Brief Life History of George Walden
When George Walden Garriss Sr was born on 16 March 1902, in Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, United States, his father, John Davenport Garris, was 29 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Wheeler, was 29. He married Waveney Minona Walker from 1924 to 1925, in Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Civil District 7, Bedford, Tennessee, United States in 1910 and Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, United States for about 24 years. He died on 27 June 1967, in District 898, Cobb, Georgia, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Mountain View Park Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, United States.
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- George W Garriss, "United States Census, 1940"
- George Waldan Garriss, "Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
- George Walden Garris, "Find A Grave Index"
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1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
1906 · The Atlanta Race Riot
The Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 occurred on the evening of September 22 through September 24. A newspaper reported the rapes of four white women by African American men. Fueled by pre-existing racial tensions, these reports enraged white men who then arranged gangs to attack African American men. Over the next few days, several thousand white men joined in and in the end, 26 people were killed and many were injured.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
English: altered form of Garris .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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