Monroe Homer Garroutte (1884 - 1955)

Born 3 Dec 1884 in Arkansas, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Bessie Imogene (Guinn) Garroutte — married 3 Jul 1904 in Craig, Oklahoma, United States

Descendants

Died 18 May 1955 at age 70 in Porter, Wagoner, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Monroe Homer Garroutte

Homer Monroe Garroutte

Born 3 DEC 1884 AR

Early Life

Family

World War I Draft Registration Card 1917-1917

Monroe Homer GARROUTTE, age 34

Address: Lucky, Cherokee Co., OK

Occupation: Farmer near Peggs, Cherokee Co., OK

wife: Bessie GARROUTTE

Height: M Build: M, Eyes: Brown, Hair: Red

Problems: Bad Foot

1920 Peggs Twp. #2, Cherokee Twp., OK, 15 Jan, (98-101)

Monroe GARROUTTE, head, own, mtg, age 36, b: AR / MO / AR; Farmer

Bessie, wife, age 32, b: OK / TN / OK

Robert A., son, age 14, b: OK / AR / OK; Farm Laborer

Homer, son, age 13, b: OK / AR / OK; Farm Laborer

Jerry J., son, age 11, b: OK / AR / OK; Farm Laborer

Bruce, son, age 8, b: OK / AR / OK

Jewel, dau., age 6, b: OK / AR / OK

Edwin, son, age 4 10/12 or 11/12, b: OK / AR / OK

Myrtle, dau., age 2 8/12, b: OK / AR / OK

Occupation

Death & Legacy

18 MAY 1955 Porter, Wagoner Co., OK

[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47867302/obituary-for-ilonroe-h-garroutte-aged/ The Wagoner Tribuner, Wagoner, Oklahoma, 24 May 1955, Tue • Page 1] Services Held For Porter Resident Monroe H. Garroutte, 70, of Porter died Wednesday, May 18th, in Hillcrest Hospital, Tulsa, of a heart attack. He was a retired farmer and had lived in the Porter area for the past 27 years. Funeral services were held last Friday at 2:30 p. m. in the Free Holiness Church of Porter with Rev. William Ketchum officiating. Surviving him are his wife, Bessie, of the home; three daughters, Mrs. Jewel Coursey, Muskogee; Mrs. Myrtle Brown, Muskogee; Mrs. Irene Shepherd, Bixby; six sons, Jay, Bruce and Homer Garroutte,. all of Tulsa; Kenneth, Broken Arrow; Bob, Marcus Hook, Penn, and Edwin Garroutte of Dumas, Texas. Two sisters, Mrs. Ada Fuller, Tahlequah; Mrs. Birtie Merrill, Mulberry, Ark.; .three brothers, Willie Garroutte, Dyer, Ark.; R. H. Ponca City and Anderson Garroutte, Tahlequah; 32 grand children and 13 great grandchildren also survive. His grandsons served as pallbearers and burial was in Porter Cemetery under the direction of the Green Funeral Home, Wagoner.

Greenwood Cemetery, Porter, Wagoner Co., OK ^[1]

Photos Added by: Donna Rankin (Searching the Past)

Timeline

Research Notes

Disputed Origins

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Garroutte&GSfn=M&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1955&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=50818313&df=all& Findagrave memorial

• The Garoutte History, 1775-1985 by Ellan Douglas Thiesen

Acknowledgements

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