was the usual
building and when this part of Missouri was considered part of the frontier of the United States.
He liked to talk about the many changes that he had witnessed. When he was a lad there were no
roads and very few fences. The settlers traveled by direction and they obtained their supplies
from Lexington and Boonville, river ports. Mr. Garrett still believed there was much genuine
pleasure in those ìgood old daysî of long ago. He said that the young people were not shy of
simple pleasures and amusements, but enjoyed themselves immensely at house-raisings, corn
huskings, spinning, quilting and apple-paring "bees" and country dances. The social conditions
were the very best and there was not to be found an inhospitable family in all the country.
Horseback riding was the inevitable rule and everyone, who could possibly go, attended church,
many men and women coming on horseback from long distances. He had a few reminders of
some pioneer customs in a skillet, a crane and in parts of a primitive loom, all of them much over
one hundred years old. W. A. Garrettís mother, Ann Tandy (Perry) Garrett, was born in Kentucky
and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William T. Perry, settled in this part of Missouri in 1837 and were
prominent pioneers of Henry and Johnson counties. His father James Washington Garrett, was
born October 23, 1832 in North Carolina and his parents were James and Elizabeth (Sims)
Garrett; both of English ancestry. Elizabeth was born August 31, 1792, in Virginia and her
parents were Thomas and Amy (Wall) Sims. Thomas Sims was born April 24, 1758, and was a
soldier in the colonial army in the Revolutionary War and his father Thomas Sims, Sr. was also
thought to have been a soldier in that was. Amy Wall was the third generation of the Wall family
in America, her great grandfather, Robert Wall, having come across and settled in the Maryland
colony about 200 years ago. Her parents were Zacariah and Annie (Everett) Wall. Amy (Wall)
Sims lived to be 90 years of age. James Washington Garrett was the second son in a family of
twelve children, eleven of who, grew to maturity, married and reared families. James W. came to
Missouri with his parents in 1843 and engaged in farming. He was in the tobacco business and
very prosperous when the civil war began. He served in the Confederate army and he and his
brother, Robert, were in the battle of Lone Jack, Robert being killed in that battle. After James
W. Returned to his large farm at the close of the war, he gave his entire attention to stock raising
and agricultural pursuits until his death in 1882. According to Cockrellís history James Garrett
came to Missouri from Maryland in 1843. He was born on his fatherís plantation in that state.
However, it seems more likely that he sojourned several years in North Carolina immediately
preceding his journey to Missouri. Upon his arrival he purchased 320 acres of land in Jefferson
township and engaged in farming and stockraising, becoming one of the most prosperous and
influential citizens of his day in the county. He died in 1849.
Source: Allan G. Joyce, ajgumtree@skybest.com
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