General Notes

was born in 1786 and took up farming. His father, who was born in Columbia County, came to Manlius in 1812. Garret, Jr. served in Marsh's Manlius Infantry Company in the War of 1812. Charles M. Cole, the youngest of Garret's nine surviving children, was only two when his father passed away. He apprenticed at the mason's trade at age 14 and pursued that business.

Following Garret, Jr.'s decease on April 15, 1823, he was buried beside his three year-old daughter, Bathsheba, who had died in 1817. His stone is intact.