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JOSEPH H. GARRISON, a native of Spencer County, Ind., was born October 5, 1821, the second son in a family of thirteen children who lived to be grown, born to Isaac and Nancy (Tennison) Garrison, who were natives respectively of Ohio and Indiana. The father was born in 1797, and came to Warrick County, Ind., in 1809, where he died at the home of Joseph H. The mother’s birth occurred in 1800, and her death on the old home farm in Spencer County. They were both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church over forty years. Joseph H. lived at home, assisting on the farm and receiving a good common school education, until his marriage May 29, 1840, with Miss Elizabeth M. Spradling, a daughter of Rev. Jesse and Elizabeth (Taylor) Spradling. Mr. and Mrs. Garrison are the parents of twelve children: Nancy, William T., Harvey G., Emma, Mary, George B., Samuel, James N., John, Jesse R., Martha and Matilda. William T. was killed at the battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864. Mrs. Garrison was born January 2, 1823, and died October 10, 1884. Mr. Garrison served in the Home Guards and enlisted in Company D, Forty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry; was discharged and sent home as recruiting officer for different regiments, and in December he re-enlisted as Sergeant in Company D, One Hundred and Twentieth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He has made farming his occupation through life until within the last year, and now has a general store in Tennison. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as was his wife.