Thomas Isaiah Garrison is the son of John Wilson Garrison and Mary Ann Holiday.
The following are excerpts from a collection of stories written by my Great Grandfather John Clark Garrison and found in my mother's possession after she passed.
My father, (Thomas Isaac Garrison), was about a grown man when the family moved to Texas the first time and then back to Southwest Missouri, and my father went back to his old section in Illinois by himself and that is when he met for the first time the eighteen year old girl he soon married in 1859 (Hannah Maria Clark). In only two weeks they moved to his father's home. Grandpap had already given him a good block of land before he went off and they made that move in a one-horse buggy.
Missouri's Governor Clarborne Jackson wanted to lead his state out of the Union, but when a Convention was summoned, an overwhelming majority voted to stay with the Union. In March of 1861, the Convention passed a resolution against secession. Most of the people favored neutrality. All of the men in the Army and two thirds of the officers were on the side of the North. Thomas and Hannah and their Garrison relatives were living just a little north of the old Mason and Dixon line and they all sided in with the South and on account of that decision and their location they hit it hard at the beginning of the Civil War.
Having been to Texas in 1855, the family decided to try Texas again and by the time they were ready to move Thomas and Hannah had two sons. Battles were being fought all around his farm and skirmises had taken place so near the house; they were forced to hide in the brush. Battles were being fought all around their farm and skirmises had taken place so near the house; they were forced to hide in the brush.
Neighbors were no longer friendly, and the war was going badly for the South. It was then that Thomas Isaiah Garrison's father John W. Garrison started for Texas in the fall of 1863 with his extended family in two wagons. He purchased land near Sulphur Springs, Texas , in January 1864.
Thomas came to Texas at the close of the Civil War. His father and mother had removed to Texas from Missouri, in 1863, bringing Thomas' wife, Hannah, and two small sons, John Clark and Thomas "Lee", with them. Grandpap, Thomas' father, as he was known, brought his extended family of daughter-in-laws, daughter, grandchildren and slaves with him. They settled in Hopkins County, two miles east of Sulphur Springs. Thomas and Hannah had three daughters who were born in Texas, totaling two sons and three daughters who grew to adulthood.
Thomas and his wife, Hannah, purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in 1893 from James "Jim" Boales, Sr., and Louisa Boales on Patterson Creek two miles below Leakey,Texas. Their house was on the westside of the Patterson, directly across from Lucille Bendele's home. They lived there until 1909, moving to Tehuacana, Texas, to help their widowed daughter, Julia, raise her family.
Both Jake Huffman and Plez Jones told me the story about how Thomas got his nickname "Pie". Jake had heard the story from an Uncle who lived next to Thomas or "Pie", as we shall now call him.
Plez related that he was one of the teamsters driving the mules with a wagonload of lumber, when the incident occurred.
There were several wagonloads of lumber, being hauled from Sabinal to Leakey, and along about Meyer's place, they got stuck in the mud. Well it took all day to get everybody through the mudhole. Everyone was getting pretty hungry and didn't have any food along. Except ol' "Pie" Garrison had a big apple pie, he had gotten somewheres in Sabinal. Well he wouldn't share one bit of it with 'um, so they started calling him "Pie" after that. He went home with his whole pie uncut.
Thomas Isaiah Garrison, a Texas pioneer and a Civil War Veteran, died on August 14, 1912. He is buried alongside his wife, Hannah in the Tehuacana Cemetery in Mexia, Limestone, Texas.
The following are excerpts from a collection of stories written by my Great Grandfather John Clark Garrison and found in my mother's possession after she passed.
My father, (Thomas Isaac Garrison), was about a grown man when the family moved to Texas the first time and then back to Southwest Missouri, and my father went back to his old section in Illinois by himself and that is when he met for the first time the eighteen year old girl he soon married in 1859 (Hannah Maria Clark). In only two weeks they moved to his father's home. Grandpap had already given him a good block of land before he went off and they made that move in a one-horse buggy.
Missouri's Governor Clarborne Jackson wanted to lead his state out of the Union, but when a Convention was summoned, an overwhelming majority voted to stay with the Union. In March of 1861, the Convention passed a resolution against secession. Most of the people favored neutrality. All of the men in the Army and two thirds of the officers were on the side of the North. Thomas and Hannah and their Garrison relatives were living just a little north of the old Mason and Dixon line and they all sided in with the South and on account of that decision and their location they hit it hard at the beginning of the Civil War.
Having been to Texas in 1855, the family decided to try Texas again and by the time they were ready to move Thomas and Hannah had two sons. Battles were being fought all around his farm and skirmises had taken place so near the house; they were forced to hide in the brush. Battles were being fought all around their farm and skirmises had taken place so near the house; they were forced to hide in the brush.
Neighbors were no longer friendly, and the war was going badly for the South. It was then that Thomas Isaiah Garrison's father John W. Garrison started for Texas in the fall of 1863 with his extended family in two wagons. He purchased land near Sulphur Springs, Texas , in January 1864.
Thomas came to Texas at the close of the Civil War. His father and mother had removed to Texas from Missouri, in 1863, bringing Thomas' wife, Hannah, and two small sons, John Clark and Thomas "Lee", with them. Grandpap, Thomas' father, as he was known, brought his extended family of daughter-in-laws, daughter, grandchildren and slaves with him. They settled in Hopkins County, two miles east of Sulphur Springs. Thomas and Hannah had three daughters who were born in Texas, totaling two sons and three daughters who grew to adulthood.
Thomas and his wife, Hannah, purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in 1893 from James "Jim" Boales, Sr., and Louisa Boales on Patterson Creek two miles below Leakey,Texas. Their house was on the westside of the Patterson, directly across from Lucille Bendele's home. They lived there until 1909, moving to Tehuacana, Texas, to help their widowed daughter, Julia, raise her family.
Both Jake Huffman and Plez Jones told me the story about how Thomas got his nickname "Pie". Jake had heard the story from an Uncle who lived next to Thomas or "Pie", as we shall now call him.
Plez related that he was one of the teamsters driving the mules with a wagonload of lumber, when the incident occurred.
There were several wagonloads of lumber, being hauled from Sabinal to Leakey, and along about Meyer's place, they got stuck in the mud. Well it took all day to get everybody through the mudhole. Everyone was getting pretty hungry and didn't have any food along. Except ol' "Pie" Garrison had a big apple pie, he had gotten somewheres in Sabinal. Well he wouldn't share one bit of it with 'um, so they started calling him "Pie" after that. He went home with his whole pie uncut.
Thomas Isaiah Garrison, a Texas pioneer and a Civil War Veteran, died on August 14, 1912. He is buried alongside his wife, Hannah in the Tehuacana Cemetery in Mexia, Limestone, Texas.
Thomas Isaiah Garrison is the son of John Wilson Garrison and Mary Ann Holiday.
The following are excerpts from a collection of stories written by my Great Grandfather John Clark Garrison and found in my mother's possession after she passed.
My father, (Thomas Isaac Garrison), was about a grown man when the family moved to Texas the first time and then back to Southwest Missouri, and my father went back to his old section in Illinois by himself and that is when he met for the first time the eighteen year old girl he soon married in 1859 (Hannah Maria Clark). In only two weeks they moved to his father's home. Grandpap had already given him a good block of land before he went off and they made that move in a one-horse buggy.
Missouri's Governor Clarborne Jackson wanted to lead his state out of the Union, but when a Convention was summoned, an overwhelming majority voted to stay with the Union. In March of 1861, the Convention passed a resolution against secession. Most of the people favored neutrality. All of the men in the Army and two thirds of the officers were on the side of the North. Thomas and Hannah and their Garrison relatives were living just a little north of the old Mason and Dixon line and they all sided in with the South and on account of that decision and their location they hit it hard at the beginning of the Civil War.
Having been to Texas in 1855, the family decided to try Texas again and by the time they were ready to move Thomas and Hannah had two sons. Battles were being fought all around his farm and skirmises had taken place so near the house; they were forced to hide in the brush. Battles were being fought all around their farm and skirmises had taken place so near the house; they were forced to hide in the brush.
Neighbors were no longer friendly, and the war was going badly for the South. It was then that Thomas Isaiah Garrison's father John W. Garrison started for Texas in the fall of 1863 with his extended family in two wagons. He purchased land near Sulphur Springs, Texas , in January 1864.
Thomas came to Texas at the close of the Civil War. His father and mother had removed to Texas from Missouri, in 1863, bringing Thomas' wife, Hannah, and two small sons, John Clark and Thomas "Lee", with them. Grandpap, Thomas' father, as he was known, brought his extended family of daughter-in-laws, daughter, grandchildren and slaves with him. They settled in Hopkins County, two miles east of Sulphur Springs. Thomas and Hannah had three daughters who were born in Texas, totaling two sons and three daughters who grew to adulthood.
Thomas and his wife, Hannah, purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in 1893 from James "Jim" Boales, Sr., and Louisa Boales on Patterson Creek two miles below Leakey,Texas. Their house was on the westside of the Patterson, directly across from Lucille Bendele's home. They lived there until 1909, moving to Tehuacana, Texas, to help their widowed daughter, Julia, raise her family.
Both Jake Huffman and Plez Jones told me the story about how Thomas got his nickname "Pie". Jake had heard the story from an Uncle who lived next to Thomas or "Pie", as we shall now call him.
Plez related that he was one of the teamsters driving the mules with a wagonload of lumber, when the incident occurred.
There were several wagonloads of lumber, being hauled from Sabinal to Leakey, and along about Meyer's place, they got stuck in the mud. Well it took all day to get everybody through the mudhole. Everyone was getting pretty hungry and didn't have any food along. Except ol' "Pie" Garrison had a big apple pie, he had gotten somewheres in Sabinal. Well he wouldn't share one bit of it with 'um, so they started calling him "Pie" after that. He went home with his whole pie uncut.
Thomas Isaiah Garrison, a Texas pioneer and a Civil War Veteran, died on August 14, 1912. He is buried alongside his wife, Hannah in the Tehuacana Cemetery in Mexia, Limestone, Texas.
The following are excerpts from a collection of stories written by my Great Grandfather John Clark Garrison and found in my mother's possession after she passed.
My father, (Thomas Isaac Garrison), was about a grown man when the family moved to Texas the first time and then back to Southwest Missouri, and my father went back to his old section in Illinois by himself and that is when he met for the first time the eighteen year old girl he soon married in 1859 (Hannah Maria Clark). In only two weeks they moved to his father's home. Grandpap had already given him a good block of land before he went off and they made that move in a one-horse buggy.
Missouri's Governor Clarborne Jackson wanted to lead his state out of the Union, but when a Convention was summoned, an overwhelming majority voted to stay with the Union. In March of 1861, the Convention passed a resolution against secession. Most of the people favored neutrality. All of the men in the Army and two thirds of the officers were on the side of the North. Thomas and Hannah and their Garrison relatives were living just a little north of the old Mason and Dixon line and they all sided in with the South and on account of that decision and their location they hit it hard at the beginning of the Civil War.
Having been to Texas in 1855, the family decided to try Texas again and by the time they were ready to move Thomas and Hannah had two sons. Battles were being fought all around his farm and skirmises had taken place so near the house; they were forced to hide in the brush. Battles were being fought all around their farm and skirmises had taken place so near the house; they were forced to hide in the brush.
Neighbors were no longer friendly, and the war was going badly for the South. It was then that Thomas Isaiah Garrison's father John W. Garrison started for Texas in the fall of 1863 with his extended family in two wagons. He purchased land near Sulphur Springs, Texas , in January 1864.
Thomas came to Texas at the close of the Civil War. His father and mother had removed to Texas from Missouri, in 1863, bringing Thomas' wife, Hannah, and two small sons, John Clark and Thomas "Lee", with them. Grandpap, Thomas' father, as he was known, brought his extended family of daughter-in-laws, daughter, grandchildren and slaves with him. They settled in Hopkins County, two miles east of Sulphur Springs. Thomas and Hannah had three daughters who were born in Texas, totaling two sons and three daughters who grew to adulthood.
Thomas and his wife, Hannah, purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in 1893 from James "Jim" Boales, Sr., and Louisa Boales on Patterson Creek two miles below Leakey,Texas. Their house was on the westside of the Patterson, directly across from Lucille Bendele's home. They lived there until 1909, moving to Tehuacana, Texas, to help their widowed daughter, Julia, raise her family.
Both Jake Huffman and Plez Jones told me the story about how Thomas got his nickname "Pie". Jake had heard the story from an Uncle who lived next to Thomas or "Pie", as we shall now call him.
Plez related that he was one of the teamsters driving the mules with a wagonload of lumber, when the incident occurred.
There were several wagonloads of lumber, being hauled from Sabinal to Leakey, and along about Meyer's place, they got stuck in the mud. Well it took all day to get everybody through the mudhole. Everyone was getting pretty hungry and didn't have any food along. Except ol' "Pie" Garrison had a big apple pie, he had gotten somewheres in Sabinal. Well he wouldn't share one bit of it with 'um, so they started calling him "Pie" after that. He went home with his whole pie uncut.
Thomas Isaiah Garrison, a Texas pioneer and a Civil War Veteran, died on August 14, 1912. He is buried alongside his wife, Hannah in the Tehuacana Cemetery in Mexia, Limestone, Texas.
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