DR. B.E. GARRISON, physician, Wayne City, may justly be counted among Wayne County's rising young physicians.
He was born August 11, 1859, in this county, in the same building in which his father, George Garrison, was born. The latter is a farmer in Hickory Hill Township, where he is one of the prominent and leading men. He was also a soldier in our late wwar, serving three years, and held the office of Orderly Sergeant.
His father, Samuel Garrison, was one of the firrst settlers in Wayne County. He was a native of Tennessee, but ended his days in this county, which he saw built up from a wilderness to a fertile and prospering country.
The mother of our subject was Sarah (Wells) Garrison, a native of Jefferson County, IL. She is a daughter of Barney E. Wells, an honored citizen and pioneer of Jefferson County, IL. Her mother was Elizabeth B. (Alvis) Wells.
Mrs. S. Garrison is the mother of ten children, of whom six are now living -
Our subject was educated in Wayne Coutny, IL, but received his medical education in the college of Physicians and Surgeons in Leokuk, Iowa, where he graduated March 1, 1881. Dr. Garrison has practiced six months in Hamilton County, and since then in Wayne County, locating in Wayne City March 1, 1882, where he has succeeded in building up an extensive practice.
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