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
eneded 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 - Barney E.,
Malissa J. (wife of William Morrison),
Gregg, Isaac L., Leota C., Minnie B. and Lilly S.
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.