07-Carter Garriott
Birth: 7 Feb 1883, Jasper Co, IN
Home: Jasper and Lake Co, IN in 1925
Death: 3 Oct 1947, Thayer, Newton Co, IN- Bowel obstruction, perforation- age 64
Burial: Calumet Park Cemetery
Occupation: Farmer, Millworker, Rigger-Steel Mill
Father: Melville Hudson Garriott

Marriage:12 Jun 1900, Jasper Co, IN: Bk 3/533
Spouse: Leota Myrtle BURNS
Birth: 28 Apr 1885, Aix, Jasper Co, IN
Death: 18 Jun 1940, Hobart, Lake Co, IN- Streptococci Infection- age 55
Burial: Calumet Park Cemetery
Father: Charles Burns
Mother: Emily Keener

[Photo of Leo (l) and Leonard Garriott about 1927/28 in Tolleston (Gary), IN, courtesy of Douglas Dale Sr Garriott]

     CHILDREN: Carter and Leota had the following children:
08----HOWARD CARTER GARRIOTT [b. 28 Oct 1900, Jasper Co, IN: Bk H2/143; d. 28 Jan 1901- age 3 mo, bur. Prater Cemetery];
08----EMILY MARIE GARRIOTT [b. 1902, listed below];
08----LILLIAN PAULINE GARRIOTT [b. 16 Apr 1904, Jasper Co, IN: Bk H3/1; d. Oct 1904, of Pneumonia- age 6 mo, bur. Prater Cemetery];
08----OPAL GENEVA GARRIOTT [b. 1906, listed below];
08----LEONARD EDWARD GARRIOTT [b. 1908, listed below];
08----LEO ORR GARRIOTT [b. 1911, listed below];
08----LEOTA BERNIECE [Lucille?] GARRIOTT [b. 9 Jan 1913, Jasper Co, IN: Bk H4/116];
08----RUSSELL IRVING GARRIOTT [b. 1914, listed below];
08----Unnamed Male GARRIOTT [b. stillborn 12 May 1918, Aix, Jasper Co, IN];
08----THELMA GENEVIEVE GARRIOTT [b. 1922, listed below]; and
08----CHARLOTTE JEANETTE GARRIOTT [b. premature 15 Jun 1927, Gary, Lake Co, IN; d. 20 Jun 1927, Gary, Lake Co, IN- age 5 days, bur. Prater Cemetery].

     CENSUS:
     1910 Jasper Co, IN census: has (all b. IN) Carter Garriott 27, Farmer-General Farm; Leota M Garriott 25 (5 children-3 living); Marie Garriott 8; Opal Garriott 4; Leonard Garriott 8-8/12; and Melville Garriott 56 (Father).
     1920 Jasper Co, IN census: has (all b. IN) Carter Garriott 36, Farmer-General Farm; Leotta Garriott 24; Marie Garriott 17 (married); Opal Garriott 13; Lenord Garriott 11; Leo Garriott 8; Berniece Garriott 6; and Russel Garriott 5.
     1930 Lake Co, IN census: has (all b. IN) Carter Garriott 47, Laborer-Steel Mill; Leola M Garriott 44; Leonard Garriott 21, Laborer-Bolt Works; Leo Garriott 19, Sorter-Bolt Works; Bernie Garriott 17; Russell Garriott 15; Genevive Garriott 7; Opal G McKay 23 (married), Housework-In Home; and Jeannette V McKay 2 (Granddaughter).
     1940 Jasper Co, IN census: has (all b. IN) Carter Garriott 57, Rigger-Steel Mill; Leota Garriott 54; and Genevive Garriott 17.

     1940 OBITUARY: Mrs Carter Garriott, sister of Mrs Grover Mackey and Glen Burns, whose lifetime until 14 years ago was spent in the Aix community, died at her home in Hobart Tuesday. Her death resulted from Streptococci infection, thought to have developed from a throat abrasion caused by a fish bone.
     Mrs Garriott was the daughter of Charles and Emily Burns, for many years resident of the Aix community. She was born at Aix fifty five years ago, and that community remained her place of residence until fourteen years ago, since which time she has lived in Gary and Hobart, Indiana. Her husband, seven children, three brothers and three sisters are the immediate survivors. The children are: Mrs Marie Brouhard, Mrs Opal Maher, Leonard, Leo, Berniece, Russell and Genevieve.
     Funeral services will be held at the Hobart Methodist Church at two o'clock, Thursday, Interment will be at Calumet Park Cemetery.

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     1947 OBITUARY: Carter Garriott, former resident of Jasper County, passed away on Friday October 3, 1947, after a serious operation at the Methodist Hospital in Gary, Indiana. He spent his boyhood at Blackford and Aix, Indiana and on June 12, 1900 he was united in marriage with Leota Burns. To this union were born ten children, three of whom died in infancy. The family resided in Jasper County until 1925 when they moved to Gary. His parents preceded him in death, his mother Etta died in 1886, and his father Melville died in 1937. For a few years the family resided in Hobart and while living there he lost his beloved wife and companion Leota, on Jun 18, 1940.

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