Standard History of Adams & Wells Counties, Indiana – 1918
Tyndall & Lesh Pages 527 & 528

FRANK C. GARRETT

Frank C. Garrett has long enjoyed a substantial position in the community of Liberty Township of Wells County, where he has spent practically all the years of his life, and in the last ten or fifteen years especially has become more than locally known as a successful breeder and raiser of the big type of Poland China hogs. He has a fine farm, well adapted for his special purposes of stock raising.

Mr. Garrett was born on a farm in Liberty Township July 11, 1866, a son of Noah and Leah (Funk) Garrett. His father was in many ways a distinguished citizen of Wells County. Born in Mahoning County, Ohio, December 17, 1839, oldest son of Joseph Garrett, he had only the advantages of the common schools and at the age of sixteen began learning the carpenter’s trade. His apprenticeship consisted of six years, after which he became successful as a contractor and builder. In January, 1861, he removed to Indiana, and a year or so later brought his family to Wells County. On December 25, 1860, he married Miss Leah Funk, of Wayne County, Ohio, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Roach) Funk. On coming to Wells County Noah Garrett bought eighty acres of timber land for $800. He paid $300 in cash and employed himself at his trade to pay the balance. For a number of years he continued farming in connection with his mechanical industry, and as his resources and experience grew likewise his success seemed to multiply. He was a splendid judge of live stock, very capable in handling them, and in the course of time he had a farm of 330 acres, all highly improved. For a brief time he served in the Civil war, enlisting October 30, 1864, in Company A of the Fifty-third Indiana Infantry. He saw some of the hard fighting toward the close of Sherman’s brilliant campaign through Georgia and the Carolinas, and was a participant in the battles of Kingston and Goldsboro, North Carolina. He remained with the army until the surrender of Johnston’s army, and was honorably discharged at Louisville, Kentucky, July 21, 1865. Noah Garrett was an active republican and he and his wife were members of the Baptist Church. For a number of years he was a member of the Shorthorn Association of Wells County. He and his wife had four children: I. V. Lester, deceased; Alice, wife of Alonzo F. Rittenhouse; Frank C., and Walter O., of Liberty Center, Indiana.

Frank C. Garrett grew up on a farm adjoining the one which he now owns, acquired his education in the local district schools, and since attaining manhood has found his energies fully employed with his business as a farmer and stockman. He followed the example of his father as a factor in the livestock industry, and for the past fifteen years has specialized with high grade Poland China hogs. Every year he has had a sale of his animals, and from these fifteen sales his stock has been distributed and served to raise the standard of good swine industry throughout this section of Indiana. Mr. Garrett is a stockholder in the Keystone Bank and is a director in the Farmers Insurance Company. His farm comprises 120 acres in Liberty Township. Mr. Garrett is a republican in politics, and he and his family are members of the Baptist Church in Liberty Center.

On January 31, 1888, he married Miss Elizabeth Boltin. She was born in Liberty Township of Wells County. Mrs. Garrett is the daughter of Wm. J. and Mary A. (Richardson) Boltin. The mother was born in Ohio and the father in Wells County, Indiana. Mr. Boltin died September, 1914, aged seventy-three years. His wife is living, being sixty-nine years of age, at Liberty Center, Indiana. Mr. And Mrs. Garrett have had five children, namely: Lola M., wife of H. H. Ellis; Alonzo B. who is married and living in Huntington County, Indiana; Flo, who died at the age of three and a half year, N. Mount, and Mary A.