From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:
His parents were also born in Canada, the family home being at Garretton, in the province of Ontario, about ten miles north of Prescott. Joseph Garrett was a large landowner in that district, a man of prominence and influence. He married Mary Empy, who had married first a Mr. Ferguson, and whose entire life, like his own, was spent in Canada. He died about 1860, she surviving him several years; By (her) second marriage: Nathaniel Garrett, born November 9, 1841 ; Eliza Jane Garrett, born July 31, 1843; Joseph Garrett, born February 7, 1847; George Garrett, born February 14, 1849; Thomas Garrett, born December 7, 1850; Albert, mentioned below.
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