"Mrs. Elvira J. GARRISON, aged 88 years, 4 months and 1 day, died Sunday morning at 10:00 the home of her son, at 132 West Dearborn Street, of pneumonia. Mrs. Garrison has been ill for only a week, she being to aged and to feeble to withstand the ravages of pneumonia. Since selling her home she has been living with her son Sylvester with whom she has lived since May.
She was born in North Carolina, September 30, 1826, she being the daughter of William GREGORY, a native of that state. Her mother was Lotta, also of North Carolina, the daughter of EH GILLAM. She was the last of a family of three to pass away, her parents and other members of the family being buried in one of the oldest cemeteries in the county, this being the Hobbs Cemetery, on the Hamilton Tipton county line, southeast of the city. In 1835 when Elvira was nine years of age, and nine years before the organizatoin of Tipton County, her parents immigrated from North Carolina and settled east of Atlanta, near the extinct town of West Kinderhook, when all around them was nothing but thick, green woods. Here they opened up the old homestead, and here they lived until during the course of time they passed away, leaving as evidence of their sacrifices and industry the magificient farm that is now known so well.
The subject of this obituary was united in marriage to Morris COFFMAN when she was only 19 years of age, and they settled into Hamilton County, one-half mile, north of the now villiage of Omega, where they began life together. Seven children were born to them, two dying in infancy, and another dying at the age of 40 years, the wife of Charles Taylor. The four survivng are Elizabeth, widow of Madison GOODPASTURE, of North Dakota, and Theodore and Sylvester COFFMAN and Mrs. William WILKINS, all of this city.
After the death of her husband and remaining a widow for a few years, she was united in marriage to Timothy WILCOX, who died three years after their marriage, they having had no children.
Her third marriage was to Robert GARRISON who for years resided southeast of this city. He was an old settler and had served in the Mexican war. He died in 1887, there being no children. She remained in the GARRISON homestead until about three years ago, when she purchased the Thomas home, a brick residence, just outside of the city corporation, near the old water works. S he sold this property about three months ago and had lived with her son since last May. She drew a widows pension, her first husband having been a volunteer soldier in the Civil War, and died in a hospital of erysipelas and measles. Her third husband having been the the Mexican war. She had been a faithful and consistent member of the United Bretheran chruch, holding her membership at the Union Chapel southeast of Tipton. She was an active worker in the church and only age and incidental infirmities prevented her from continuing in her activity in the last years of her life. She was well known and many of her neighbors in the Kinderhook vicinity would stop in for a moment when in Tipton to call on their old friend.
The funeral will take place on Tuesday at10:00 o'clock at the Union Chapel, Rev. GD Foster officiating he having officiated at the funeral of her late husband. The remails will be buried in theHobbs Cemetery by the side of her three husbands and other family members."