of Pennsylvania · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Benjamin Garretson d. 1863
Benjamin Garretson⚭ Hannah Way
childrenMary Ann Garretson
Their story
What the record says
History of Madison County, Iowa.
Native of Pennsylvania.
Methodist preacher who also worked as a shoemaker in early life.
Settled in Indiana in 1829, came to Iowa in 1851, established home in Winterset in 1852.
Removed to Osceola, Iowa in 1861 and preached until his death in November 1863.
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