All this came from Diane (Walters) Hearne (0.606) and Noelle Van Pulis (spouse of 0.605). James was born in 1819 or 1820 in New Jersey and died on April 21, 1910 in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He married Catharine ------ who was born in New Jersey in 1824. The family was living in Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County in 1860 and 1870, and in Belvidere, Warren County, New Jersey in 1902. 1860 Penn census Garrison, James 40 b 1819 NJ liv. Lower Mount Bethel, Northampton, Pa (Ancestry 1-8-05) Catharine 35, 1824 b. NJ Ann 11, 1848 " William 9 1850 George 7 1852 Keller, William 20 1839 - b. Pa Derr, Louisa Derr 16 b. Pa Garrison, Martha, 70 b. 1789 NJ 1870 Pen.. census - ancestry Lower Mount bethel, Northampton, PA, Easton Garrison, James 1820 NJ, farmer, 50 Catharine b. 1832 NJ, 38 William b. abt 1851 NJ, carpenter apprentice, 19 George abt 1854 NJ, 16 Martha 1861 Penn., 9 Fritz, James L b. abt 1845 NJ, house painter, 25 Anna 1849 NJ, 21 William Hahan 21, painter apprentice b. NJ 1880 PA census James Garrison male white 59, b. NJ, farmer, parents born NJ Catherine Garrison wife age 54 b. NJ, keeping house, parents born NJ Mattie Garrison daughter age 20 b. Pa, at home, parents b. NJ From the Easton Express, Easton, Pennsylvania dated April 22, 1910 (photocopy of unnumbered page received in correspondence of October 8, 2002 from Sharon Gothard, Easton (PA) Area Public Library, to Noelle Van Pulis (spouse of 0.605)): BEGIN James Garrison, sick a long time with Bright's disease, died of that ailment at 6 o'clock last evening at his home, 1138 Pine street. He was 90 years old on the 7th of last March. / The deceased was a native of Mansfield township, Warren county, N.J. When a young man he went to Mount Bethel, where he was engaged in farming a long time. Subsequently he moved to Riverton, also in this county, where he continued his residence until he retired from farming, about 18 years ago, since which time he resided in Phillipsburg and Easton. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Annie Fritts, of this city, and by 15 grandchildren and 13 great-grand-children. The deceased is also survived by one brother and one sister, William Garrison, of Pontiac, Mich., and Mrs. Rebecca Spangenberg, of Phillipsburg. END Death certificate: James Garrison, d. April 21, 1910; Easton, 1138 Pine, 8 Ward; male, white, age 89, widowed. Born New Jersey; Father: John Garrison, b. USA; Mother: Mattie Everitt, b. USA; Occupation: Farm labor. Informant: P. F. Hagerty, Phillipsburg. Cause of death: Valvular heart disease; contributing: chronic nephritis and arteriosclerosis, 10 years. MD: F. A. Sherer (??), Easton, Pa. Burial: Belvidere, NJ, April 22, 1910. Undertaker: P. F. Hagerty, Phillipsburg. Children: i. Ann, (or Annie, Anna), born in March of 1848 in New Jersey, died after 1910, married James L. Fritts by 1870. James was born in April of 1843 in New Jersey and died before 1910. ii. William, born 1850 or 1851 in New Jersey, married Amelia ------ who was born in 1853 in Pennsylvania. iii. George, born about 1853 in New Jersey. iv. Martha, ("Mattie"), born in 1861 in Pennsylvania.