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WILLIAM BATES GARRETSON, a representative and substantial citizen of Smithfield Township and one of the leading farmers, resides on one valuable tract of 114 acres and owns a second farm, containing 116 acres, lying on the other side of the Dillonvale turnpike road, about one and one-half miles south of Smithfield, Jefferson County, Ohio. Mr. Garretson was born on his father's farm in this township, August 27, 1847, and is a son of Joseph and Mary Jane (Greer) Garretson. Joseph Garretson was born in 1824 and was the only son of John Garretson, who came early to Ohio, from Pennsylvania. During the whole of his active life, Joseph Garretson engaged in agricultural pursuits. He now lives retired, in Belmont County, one of the old and esteemed residents. He married Mary Jane Greer, a daughter of John Greer, who came to Jefferson COunty from Belmont County, having settled there after coming from Indiana, and later moving to Mercer County, Illinois, where he died. Mrs. Garretson was born in Indiana and died in Jefferson County, in 1875, aged forty-five years. Of their four children, William B. is the only survivor. William Bates Garretson has passed his life in Smithfield Township, attending the country schools in boyhood and since then following farm pursuits. He purchased the farm on which he lives in 1901, from Ross Barkhurst. Mr. Garretson engaged in general farming until 1902, when he relieved himself of these responsibilities, turning them over to his sons, and since then has interested himself in the real estate business. He has been more or less active in political circles for a number of years, being a zealous Republican, and at present is serving as a member of the Smithfield Republican Central Committee. Since becoming interested in real estate he has disposed of many of the lots in the new addition which has recently been added to Dillonvale. Mr. Garretson was married March 29, 1879, to Miss Carrie L. Haynes, a daughter of George and Mary Jane (Deyarmon) Haynes, formerly well known residents of Smithfield Township. They have had three children: Lillian, George Scott and Eugene. Lillian married Charles Barkhurst and they reside not far from her old home. They have two children: Gertrude and Clarence. George Scott, who also lives near his father, married Florence Hooper and they have three children, Lloyd, George and Madge. Eugene still resides under the home roof. Both sons are numbered with the progressive and successful farmers of this section. Mr. Garretson and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Return to Family Tales
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