07-Laura Alice Garriott
Birth: 28 Feb 1864, Austin, Scott Co, IN
Home: move to Jasper Co, IN between 1889 and 1892
Death: 29 Dec 1937, Wheatfield, Jasper Co, IN: Bk D11/169- age 73
Burial: Prater Cemetery
Father: William Washington Garriott

Marriage:17 Dec 1885, Scott Co, IN: Bk 6/93
Spouse: William Wier HARROD
Birth: 4 Jun 1862, Deputy, Jefferson Co, IN
Death: 9 Nov 1942, Wheatfield, Jasper Co, IN- age 80
Burial: Prater Cemetery
Father: Francis Marion Harrod (1838-1913)
Mother: Elizabeth Jewelly Earhart (1840-1910)

    CHILDREN: Laura and William had seven children:
08----CURTIS SHERMAN HARROD [b. 7 Feb 1887, Scott Co, IN; d. 18 Dec 1941, San Diego Co, CA- age 54], m. Bessie Dobson TIER [b. 1892, SD], daughter of John H Tier (1854-) and Amelia B ___ (1857-), on 18 May 1916, Perkins Co, SD, lived in Bison, SD;
08----BURLIE HOYT HARROD [b. 1889, listed below];
08----HALLECK MORTON HARROD [b. 14 Dec 1890, Scottsburg, Scott Co, IN; d. before Dec 1952], m. Grace ___, lived in CA, had three children:
      09----CORA EILENE HARROD, had unknown child; 
      09----KENNETH HARROD;
      09----HARRY HARROD;
08----SOPHRONIA ELIZABETH HARROD [b. 1892, listed below];
08----L DEWEY HARROD [b. 1894, Jasper Co, IN; d. 1900, Jasper Co, IN- age 6];
08----CORA MARIE HARROD [b. 28 May 1897; d. 14 Mar 1927, Colorado Springs, El Paso Co, CO- age 29, bur. Cedar Hill Cemetery], m. Clifford HAMILTON, had two daughters: [a Clifford C Hamilton (1896-1972) was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, served in US Army in WW1]
     09----HARRIET HAMILTON;
     09----HAZEL IRENE HAMILTON, had two children:
          10----WILLIAM CLIFFORD ___;
          10----CYNTHIA ___; and
08----JOHN D HARROD [b. Oct 1899, IN].

     CENSUS:
     1880 Scott Co, IN census: has Isaac D Herrod 61, b. IN, Farmer; Matilda Herrod 56, b. OH, Keeping House; Lauratta Herrod 32, b. IN; Charles Herrod 16, Laborer, b. IN; ML Herrod 14, b. IN; and Laura Garriott 16, b. IN (Granddaughter).
     1900 Jasper Co, IN census has: William Harrod 37, Farm Laborer; Laina A Harrod 35; Curtis S Harrod 13, at School; Burley Harrod 11, at School; Halleck N Harrod 8, at School; Sophrona E Harrod 7, at School; Cora M Harrod 3; and John D Harrod 7/12.
     1920 Jasper Co, IN census has: William W Harrod 57, Laborer- Dredge Boat; and Laura Harrod 55.
     1920 Perkins Co, SD census has: Curtiss S Harrod 33, b. IN; Bessie D Harrod 28, b. IA; and Grace J Russell 24, b. IA, Lodger.
     1930 Perkins Co, SD census has: Curtis S Harrod 43, b. IN, w/ $3,500 in RE; B Dodson Harrod 39, b. SD; Agnes C Sullivan 30, b. IA, Boarder; Daniel R Perkins 58, b. NE, Roomer; Noble Garnos 24, b. SD, Roomer; George S Henry 21, b. SD, Roomer; and Ernest Roebuck 31, b. SD, Roomer.

     BIOGRAPHY: Laura, the only child to survive to adulthood, was orphaned at the age of seven and raised by her paternal grandparents in Jasper Co, IN. Perhaps by her maternal grandparents in Scott Co, IN as well. Laura and William lived in Jefferson Co, IN after their marriage. They later moved to Colorado Springs, CO for four years, then to Jasper Co, IN. Laura Garriott 16, granddaughter, is enumerated in the 1880 Scott Co, IN census with Isaac D Herrod 61, Farmer, and Matilda Herrod 58.

     1937 OBITUARY: Mrs Laura Alice Harrod, a resident of Wheatfield for over 22 years, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs Ross Ropp, in Wheatfield, Wednesday morning at seven o'clock. The death of this estimable lady came as a result of complications attendant upon her advanced age of nearly 74 years.
     Mrs Harrod was born at Austin, Indiana, on February 28, 1864. She was the daughter of William and Sophronia Garriott. On December 17, 1885, she was united in marriage with William Harrod, in Jefferson County, Indiana, where the young couple started housekeeping. They resided for four years at Colorado Springs, CO, coming to Jasper County 22 years ago from Jefferson County and have since been residents of this county.
     Six children came to grace the home of Mr and Mrs Harrod, four of whom survive. They are: Curtis, of Bison, SD; Burley Harrod and Mrs Ross Ropp of Wheatfield; and Halleck Harrod of CA. Mrs Cora Hamilton died in 1927 and Dewey Harrod died in 1900. The deceased is survived by two brothers?? in addition to her husband and the four above named children.
     Funeral services will be conducted from the Ross Ropp residence in Wheatfield Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock with the Rev Downey officiating. Interment will be made in the Prater cemetery. The body was removed from the John E Worland funeral home Thursday afternoon to the Ropp home.

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