William Hogue Garrett (1880 - 1961)

Born 21 Apr 1880 in Paint Rock, Concho County, Texas, USA

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Died 31 Dec 1961 at age 81 in Gold Butte, Clark, Nevada, United States

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Biography

Son of Confederate veteran William M. Garrett and Martha Sylvira (Grider) Garrett. Grand-nephew of Richard Franklin Tankersley, one of the first white settlers of the Concho Valley in West Texas.

Bill Garrett's history is quite interesting, but not as mysterious as he apparently led others believe. He was born in Paint Rock Texas and later moved to San Angelo Texas. He was the third of twelve children. He was still living in San Angelo in the 1900 census; in Colorado in 1910; in Hackberry Arizona in 1918 (per his WW I draft registration); and McConnico Arizona in 1920. All these census showed him working as a cowboy or ranch hand. He moved to the Gold Butte Nevada area before 1930 and lived there until his death.

An extensive obituary/tribute was posted on the front page of the "Las Vegas Sun" newspaper of January 7, 1962. This was expanded upon in an article by Rex Jensen in the "Nevadan Magazine" (Las Vegas Review-Journal) on January 3, 1982. Despite what both sources state, Bill was NOT a nephew of Pat Garrett of New Mexico (surviving relatives have confirmed this)! Nevertheless, he was still a colorful Western 'character' who should be remembered by the people in his native West Texas as well as those in Arizona and Nevada.

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