This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Garrison/Davies Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mEY.2ACEB/2048 Message Board Post: Please help in establishing that Edward Davies Garrison b.1840 TN d.1928 LA is son of John Garrison b.1800 NC d.1847 TN. These are the Garrisons out of Smith, Obion and Gibson Counties, Tennessee. Edward dropped the Garrison name when he left Tennessee in the 1870's and went by the last name Davies thereafter. Garrison Siblings to Edward are Alexander Jimaerson b.1836, Mary Jane b.1838, John Drayton b.1843 and Margaret Ann b.1845. Edward's mother was Elizabeth Ann Davie(s) b.1816NC. Edward married Adella Adreinne Cowsert 11-27-1871 in Gibson Co., TN..