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07-Perry Elmer Garriott
Birth: 12 Apr 1894, Jasper Co, IN (no record)
Home: rural Benton Co, IN
Death: 7 Jul 1949, St Elizabeth's Hospital, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co, IN- age 55
Burial: 10 Jul 1949, Weston Cemetery: Bk 3/89
Occupation: Farmer
Military: US Army, WW1: France: Corp, Battery A, 81st Field Artillery, 1917-19
Father: Albert Monroe Garriott

[DG photos, Iva Fern Blankenship below right, cir 1955, Perry Elmer Garriott right, below photo, Perry and Iva wedding, 1922, Donald Garriott (HS basketball pic & brother's wedding, 1945), Gordon Garriott, cir 1934; far below Garriott family- cir 1946]

Marriage: 24 Mar 1922, Michigan City, LaPorte Co, IN, by Allen J Snook, JP

(this record was on page 500 of a 500 page record book --about 3 inches thick,

the actual page-- after 80 years of use-- was missing, although this couple

was still listed in the index)
Spouse: Iva Fern "Doll" BLANKENSHIP
Birth: 3 May 1903, Monon, White Co, IN [no record]
Home: Benton, Jasper, and Tippecanoe Co, IN
Death: 9 Sep 1993, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co, IN- age 90
Burial: 13 Sep 1993, Weston Cemetery: Bk 3/89
Occupation: Housewife; SSN: 309-40-8540/IN
Education: Attended Indiana Academy, Cicero, IN-- 1919-21
Father: James Montague Blankenship (1872-1957)
Mother: Minnie Alice Huber (1877-1948)
(Iva is not listed on any 1920 census that can be found. She would have been

17 years old at the time and might have been at Cicero Boarding School)

     CHILDREN: Perry and Iva had twelve children:
08----BETTY LEE GARRIOTT [b. 1922, listed below];
08----ELVIN MONROE "AUB" GARRIOTT [b.1924, listed below];
08----LULU BELLE "LU" GARRIOTT [b.1925, listed below];
08----DONALD EUGENE GARRIOTT [b. 20 Sep 1927, Benton County, IN: Bk H16/21; d. 26 Nov 2020, St Mary's Hospital, Reno, Washoe Co, NV- age 93, bur. Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Fernley, NV], a Long Haul Trucker, attended Freeland Park HS, class of 1945, 1950-52, lived in CA & Washoe Co, NV; Donald [ER 55.031.374] was drafted into the US Army during the Korean Conflict. He was a Private 1st Class, inducted 28 Sep 1950 in

Benton Co, IN and discharged 25 Sep 1952; Bk 4/58;
[DG photo-HS Basketball, and in 1945]
08----GERALD ARNOLD "JERRY" GARRIOTT [b. 1929, listed below];
08----JOANNA GARRIOTT [b. 1932, listed below];
08----MAX ALBERT GARRIOTT [b. 1934, listed below]; 
08----GORDON KEITH GARRIOTT [b. 6 Sep 1935, Benton County, IN- no record; d.

1 Jun 1938, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, IN- age almost 3, bur. 4 Jun 1938, Weston Cemetery: Bk 3/89].
     Gordon, as a three-year-old child, ran out into the road in front of the

farmhouse where the family lived in Benton County, IN. He was hit by a truck driven by a teenage son of a neighbor and was killed.  Perry was called from the field and hustled Gordon to the hospital in Lafayette.  Iva did artificial respiration during the drive, but he died at the hospital. ​
[photos at right are Gordon Keith Garriott, alongside his father on a Military horse, cir 1918, from military][Gordon photo courtesy of Lulu Belle Garriott & website author, Perry on horse courtesy of US Army]]
08----FRANKLIN DELANO GARRIOTT [b. 4 Jul 1937, Benton County, IN: Bk H20A/33;

d. 28 Nov 2008, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co, IN- age 71, bur. Weston Cemetery], SSN: 312-38-2241/IN, lived in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co, IN, an Accountant, graduated from Gilboa HS, Benton Co, IN, class of 1956, served in the US Navy, Stationed at San Diego, CA;
08----JANICE ARLENE GARRIOTT [b. 1939, listed below];
08----DORIS ELAINE GARRIOTT [b. 1940, listed below]; and
08----WAYNE DOUGLAS GARRIOTT [b. 1942, Benton Co, IN].

[DG photo, family, cir. 1945]

[DG photo at bottom is the Old Homestead, Benton Co, IN, since demolished]

     CENSUS:
     1920 South 1/2 of Marion Twp, Jasper Co, IN census: has (all b. IN) Abert

M Garriott 69, Farmer-Gen Farm (could not read or write), Farmer; Phobe Garriott

66 (could not read or write); and Perry E Garriott 25, Working on Home Farm.
     1930 Benton Co, IN census: has (all b. IN) Perry L Garriott 36, Farmer-Farm,

Veteran; Iva F Garriott 27; Betty L Garriott 7; Elvin M Garriott 6; Lullavelle Garriott 4;

Donald E Garriott 2; and Gerald A Garriott 3/12.
     1940 Benton Co, IN census: has (all b. IN) Perry E Garriott 48, Farmer-Farm;

Iva (not Clua) F Garriott 36; Betty L Garriott 17; Elvin M Garriott 16; Lulubelle Garriott

14; Donald E Garriott 12; Gerald A Garriott 10; Joan Garriott 8; Max A Garriott 6;

Franklin D Garriott 2; Janice A Garriott 8/12.

     1950 Benton Co, IN census: has Iva F Garriott 46 Head,; Gerald A Garriott 20, Farm Hand; Joan Garriott 18; Max A Garriott 16, Farm Hand; Franklin D Garriott 12; Janice A Garriott 10; Doris E Garriott 9; and Wayne D Garriott 8.

     BIOGRAPHY: Perry was born in Jasper County, IN. He rented and farmed near Pleasant Ridge in Jasper Co, IN. Later, about 1921, he was a sharecrop farmer [320 acres] west of Fowler, IN, in Benton County near Freeland Park. He also farmed 100 acres of his own land near Wadena, in Benton Co, IN. In 1948 he sold the 100 acres and purchased a 240-acre farm in Gilboa Township, Benton County, IN, south of Remington. He died the following year. His obituary states he was a former resident of Freeland Park, Indiana, and that he died at St Elizabeth's Hospital in Lafayette, Indiana where he had been for three weeks.

[website author]

    MILITARY: 23 Perry was a World War 1 veteran [US 2.376.872].  Prior to military service Perry worked in Cadillac, MI, for three months in the "Ruttle Room" of a foundry that cleaned and smoothed up castings. Prior to that he worked for his father on the farm in Jasper County, IN. He joined the army on 22 Sep 1917 at Columbus Barracks, OH, had basic training at Ft Sill, OK, and was shipped to France in November of 1918. The war ended during his voyage to France, and, in January 1919, he was shipped back to the United States and discharged February, 1919. After returning from the war, he married Iva Fern Blankenship of Jasper County, IN.
     PENSION: 23 In June, 1931, Perry applied for a disability pension [C-1.809.322] claiming heart trouble. He had been treated at the base hospital at Ft Sill, OK, from 8-16 Oct 1918 for influenza and valvular heart disease. He was described as 160#, 72" tall, with brown hair, blue eyes, and ruddy complexion.
     A service connection was initially denied for aortic insufficiency, mitral insufficiency, and chronic adhesive pericarditis not shown during service or at discharge. He was approved for a 50% disability [T- 1.285.577] on 13 Nov 1931 and received $18 a month. In 1936, his disability was increased to 60%. Just eight months prior to his death, his pension was increased to include up to three minor children.

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    WIDOW'S PENSION: 23 At Perry's death in 1949, Iva applied for a widow's pension for herself and six minor children. She received this pension until her death in 1993.
 
     BIOGRAPHY: Iva Blankenship's brother Clarence introduced her to his friend and neighbor, Perry Garriott. Iva attended the Indiana Academy in Cicero, Indiana. She was listed as a senior at Rensselaer High School in the 1922 yearbook but left, however, before graduation. 

[website author]

     1949 OBITUARY: Perry Garriott, a soldier of World War I, and member of a once well known family in Jasper County, died at St Elizabeth's Hospital in Lafayette at 8:20 o'clock Thursday morning. His death followed a protracted decline and three weeks of hospitalization. Death was due to heart complications.
     The Garriott residence is south of Remington.
     Mr Garriott was born in Jasper County April 12, 1894. He was a son of Albert Garriott and Phoebe (Perry) Garriott. He was reared on a farm and attended schools of this county. He entered the armed service shortly after the outbreak of war. Following his military service he returned to Jasper County and on March 24, 1922, he was married to Miss Iva Blankenship. The couple lived on a farm near Pleasant Ridge for a few years after which they established residence on a farm west of Fowler where they lived for 26 years, before going to the farm where he resided at the time of his death.
     Surviving besides the widow are the following children: Mrs William Tabb of Martinsville, Elvin Garriott of Goodland, Mrs Lulabelle Cole of Lafayette, and Donald, Gerald, Joan, Max, Franklin, Janice, Doris and Douglas at home. Also surviving are the following brothers and sister, Roscoe of Judyville, Herbert of Mulberry, Mrs Everett Walker of Gary and John of Attica.
     The funeral services will be held from WJ Wright Chapel at 3 o'clock, DST Sunday afternoon. The Rev Peter Heemstra of Shadeland will be in charge. Interment will be at the home south of Remington until time for the funeral.

[probably Lafayette Journal & Courier]

     1993 OBITUARY: Iva Fern Garriott, 90, resident of Remington -REMINGTON - Iva Fern Garriott, 90, of Route 2, died at 7:15 am Thursday, Sep 9, in Heritage Health Care Center, West Lafayette, following an illness since 1991.

     Mrs Garriott was born May 3 1903, in Monon. She married Perry Elmer Garriott in May 1922. He died in 1949.

     She attended Rensselaer schools, and was a former resident of Freeland Park. A homemaker, she was a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

     Surviving are five daughters, Mrs Wilmer (Betty) Tabb of Indianapolis, Mrs Bill (Lulubelle) Sutter, of St Petersburg, FL, Mrs Warren (Joan) Cerny of Crete, NE, Mrs Carl (Janice) Winger of Brookston, and Doris Loignon of Temecula, CA; five sons, Elvin Garriott of Hoopston, IL, Don Garriott of Victor, CA, Max Garriott of Fowler, Frank Garriott of Lafayette, and Doug Garriott of Baltimore, MD.

     Also surviving are a brother, Jess Blankenship of Battle Creek, MI; and a sister, Ruith Maston, of Chandler, NC.

[Lafayette Journal and Courier] 

    2020 OBITUARY: Donald Eugene Garriott 93, died Thanksgiving Day, 26 November 2020 at St. Mary’s Hospital, Reno, NV. Born 20 Sep 1927 in Benton County, IN to Perry Elmer Garriott (1894-1949) and Iva Fern Blankenship (1903-1993). He was the fourth of 12 children born to this couple. Survived by four siblings: Max of Fowler, IN; Janice Winger of Brookston, IN; Makensie Blu of Woodbury, TN; and Douglas of San Antonio, TX. Predeceased by his parents and seven siblings: Betty Tabb, Elvin, Lulu Cole-Suter, Gerald, Joanna Cerny, Gordon, and Franklin.
     Donald was a member of the US Army during the Korean War, served in Okinawa. After military service he became a long-haul trucker and travelled the country for many years, and was a Teamsters Union member. He retired in Sparks, NV.
     No memorial service is planned during the Covid-19 world crisis. He will be interred in the Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Fernley, NV. The family requests that memorial contributions be directed in his memory to their local food bank.