Gilbert Lee born April 23, 1902 in Fentress to Oliver Perry & Rebecca Ann (Stone) Garrett. He died April 12. 1994 in Muncie. He was married to Smsnds Shoemsker. Yjrh had Irene Marie & Larry Lee. Ronald Ward Garrett rgarret@sugardog.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "james garrett" <jwgarrett@webtv.net> To: <tnfentre@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 9:00 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 >