EDWARD C. GARRISON,
High Constable in and for the City of Richmond, is now serving his
third term of two years each in this office. For one term he was elected
to the office without opposition, a record without parallel in the history
of the office. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia, November 21, 1845,
the son of Edward C. Garrison, who was born in Accomack county, Virginia,
and Camilla (Powell) Garrison, born in Isle of Wight county,
Virginia. His paternal ancestors were among the first settlers in Accomack,
coming from England.
Mr. Garrison has been twice married, his first wife Margelia R., eldest
daughter of Capt. Thomas S. Alvis of Briarfield, Bibb county, Alabama.
This marriage was solemnized at the home of the bride in Briarfield,
July 19, 1870, and she lived only a short time after. Secondly Mr.
Garrison married, at Richmond, April 30, 1874, Eudora C., daughter
of Richard Walden, of King and Queen county, Virginia. She was born
in that county, where her ancestors settled in the early part of the
present century. Mr. and Mrs. Garrison have six children, born in the
order named: Margelia E., Merritt W., Edward J., Nellie S., Richard
R., Eudor C.
Not twenty years of age when the civil war was ended, Mr. Garrison
was in service during that war, a member of A company, Naval Battalion.
He is a member of the Masonic fraternity; of the Red Men;
Junior Order of Mechanics; Knights of Honor; Royal Goodfellows;
and is a machinist by trade. Himself and wife are members of the
Leigh Street Baptist Church.
