Thomas McKissick Garrett (1812 - 1862)

Born 2 Jun 1812 in Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee

Husband of Linea Frances (Brandon) Hickman — married 25 Dec 1845 in Texas

Descendants

Died 2 Jul 1862 at age 50 in Stranger, Falls, Texas

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Biography

Thomas McKissick Garrett was born June 2, 1812 in Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee to Nathan Odell Garrett and Ann Mary "Polly" (McKissick) Garrett.

He married 1) Margaret Minerva Reed on December 17, 1833. Together they became the parents of Mary Elizabeth (Garrett) McDowell Erskine, Cynthia Ann Garrett, Thomas McKissick Garrett Jr., and Robert Jasper Garrett.

He married 2) widow Linea Frances (Brandon) Cornelison on December 25, 1845. To this marriage she brought children Elizabeth Jane "Eliza" Cornelison, Jesse Cornelison, James H. Cornelison who died prior to 1850, Miles Cornelison, and Benjamin Franklin Cornelison. Together they became the parents of Catherine Elizabeth (Garrett) Hickman, James Odell Garrett, Rhoda Ann (Garrett) Hodges, Sarah Ellen (Garrett) Hodges, Thomas Henry Garrett, Linea Frances "Fannie" (Garrett) Stone, and Nathan Willis Garrett.

Thomas died of measles and pneumonia on July 2, 1862 at Stranger, Falls Co., Texas and was buried at Garrett Cemetery in Falls Co., Texas.

When Thomas McKissick Garrett's estate was settled, the two surviving children of his first marriage received one-half of all property - real and personal - and shared equally with a one-ninth share of the remainder, with the seven minor children of his second marriage. Some of the original land of Thomas McKissick Garrett is still owned by his descendants in the Erskine and Garrett families, and many descendants continue to reside in Falls County.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLJ-C1P : 23 December 2020), Thomas Garrett, Anderson, Texas, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFR-FZ8 : 18 February 2021), T M Garriett, 1860. Falls County, Texas
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23200011/thomas-mckissick-garrett : accessed 16 April 2022), memorial page for Thomas McKissick Garrett (2 Jun 1812–2 Jul 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23200011, citing Garrett Cemetery, Falls County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by couchpotato (contributor 46553367) .

See also:

• "Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 181 column 1 and 2, page 182 column 1 and 2.
• "Families of Falls County", compiled and edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 135, columns 1 & 2.