Garrett Smith Shadd (1848 - 1898)

Born 25 Oct 1848 in United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Josephine (Harris) Shadd — married 7 Jun 1874 in Buxton, Kent, Ontario, Canada

Died 19 May 1898 at age 49 in Marengo, Calhoun County, Michigan, United States

Biography

Garrett, born in 1848, was the son of Abram Shadd and Harriet Parnell.

1850 West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania

Household

Abram D Shadd M 49 Delaware

Harriet Shadd F 44 North Carolina

Isaac Shadd M 20 Delaware

Amelia Shadd F 18 Delaware

Joseph Shadd M 16 Pennsylvania

Emeline Shadd F 15 Pennsylvania

Garrison Shadd M 13 Pennsylvania

Sarah Shadd F 10 Pennsylvania

Ada Shadd F 9 Pennsylvania

Abraham Shadd M 6 Pennsylvania

Eunice Shadd M 4 Pennsylvania

Jerrah Shadd M 1 Pennsylvania

Mary Burton F 70 North Carolina

Race: Mulatto

House Number: 349 --Line Number: 20

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After the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, Garrett's family fled to Ontario, Canada, for safety and settled in Raleigh Township. On June 7, 1874, he married Mary Josephine Harris in the Baptist Church at Buxton. At that time, he was a farmer.^[2]

In 1881, Garrett was still living in Raleigh Township.^[3]

He passed away in 1898 and donated his body to science. His body was donated to the University of Michigan Medical School. ^[4] According to his death certificate (viewable at Find A Grave), Garrett was living at the County (Poor) House at the time of his death in 1898. He was also widowed. The cause of death was Bright's Disease, which caused heart failure. He also had heart disease. ^{[5] [6]}

Sources

1. ↑ citing this Record: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4H9-CY8 : 4 April 2020), Abram D Shadd, West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 371, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Affiliate Film Number: 764 --GS Film Number: 20614 -Digital Folder Number: 004191087 -Image Number: 00648 --Indexing Project (Batch) Number: N01036-0 --Record Number: 26660
2. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMNS-LXJ : 8 March 2021), Garrett Smith Shadd and Mary Josephine Harris, 07 Jun 1874; citing registration , Raleigh, Kent, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,891.
3. ↑ 1881 Census of Canada
4. ↑ Find A Grave
5. ↑ Death Certificate
6. ↑ Find A Grave

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 February 2019), memorial page for Garrett Smith Shadd (25 Oct 1848–19 May 1898), Find A Grave: Memorial #89857455; Maintained by Genealogy Bug Kate (contributor 46831680) Body donated to medical science, who reports a Ann Arbor, Michigan.
• Death Records. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan; database and digital images, "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950," Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015 Ancestry Record 60872 #2271000: accessed 9 February 2019; citing Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan.
• Canada. "Census of Canada, 1881." Statistics Canada Fonds, Record Group 31-C-1. LAC microfilm C-13162 to C-13286. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, 1881 Census of Canada," Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009 Ancestry Record 1577 #661108: accessed 9 February 2019; citing Year: 1881; Census Place: Raleigh, Kent, Ontario; Roll: C_13278; Page: 22; Family No: 105.