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CENSUS:
     1910 Wilson Co, KS census: has JE Garrott 49, b. IA, Barber; Anna Garrott 44, b. IL; Leora Garriott 6, b. KS; and Rachel Dardy 66, b. IL (Widow, Mother-in-Law).
     1920 Wilson Co, KS census: has Joseph Garriot 58, b. OH, Barber-Barber Shop; Anne Garriot 54, b. IL; Leora Garriot 16, b. KS; Lela Thomas 35, b. KS, Sales Lady-Variety Store; Hesseler Thomas 10, b. MO (Grandson); and Charlotte Thomas 2-8/12, b. KS (Granddaughter).
     1930 Wilson Co, KS census: has Joe Garriott 68, b. IA, Proprietor-Barber Shop; and Anna Garriott 64, b. IL.
     1940 Wilson Co, KS census: has Anna Garriott 74, b. IL, w/ $1,800 Home Value; and Lula Thomas 55, b. KS.

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07-Joseph Elijah Garriott
Birth: 4 Dec 1861, Keokuk Co, IA
Death: 2 Feb 1933, Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS- age 71
Burial: Neodesha Cemetery
Occupation: Barber
Father: Elijah L Jr Garriott

Marriage: 24 Dec 1883, Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS: Bk C/248 by T Woodard
Spouse: Anna Ellen DERRY
Birth: 9 Sep 1865, IL (or Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS)
Death:10 May 1946, Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS- age 80
Burial: Neodesha Cemetery
Father: Charles W Derry (1825-1911)
Mother: Rachel Bogue (1843-1922)

    CHILDREN: Joseph and Anna had three daughters:
08----LALA G GARRIOTT [b. 16 Jan 1885, Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS; d. 13 Oct 1978, Snohomish Co, WA- age 93, bur. Forest Lawn Cemetetry], SSN: 509-05-4712/KS, m. Karl Jacob THOMAS [b. 9 Jun 1884, Ohio, d. 14 Jan 1950- age 65, lived Bremerton, WA] on 23 Dec 1906, Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS. He served in the military in WW1, was the son of Perl Jonathan THOMAS (1862-1943) and Ella May HOLCOMBE (1859-1930). They had two children:
     09----HEESELER JOSEPH THOMAS [b. 5 May 1909, Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO; d. 18 Mar 2004, Clallam Co, WA- age 94], m. Anna Alice HEATH, daughter of John Russell HEATH (1876-1950) and Mary Margaret MIKESELL (1883-1912) on 15 May 1929, Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS, lived in Bremerton, WA, had three sons:
          10----KENNETH JOSEPH THOMAS [b. 15 Jun 1931, Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS], a Yale graduate, m. Margaret Grace ORR , had two children:
          10----DAVID HEESELER THOMAS [b. 14 Mar 1937, Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS], m. Joyce Dianna VISSER, lived in Seattle, King Co, WA, had two children:
          10----GREGORY LOWELL THOMAS [b. 13 Aug 1938, Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS], a Yale graduate, m. Peggy Carole BUELL on 20 Jul 1962.
     09----CHARLOTTE LOUISE THOMAS [b. 21 May 1917, Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS], m. Edwin Leon HALLAM [b.31 Mar 1916, Crook, CO], the son of James Melvin HALLAM and Emmaline BIVENS. They lived in Bremerton, WA. Charlotte 2nd married Melvin Leroy ELLIOTT on 25 Feb 1952? Charlotte and Edwin had a daughter.
          10----LEORA KAY HALLAM [b. 7 Nov 1938], m. Ronald Gene BEDFORD, had four?children:
08----ETHEL GARRIOTT [b. 20 Jun 1888, Pueblo Co, CO (or Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS); d. 25 Dec 1983, Montgomery Co, KS- age 95, bur. Neodesha Cemetery], SSN: 513-07-3143/KS, m. 1st George A REVES [d. Jan 1935], had two sons:

09----MELVIN GARRIOTT REVES [b. 16 Dec 1907, Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS; d. 23 Oct 1932, Neodesha, Wilson Co KS- age 24, bur. Neodesha Cemetery], m. Pauline ___;

09----TOM ARTHUR REVES [b. 4 Apr 1910, Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS; d. 16 Apr 2004, Middleton, Butler Co, OH- age 94, bur. Neodesha Cemetery], m. Ramona Charlene AYARS [b. 22 Sep 1913, Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS; d. 12 Dec 2007, Bath, Franklin Co, IN- age 94, bur. Neodesha Cemetery], daughter of Charles Ayars (1870 - 1947) and Manerva Way Gastenau (1874 - 1944);

     Ethel m. 2nd Emmett SMALLEY; and
08----LEORA VIOLA GARRIOTT [b. 29 Apr 1904, Wilson Co, KS; d. 9 Feb 1933- age 28, bur. Neodesha Cemetery], m. George A HORNER [b. 6 Jan 1899, Montgomery Co, KS; d. 21 Apr 1988, Wilson Co, KS- age 89, bur. Neodesha Cemetery], had daughter:
     09----JOANN HORNER, m. Dean BEARD.

     1931 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: Glances & Observations. Quote: "Heeseler (note they use that extra third e) Thomas has given up his position in another line of business and opened a music store in the Winter Building in Neodesha, KS. Mr Thomas is placing in stock a general line of musical merchandise, radios, and will take a piano agency." There is supposed to be an extensive archive at arcade-museum.com/library/. [information provided by _________, who states, "In my search, I found an article from the 1931 Presto-Times (apparently for the music industry) On page 13 of this section."]

1932 OBITUARY: Melvin Garriott Reves, 24, passed away at the Wilson County Hospital from the effects of a ruptured appendix. The husband of Pauline Reves, they resided at 314 North 6th Street in Neodesha. He was the son of George Reves, born near Chanute, Kansas, and Ethel Garriott, born in Pueblo, Colorado.

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1988 OBITUARY: George Horner and his wife Leora Garriott Horner has one daughter, Joann Horner who married Dean Beard. According to his Loran Fawcett Funeral Home Burial Record 592, 34, and 70, he was a Veteran of World War I, serving in the Army. A Neodesha resident at 1010 Lincoln Street, he was the husband of Freda Horner. He passed away at the age of 89 years, 3 months, and 17 days, at the Wilson County Hospital. He had worked for the Frisco Railroad, where he retired from his position as a switchman.
Born in Cherryvale, Kansas, he was the son of Elzy Horner and Nettie Lillie. A Kansas resident for 64 years, his memorial service, arranged by Freda Horner, was conducted April 26, 1988, at the First Christian Church, with Reverends Dave Cheshier and Carl Dean presiding.

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     2004 OBITUARY: Former Bremerton resident Heeseler J Thomas, 94, of Snohomish died March 18 in Snohomish. He was born in Kansas City, MO, to Karl Jacob and Lala (Garriott) Thomas. He graduated from high school in Neodesha, KS, in 1927.
   In 1929, he married Anna Heath, the mother of his three sons. She preceded him in death.
   In 1974, he married Laurel Day. She also preceded him in death. Mr Thomas lived in Bremerton from 1943 to 1972. He worked as a naval electrician at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for 29 years, retiring in 1972.
     He was affiliated with the Presbyterian church, and served as an elder in congregations in Neodesha, Bremerton and Snohomish. He volunteered for a year in the audio-visual center of the Evangelical Church of Sudan in Khartoum.
     Mr Thomas had a lifelong love of music. He enjoyed playing saxophone and clarinet in a number of musical groups and entertained at nursing homes in the Snohomish area.
     Survivors include three sons, Kenneth Thomas and his wife, Margaret, of New York City, David Thomas and his wife, Joyce of Port Angeles and Gregory Thomas and his wife, Norma, of Phoenix; six grandchildren; and 8 great-grandchildren. (only 5 grandchildren are descendants, with 10 great-grandchildren) [re: Melanie Thomas Armstrong]
     A memorial service will be at 3 pm Monday at First Presbyterian Church of Snohomish. Inturnment will be in Bremerton under the direction of Bauer Funeral Chapel of Snohomish.
     Memorial donations may be made to the Mission Fund or the Student Scholarship Fund of Snohomish First Presbyterian Church, PO Box 298, Snohomish, WA 98291.

[The Sun, Snohomish, WA, 27 Mar 2004]

1983 OBITUARY: Ethel Smalley was born June 20, 1888 in Pueblo, Colorado, the daughter of Joseph Garriott, born in Keokuk, Iowa, and Anna Ellen Derry, born in Vermont, Illinois. She first married George A Reves and later married Emmett Smalley.
She passed away on Christmas day, December 2 of 1983 in Montgomery County, Kansas, probably Sycamore. Her memorial service was held at her graveside in Neodesha Cemetery, arranged by Mrs Truman Justice of Sycamore, Kansas, with Reverend Earl Perry, a Protestant, officiating. Information taken from her burial record at the Loran Fawcett Funeral Home in Neodesha.

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 2007 OBITUARY: From a close relative: Probably the oldest Neodesha High School graduate passed away December 12, 2007. Ramona Charlene Ayars Reves, NHS 1932, died at the age of 94. She was the wife of Tom A Reves (d. 2004) and the last surviving daughter of Charles & Minnie Ayars. Sent by her daughter, Pamala Reves Drake. Neodesha Derry Fulton was Pamala's great, great aunt (and the first white person born in Neodesha).

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