Garriott Family Genealogy
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CENSUS:
1850 Keokuk Co, IA census: has Thomas C Hopper 42, b. VA, Farmer w/ $550 RE; Dolly Harper 45, b. KY; Mary E Hopper 23, b. KY; Wm G Hopper 22, b. IN; and John H Hopper 14, b. IN.
Next door is the residence of Milton Britton 28, b. KY, Farmer; Nancy Britton 21, b. IN; and their three children.
1856 Keokuk Co, IA census: has EL Garriott 29, b. KY, Farmer; and Mary E Garriott 30, b. KY.
1860 Keokuk Co, IA census: has EL Garriott 33, b. KY, Farmer w/ $600 RE; Mary E Garriott 34, b. KY; Mary S Garriott 4, b. IA; and William W Garriott 1, b. IA.
1870 Wilson Co, KS Census: has EL Garrett 43, b. KY, Farmer; EJ Garrett 27, b. IN, Keeping House; WW Garrett 11, b. IA; JE Garrett 9, b. IA; AJ Garrett 9, b. KS; AC Garrett 9/12, b. KS; and Wm Parter 22, b. IN, Farm Laborer.
1880 Wilson Co, KS census: has Elijah L Garriott 53, b. KY, Farming; Emily J Garriott 38, Keeping House (measles); Joseph E Garriott 19, b. IA, at work on Farm; and Annie Rhodes 18, b. KS (step-daughter).
1880 Wilson Co, KS Production of Agriculture census: has Elijah L Garriott w/ 160 acres (60 tilled), worth $1,600, and 7 horses.
1900 Pueblo Co, CO census: has William W Garrett 41, b. IA, a Barber; Laura Garrett 36, b. MO (3 children-3 living); Ora Garrett 14, b. CO; May Garrett 10, b. CO; Maude Garrett 8, b. CO; Joseph Garrett 39, b. IA, Barber; Anna Garrett 34, b. IL (2 children-2 living); Lola Garrett 15, b. KS; and Ethel Garrett 11, b. CO.......... all Lodgers of Edward and Sybil Voorhees.
06-Elijah L Jr Garriott
Birth: 15 Dec 1826, Kentucky or Clark Co, IN
Home: Keokuk Co, IA
Death: 23 Nov 1887, Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS- age 60
Burial: Varner Cemetery
Military: Registered for Civil War Draft, Jun-Jul 1863 (a single, 37 year old Farmer, b. KY, resident of Keokuk Co, IA)
Father: Ambrose Jr Garriott
1st Marriage: about 1855, KY [Diane McPherson, dstone@twmi.rr.com]
1st Spouse: Mary E HOPPER
Birth: about 1827, KY
Death: 1863- age 36
Father: Thomas C Hopper (b. about 1801, KY)
Mother: Mary "Polly" Biggs (b. about 1805, KY)
1ST MARRIAGE: Elijah first married Emily and had three children:
07----MARY L GARRIOTT [b. 1856, Keokuk Co, IA];
07----WILLIAM WASHINGTON GARRIOTT [b. Apr 1859, Keokuk Co, IA; Seattle, King Co, WA], m. Laura Anna DREW [b. Sep 1869, MO] on 18 Sep 1884, Wilson Co, KS: Bk C/308 by T Woodard, had three children:
08----ORA ALOYISUS GARRIOTT [b. 30 Jul 1886, Pueblo, CO], SSN: 546-80-5082/??, m. Adelle TRIGILLO, had daughter:
09----LEORA D BOTTLE?? [b. 8 Dec 1908, Trinadad, CA], m. George F HOWE [b. 19 Jan 1906];
08----LAURA MAE GARRIOTT [b. 4 Dec 1889, CO], m. ___ McDONALD];
08----MAUDE GENIEVE MORRISON??? [b. 26 Feb 1892, Pueblo, CO], married 1st ___ SNEED, married 2nd Robert H MAPLES, son of A Maples and Sarah Bales of Knox, TN, had son:
09----MELVIN GARRIOTT MAPLES [b. 21 Sep 1909, Pueblo, CO; d. late 1970s, CA], m. Kathryn BREWER-- later divorced;
07----JOSEPH ELIJAH GARRIOTT [b. 4 Dec 1861, listed below].
2nd Marriage: about 1866????
2nd Spouse: Emily J RHODES
Birth: 1824, MO
1850 LAND PURCHASE: [Government Land Offfice Doc# 11252, pg 425, dated 1 Jan 1850, Jackson Co, MO] Elijah Garriott purchased 145.40 acres [SE4 Section 21 T19N R13E] in New Madrid or Pemiscot Co, MO from the government. This property is located in the far southeast part of the Missouri-- far from where other Garriotts moved to in Missouri from Indiana. May not be this Elijah.