John R. Garrett1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 15525, (1860 - 1901)
FatherRobert Garrett4,5,6 (12 Mar 1824 - 20 Jul 1901)
MotherEllen Mary Cobb4,5,6 (11 Apr 1835 - 7 Dec 1906)

Key Events:

Birth: 21 May 1860, Kentucky7,8,9
Marriage: 28 Sep 1881, St. Paul's Church, Leavenworth, Kansas, Annie Kearny Crowell (28 Oct 1860 - 25 Aug 1941)10,11,12
Death: 24 Jul 1901, 6th and Cherokee Sts., Leavenworth, Kansas13,14,15
Burial: 26 Jul 1901, Mount Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Leavenworth Co., Kansas16,17
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     John R. Garrett was born on 21 May 1860 in Kentucky.7,8,9
     He moved to Kansas with his parents about 1862.18,19,20 He appeared on the 1865 State Census of Leavenworth, Leavenworth Co., Kansas, in the household of household of his parents.21
     He appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Leavenworth, Leavenworth Co., Kansas, in the household of his parents.22 He appeared on the 1875 State Census of Leavenworth, Leavenworth Co., Kansas, in the household of household of his parents.23
     John attended Indiana Asbury University, Greencastle, Indiana, later renamed DePauw University. He was a junior there in the 1878-79 school year, in the philosophical, as opposed to classical, program. But he did not graduate.24,25
     He appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Leavenworth, Kansas in the household of his parents.26

Joining the Family Business --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---


     John joined his father's lumber business at 6th and Cherokee Sts. by by 1880. The firm was after that known as Garrett & Co.27,28,29,30
     John married Annie Kearny Crowell, daughter of Joseph Henry Crowell and Martha Matilda Stewart, on 28 Sep 1881 in St. Paul's Church, Leavenworth, Kansas, with Rev. Barry officiating.10,11,12
     John and Annie appeared on the 1885 State Census of Leavenworth, Leavenworth Co., Kansas, with her brother, Walter Crowell, listed as living with them.31
     He and Annie appeared on the 1895 State Census of Leavenworth, Leavenworth Co., Kansas, in the household of household of his parents.32
     John was named executor and an heir in the will of Robert Garrett, his father, dated 6 Jun 1896, to receive an equal share with his four surviving siblings of his estate after their mother received the family home on South Broadway, $5,000 in government bonds, and half the remaining estate after payment of expenses. The five children were to receive their mother's share after her death.33
     John and Annie appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Leavenworth, Leavenworth Co., Kansas, on 9th Ave., enumerated 5 Jun 1900, reporting that they owned their home, free of mortgage. Her mother, Martha, was listed as living with them.34

Murdered by a Deranged Man --- Text Stolen from ReigelRidge.com !! ---


     Mike Kelly, a bachelor, was reclusive, suspicious of others, and embraced unconventional ideas strongly. He was charged with insanity and committed to the asylum at Topeka, in part on the testimony of John and others. When he was released several years he returned to his home at 729 Osage St., obsessed with the idea that John and the others were plotting against him. He made repeated threats on their lives, and on 24 Jul 1901 he left home with two pistols and a basket of ammunition. Finding his first two intended victims not at their businesses, he went to the window outside John's office and shot him through the window, then shot him five more times. After shooting a doctor who came to John's aid, Kelly engaged police officers in the street, wounding three of them before being fatally shot by one of them.35
     John died on 24 Jul 1901, in his office at 6th and Cherokee Sts., Leavenworth, Kansas, at age 41.13,14,15 He was buried on 26 Jul 1901 in Mount Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Leavenworth Co., Kansas, in the Garrett family lot.16,17
     John died intestate (without leaving a will) and letters of administration for his estate were issued on 9 Aug 1901, to Edwin W. Crancer. The value of his estate was estimated in court at $25,000. His widow was to receive under the law both his estate and his share of his father's estate.33,36

Children:
     There were no children with Annie Kearny Crowell

Citations

  1. [S2925] Interview, Mt. Muncie Cemetery office, 10 Sep 2010, gave name as John R. Garrett.
  2. [S859] Robert Garrett household, 1870 U.S. Census, Leavenworth Co., Kansas, shows name as John C. Garrett.
  3. [S860] Robt. Garett household, 1880 U.S. Census, Leavenworth Co., Kansas, shows name as John R. Garett.
  4. [S2926] Robt. Garrett household, 1865 Kansas State Census, Leavenworth Co., Kansas, Leavenworth ward 3, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S859] Robert Garrett household, 1870 U.S. Census, Leavenworth Co., Kansas, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  6. [S10178] Robert Garret obituary, The Leavenworth Times.
  7. [S10314] "An Awful Tragedy," The Leavenworth Times, 25 Jul 1901, show month, year, as 1860, town, and state.
  8. [S2926] Robt. Garrett household, 1865 Kansas State Census, Leavenworth Co., Kansas, Leavenworth ward 3, shows age 5 and state.
  9. [S2925] Interview, Mt. Muncie Cemetery office, 10 Sep 2010, gave date, with year as 1861.
  10. [S10302] "Hymeneal Happiness," The Leavenworth Times, 29 Sep 1881, shows last evening, church, and officiant.
  11. [S2933] John Garrett household, 1885 Kansas State Census, Leavenworth Co., Kansas, Leavenworth, shows married.
  12. [S861] Robert Garrett household, 1900 U.S. Census, Leavenworth Co., Kansas, shows married 19 years.
  13. [S2925] Interview, Mt. Muncie Cemetery office, 10 Sep 2010, gave death and cause of death as pistol shot.
  14. [S10314] "An Awful Tragedy," The Leavenworth Times, 25 Jul 1901, shows date, in office.
  15. [S2930] "Killed the Madman," The American Citizen, 26 Jul 1901, shows he was shot Wednesday.
  16. [S2925] Interview, Mt. Muncie Cemetery office, 10 Sep 2010.
  17. [S10314] "An Awful Tragedy," The Leavenworth Times, 25 Jul 1901, shows funeral tomorrow.
  18. [S10314] "An Awful Tragedy," The Leavenworth Times, 25 Jul 1901, show his parents came to Leavenworth when he was two years old.
  19. [S10178] Robert Garret obituary, The Leavenworth Times, shows he moved to Kansas in 1857.
  20. [S10177] Ellen Garrett obituary, The Leavenworth Times, shows a resident of Leavenworth since 1865.
  21. [S2926] Robt. Garrett household, 1865 Kansas State Census, Leavenworth Co., Kansas, Leavenworth ward 3.
  22. [S859] Robert Garrett household, 1870 U.S. Census, Leavenworth Co., Kansas.
  23. [S2927] R. Garrett household, 1875 Kansas State Census, Leavenworth Co., Kansas, Leavenworth.
  24. [S10315] Catalogue of Indiana Asbury University, 1879, pg 93.
  25. [S10314] "An Awful Tragedy," The Leavenworth Times, 25 Jul 1901, shows he attended, but did not graduate from University of Greencastle.
  26. [S860] Robt. Garett household, 1880 U.S. Census, Leavenworth Co., Kansas.
  27. [S10178] Robert Garret obituary, The Leavenworth Times, shows he opened lumber business and address.
  28. [S2929] Robert Garrett household, 1895 Kansas State Census, Leavenworth Co., Kansas, Leavenworth ward 3, shows occupation of both Robert and John as lumber merchant.
  29. [S2931] John R. Garrett household, 1900 U.S. Census, Leavenworth Co., Kansas, shows occupation as lumberman.
  30. [S2930] "Killed the Madman," The American Citizen, 26 Jul 1901, shows name of firm, and Robert and John were the two principals.
  31. [S2933] John Garrett household, 1885 Kansas State Census, Leavenworth Co., Kansas, Leavenworth.
  32. [S2929] Robert Garrett household, 1895 Kansas State Census, Leavenworth Co., Kansas, Leavenworth ward 3.
  33. [S10311] "Will of Robert Garrett," The Leavenworth Times, 10 Aug 1901.
  34. [S2931] John R. Garrett household, 1900 U.S. Census, Leavenworth Co., Kansas.
  35. [S10314] "An Awful Tragedy," The Leavenworth Times, 25 Jul 1901.
  36. [S10312] "Garrett Estate," The Chronicle-Tribune, 27 Jul 1901, shows estate estimated at $15,000 to $20,000 not including his share of his father's estate.