William Garrett (1920)

CLARK, GARRETT, WHITENACK

Posted By: Treva Patterson
Date: 6/24/2006 at 11:06:34

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, May 20, 1920

Death of William Garrett

The Kearney, Nebr. Democrat records the death on May 11, of William Garrett, the aged father of Miss Sarah Garrett, assistant registrar at the Kearney State Normal. Death came at the age of 92 years at the Garrett home in Fremont.

Mr. Garrett was an educator in the early days of Madison county, possibly being the organizer and teacher of the first school north of Winterset. He came here from Indiana in 1849 with a colony that settled in Lincoln township and made about the first government land entry in Madison township.

In 1851, Mr. Garrett opened a subscription school, but the cabin burned down within a week, but later taught successfully, Rufus Clark, being one of his pupils. Mr. Garrett's primitive school is given special mention in the history of this county.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, May 26, 1920
Page 1, Column 6

OLDEST RESIDENT OF FREMONT IS DEAD

Fremont, Nebraska, May 12 - (Special) – William Garrett, 96 years old, the oldest man in Fremont, died this morning.

The Garrett family was remarkable for the prominent people it gave to the educational world. Of five sons and three daughters who survive Mr. Garrett, four of the sons and one daughter are educators. M. J. Garrett is a teacher in El Paso, Texas; C. F. Garrett is superintendent of the schools at Fairfield, Ia.; E. O. Garrett is a salesman for the American Book Company; R. V. Garrett is superintendent of schools at Mammoth Springs, Arkansas, and Miss Sarah Garrett is assistant registrar at Kearney, Nebraska Normal school. The other children are J. M. Garrett of Plains, Montana; Mrs. A. J. Nichols, Fremont, and Mrs. Ella Whitenack, Waterloo, Iowa.

Mr. Garrett came to Nebraska in 1886, residing on a farm in Holt county. In 1890 he came to Fremont, which has since been his home. He was a member of the First Baptist church here. His wife died nine years ago.

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