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HISTORY OF DALLAJS_ COUNTY.
William F. Garrison, his father, was born
in York county, October 14, 1841, and was
there married, November 24, 1865, to Miss
Nancy II. E. Poovey. She too, was a native
of the same county, born August 23, 1846.
Four years after their marriage, in 1869,
they moved to Bradley county, Arkansas.
Following are the nalnes of William F. Garrison's
brothers and sisters: Peter; John;
James, who was killed in the war; Sallie, deceased,
wife of David Jackson; Mary, deceased;
and Zeine. William F. was next to
the youngest of the family. The members
composing the Poovey family are, Duncan;
Nancy E., mother of the subject of our
sketch; Robert; Kate; Augustus; James;
John and Mary; the last thiee are deceased.
To William F. Garrison and his wife were
born the following named children: Mary C.,
born September 2, 1866, and is now the wife
of William S. Tucker; James P., born January
9, 1868; Augustus; Emma, born February
5, 1871; John D., born July 22,. 1872;
William, born January 11, 1874; Cordelia E.,
born October 22, 1875; Nancy, born January
11, 1878; and Lois, born July 4, 1881. In
1879, 1Mr. Garrison moved from Arkansas to
Texas, where he rented land and farmed for
three years. His death occurred October 6,
1882, at the age of forty-one years.
After their father's death, Augustus and
his brother, J. P., continued to live with
their nlotler and cultivate the farm. After
renting for five years, they bought 120 acres
of improved land for their mother, and paid
for it. They have since purchased 200 acres
for themselves. All this land is well fenced,
eighty acres of the first farm and 130 acres
ot'theother being under cultivation. When
the family first came to Texas, and at the
father's death, they were in limited circumstances,
but the sons went earnestly to workto secure a home and now have their mother
comfortably fixed. They are industrious
young men, upright and honest in all their
dealings, and are bound to make their mark
in the world. They have had but little opportunity
for schooling, but have acquired
sufficient education to intelligently conduct
their farming operations. 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. Both parents had united
with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
and three of their daughters and the subject
of our sketch are members of the same
church.
tHOMAS B. FISHER dates his birth
in Kentucky, in 1833. His father,
a John Fisher, was a farmer in that
State; his mother, nee Margaret Barbour, a
native of Kentucky, died in Missouri, in
1849. They had eight children, viz.: Elizabeth,
who married John D. Rupard, by
whom she had twelve children, ten of whom
are living; Sarah Jane, wife of W. J. Rupard,
has six children; Thomas B., the subject of
this sketch; Robert H., who married Eliza
Ingles, by whom he had ten children, six of
whom are living; Mary Ann, who married
Reuben Hogg, by whom she had seven children,
four of whom are living; Isaac, who
wedded Caroline Beetman, had three children,
of whom two are living; Jennie, wife of
John Fisher, has seven children; Christopher
wedded Margaret Iunnicut, and five of their
seven children are now living. In 1850, the
father, John Fisher, married Paralee Rupard.
By her he had five children, four of whomsurvive, viz.: W. E. Fisher, who married
Fannie Martin, by whom he had eight chil
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Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas., book, 1892; Chicago, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20932/m1/683/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.