Brief Life History of William Henry
When William Henry Garris was born on 24 March 1858, in Stevensville, Stevens Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Nathaniel F Garris, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Everett, was 29. He married Hattie May Woodruff about 1881. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Tuscarora Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States for about 40 years and Herrick Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. He died on 26 March 1937, in Camptown, Wyalusing Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Tuscarora Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (16)
- William Garris in household of Nathaniel Garris, "United States Census, 1870"
- William Henry Garris, "Find A Grave Index"
- William H Gariss in entry for Carl Peter Artmann and Frances Loretta Gariss, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: unexplained. Compare Garriss .
Americanized form of German Gehres and of its variant Geres, or Gehris . Compare Garis .
French: habitational name from a place so named in Saint-Palay canton in Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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