that should be samueal bond garrett son of welcome garrett, ----- Original Message ---- From: WILLIAM GARRETT <phyllisgar@prodigy.net> To: tnfentre@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, May 16, 2011 9:09:30 PM Subject: Re: [TNFENTRE] Why did the go from Tennessee to Muncie Indiana yes they are. ----- Original Message ---- From: james garrett <jwgarrett@webtv.net> To: tnfentre@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, May 16, 2011 10:31:32 AM Subject: Re: [TNFENTRE] Why did the go from Tennessee to Muncie Indiana Wm, thank you for the info. Is this Welcome Garrett the Garrett from NC? Interesting two sets of Garretts from different lines are in Muncie IN. JW Garrett > Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 06:38:27 -0700 > From: phyllisgar@prodigy.net > To: tnfentre@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TNFENTRE] Why did the go from Tennessee to Muncie Indiana > > samueal bond garrett is the son of jonathan and anna bond garrett tho welcome > garrett. > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: james garrett <jwgarrett@webtv.net> > To: tnfentre@rootsweb.com > Sent: Mon, May 16, 2011 9:00:40 AM > Subject: Re: [TNFENTRE] Why did the go from Tennessee to Muncie Indiana > > > My father, James Garrett Sr from Clark Mt Pickett TN, met my mom in Muncie IN. > He worked at Marhaufers. > He went to IN early 60's before I was born. > > BTY anyone know who these Garrett's are buried in Muncie IN? > Samuel Bond Garrett b. 1844 d. 1925. > Co 1 153D IND vol inft > > Mark D Garrett > 1877-1957 > > Gilbert Garrett > b. 1902 > d. 1994 > > All buried in same cem in same family plot > > JW Garrett > > > > > Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 12:33:53 -0400 > > From: marilyneb@gmail.com > > To: tnfentre@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [TNFENTRE] Why did the go from Tennessee to Muncie Indiana > > > > Stan, it was not just Muncie but also other industrial towns in Indiana and > > other midwest cities. Men and women wanted to better their lives and the > > lives of their children. At some time every child of my paternal > > grandfather's went to Indiana or Ohio. Only one did not stay. Aunt Elizabeth > > and Uncle Everett moved back to their section of granpa's land. > > > > If you check other towns you will see the same thing. I truly believe if all > > the people in New Castle, IN, who had Tennessee/Kentucky roots were to > > return to the land where their ancestors lived in the early 1900's; New > > Castle would be a ghost town. Many prefer not to remember or connect to > > these roots. > > > > In the late 40's and 50's weekends were often a mass exodus of those > > returning to their homes in Tennessee. > > > > There were some who went for a few years but that way of life was just not > > their way. Punching a time clock for some was just not what they wanted to > > do for thirty years. I could write an essay on this. > > > > Check Bruce York's site York's Fentress County. There you can browse and see > > all of those who died in that area but were born in what I consider God's > > country. > > > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > > > the subject and the body of the message > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >the subject and the body of the message http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNFENTRE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message