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Owen Dyer Garred

Birth	:	2 Nov 1852 Lawrence County, Kentucky, USA
Death	:	20 Mar 1933 Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Saint Marys Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.2467117, -71.0289230
Description	:	GARRED, Owen D. Romance of the years in which timber drifting was the leading industry of Guyandotte and Big Sandy Valleys was recalled by the death, Monday morning at his home in Huntington, of Owen Dyer Garred, in the 81st year of his age. Of pioneer mountain stock, Mr. Garred was a kinsman of Henry Clay. Through his mother, Nancy Dyer Garred, he traced his descent from Pilgrims who crossed the Atlantic in the Mayflower to found Plymouth Colony. Born at Gallup, Lawrence County, KY on Nov 2, 1852, he spent his boyhood there. One of his early recollections was of... Read More	GARRED, Owen D. Romance of the years in which timber drifting was the leading industry of Guyandotte and Big Sandy Valleys was recalled by the death, Monday morning at his home in Huntington, of Owen Dyer Garred, in the 81st year of his age. Of pioneer mountain stock, Mr. Garred was a kinsman of Henry Clay. Through his mother, Nancy Dyer Garred, he traced his descent from Pilgrims who crossed the Atlantic in the Mayflower to found Plymouth Colony. Born at Gallup, Lawrence County, KY on Nov 2, 1852, he spent his boyhood there. One of his early recollections was of riding behind his father, David Garred when the latter went on horseback to vote for Stephen A. Douglas against Abraham Lincoln for president. Close of the war found, David Garred, who had been a prosperous planter, impoverished and he and his sons set about to rebuild the family fortunes. Besides cultivating the acres which had so long been slave-tended, they built flatboats at the farm and on these drifted tan-bark cargoes to the Cincinnati market. Supplementing the tan-bark were venison, hams, bear meat, bear and deer skins, beeswax and ginseng. For a time Mr. Garred and his sons operated a steamboat on the Big Sandy. Early in the life, Owen D. Garred became interest in the timber business, but for years his principal occupation was the operation of the Hotel Chattaroi at Louisa. His residence at Louisa began immediately after his marriage on Jun 22, 1876 to Miss Lucretia McClure, daughter of another of the pioneer families of eastern Kentucky and Southern West Virginia. In 1888, Mr. and Mrs. Garred and their growing family moved to Catlettsburg, and in 1890 they went to Huntington, where Mr. Garred and his son in law, Edgar C. Crow, now deceased, purchased the Hotel Florentine. This they sold after a year or two, but the Garred residence in Huntington continued. Mr. Garred left the hotel business to devote himself to timber. He had become actively engaged, in logging while in Catlettsburg, where he was associated with M. B. Goble and Robert Prichard. After disposing of the Florentine, Mr. Garred engaged extensively in timber harvesting in Logan County. Assisted by his son, A. L. Garred, he operated several large camps and often employed as many as 300 men in the work of felling trees, storing the logs behind splash dams from which, when water conditions were favorable, they were shot into the river, thence drifting to the Crane booms at Russell creek. There whey were rafted and sent by rowboat to Cincinnati and the mills. Subsequently Mr. Garred joined the Crane organization and was the agent though which they purchased thousands of acres of standing timber. Mr. Garred continued to be interested actively in the timber business long after the drifting days had passed. He retired from active life 15 years ago. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, south and an ardent Democrat. Never, until last November, did he fell to vote. The Roosevelt-Hoover contest found him physically unable to go to the polls. Naturally, this disappointed him keenly but he heard the returns eagerly and with warm enthusiasm over his partys victory. More than a year ago he was stricken with paralysis while sitting on his porch at home. He was carried upstairs and never came down again. Though he became able to move around his room. His final illness began 4 days before his death. With Mrs. Garred he celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on Jun 22, 1926. Succeeding anniversaries were celebrated with no less enthusiasm on the part of the devoted couple and their children and grandchildren. Had it endured until another June the McClure-Garred union would have extended through 57 years. Besides the widow, Mr. Garred leaves 4 sons, Alex L. Garred, George C. Garred, and Vinson D. Garred of Huntington, and David O. Garred of Printer, WV; 3 daughters, Mrs. E. C. Crow, Mrs. F. C. Boggess, and Mrs. Hermann Gieske, all of Huntington, and 6 grandchildren, Edgar G. Crow, Huntington high school coach, John Owen and Lou Addy Gieske, and David Owen, Wyatt Allen and Frank Boggess Garred, the last three the son of Mr. and Mrs. David O. Garred. He also is survived by 4 brothers, Dr. B. P. Garred, of Charleston, Lee A. Garred of Louisa, Michael (Dick) Garred of Miami, OK, and U. A. Garred of New York City. Funeral services were held at the Klingel Funeral Home Wednesday at 3 oclock. Interment was in Woodmere Cemetery, Huntington. Huntington Herald Dispatch. Big Sandy News-Recorder, Friday, Mar 24, 1933

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Owen Dyer Garred's memorial is located at: Saint Marys Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, USA.
When did Owen Dyer Garred death?
Owen Dyer Garred death on 20 Mar 1933 in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
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Latitude: 42.2467117
Longitude: -71.0289230

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Lucretia Ellen McClure Garred

(1857 - 1938)

Siblings

Children

Nancy Jane Garred Crow

(1877 - 1946)

(1880 - 1969)

(1882 - 1966)

(1884 - 1972)

(1888 - 1958)

(1893 - 1971)

(1898 - 1961)

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