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ELIZABETH A. GARRISON; P. O. Gordon. The subject of this memoir was born in Baltimore, Md., Feb. 12, 1817, and is a daughter of William L. and Ann (Armstrong) Pierce, natives of Maryland; her grandfather was a minister of the Gospel, and represented the Methodist Episcopal Church; Mr. Pierce was a baker by trade; he learned his trade in Philadelphia, with his Uncle Hayward, and did business on Great York St., Baltimore, for three years, when he died very suddenly, aged about 28 years; after the death of her husband, Mrs. Pierce continued to live in Baltimore for about five years, when she united in marriage with Joseph Sharp, when they removed to Butler Co., Ohio. Mr. Sharp was a shoemaker, but purchased a tract of land in Darke. They remained in Butler Co. one year, then moved to Milton, where they remained one year; thence to Darke Co., where our subject has ever since continued to reside, covering a space of time since 1840. She was united in marriage with Nicholas Mays Dec. 5, 1833; four children were given to this union, viz.: Emily A., born Oct., 16, 1834; Daniel, born Sept. 14, 1836; Martha, born Nov 1, 1838; Clarrissa, born Nov. 6, 1840. Mr. Mays departed this life March 10, 1841, aged about 40 years. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Mays continued on the farm till her marriage with Samuel Thompson, which occurred April 9, 1844, and then left the home place and went with her husband to his home, but Mr. Thompson only lived a short time after his marriage, when he was stricken down with a congestive chill, and was a corpse just eighteen months after his marriage with Mrs. Mays. One child was given to this union, viz.: Minerva, born Jan. 10, 1846. When her husband was laid in the grave, she moved back to the Mays farm, her previous residence, where she remained for six years, when she was again united in marriage, with Leonard Garrison, June 19, 1852; four children are the fruits of this union, viz.: Maria E., born May 16, 1853; Loretta, born Dec. 27, 1854; Amanda, born July 24, 1857; William L., born May 4 1859. Mr. Garrison departed this life July 24, 1871. Emily (Mays) Penny died Nov. 6, 1866; Daniel Mays, died March 25, 1839; Minerva (Thompson) Bollinger, departed this life Feb. 18, 1875; Martha Garrison, died Feb. 15, 1877. Truly the death messenger has made frequent calls upon the family of Mrs. Garrison, but with true Christian spirit, she submits to the will of her Master, and through her faith she sees the gateway of entrance whereby she can be re-united with the loved ones that have gone before. She has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since 1832, and was happily converted at a camp-meeting in Baltimore, and, through all these years, her faith has never weakened, nor her reliance on the promises of her Savior ever grown dim.