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06-John Milton Garriott
Birth: 25 Mar 1841, Clark Co, IN
Home: Putnam Co, MO
Death: 23 Feb 1902, Spickard, Grundy Co, MO- age 60
Burial: Halfrock Cemetery
Occupation: Farmer in Mercer Co, MO
Military: Union Army, Civil War: Private, Company B, 18th Regiment MO Infantry 49
Father: Jacob W Garriott

Marriage: 13 Sep 1863, Perdie? McNairy Co, TN by Dr. Greer
Spouse: Mary Bashie COCHRAN
Birth: 7 Dec 1845, Alabama
Death: 9 May 1928, at OA Snapp residence, Halfrock, Mercer Co, MO- age 82
Burial: Halfrock Cemetery
Father: Israel William Cochran
Mother: Martha Ann Coruthers (1814-1891)

     CHILDREN: John Milton and Mary had 14 children born in Halfrock, Mercer Co, MO:
07----MILLIE ANN GARRIOTT [b. 1866, listed below];
07----CORA LEURENDA JANE GARRIOTT [b. 1868, listed below];
07----SARAH ELLEN "SADIE" GARRIOTT [b. 1869, listed below];
07----BODLE EDGAR GARRIOTT [b. 1871, listed below];
07----THOMAS L GARRIOTT [b. 10 Oct 1872, Halfrock, Mercer Co, MO; d. Nov 1872- age one month, bur. Barnes Cemetery];
07----JACOB ANDREW GARRIOTT [b. 1873, listed below];
07----RHODA MARGARET GARRIOTT [b. 1875, listed below];
07----IDA MAE GARRIOTT [b. 1877, listed below];
07----DOC MARTIN GARRIOTT [b. 1879, listed below];
07----LUCY CATHERINE GARRIOTT [b. 1880, listed below]; 
07----WILLIAM MILTON "BILL" GARRIOTT [b. 1882, listed below]; 
07----JOHN TRUMAN GARRIOTT [b. 1884, listed below];
07----ISAAC "IKE" GARRIOTT [b. 1887, listed below]; and
07----TAD FAULKNER GARRIOTT [b. 1889, listed below].

     CENSUS:
     1880 Medicine, Mercer Co, MO census: has John M Garriott 39, b. IN, Farmer; Mary Garriott 35, b. AL, Keeping House; Milla A Garriott 14, b. IA; Cora J Garriott 12, b. MO; Sarah E Garriott 10, b. MO; Bodle E Garriott 8, b. MO; Jacob Garriott 6, b. MO; Rhoda Garriott 4, b. MO; Ida Garriott 3, b. MO; and Martin Garriott 7/12, b. MO.
     1900 Medicine, Mercer Co, MO census: has John M Garriott 59, b. IN, Farmer; Mary B Garriott 54, b. TN (13 children- 13 living); William Garriott 17, b. MO, Farm Laborer; John T Garriott 15, b. MO, Farm Laborer; Isaac Garriott 13, b. MO; and Tad Garriott 11, b. MO.

     MILITARY:16 John Milton enlisted on 29 Jul 1861 in Putnam Co, MO for 3 years, was mustered in on 14 Nov 1861, LaClede, MO. He was a private with Company B, 18th Infantry Regiment, Missouri Volunteers for the Union under Capt. Hudson Stulls. He reinlisted for an additional 3 years on 1 Jan 1864. He was discharged [with his regiment] on 18 Jul 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky, and described as 5'-6" in height, with a fair complexion, dark hair, and black eyes.
     John Milton was with the 18th MO Infantry in the Battle for Shiloh [Pittsburg Landing, Hardin Co, TN] on 6-7 Apr 1862. The Mercer County History Book, Vol. 1, 1845-1947 19claims that John Milton was at the 2nd Battle of Bull Run [Manassas, VA] and, while on maneuvers in Tennessee [Battle of Shiloh, Pittsburg Landing, TN], he met Mary Bashie Cothren in the town of Perdie, McNairy Co, TN. John Washington Garriott, John Milton's cousin, also with the 18th MO Infantry, was captured at the Battle for Shiloh.

     PENSION:16 John Milton applied for a pension on 25 May 1885 [claim 376.837] disabled by disease of eyes, as a result of injury from fragment of a gun-cap, near East Point, Georgia, 12 Oct 1864 and a cold near Petersburg, Virginia, May 1865. "In discharging his piece at guard-mount [he] received injury in the right eye from fragment of gun-cap." He was treated by the regiment surgeon. He received a pension. [certificate 231.653].

     SURNAME SPELLING: Mary's last name has been also spelled Caulhorn, Cothern. Her mother, Martha, died at daughter Mary's home and was buried in Halfrock Cemetery.

     BIOGRAPHY: John Milton's courting of Mary Bashe Cothren made rebel soldiers suspicious that her father was a spy for the Union Army. They took Mary's father from his home one night and he never saw his family again.19 [Sandra Gatrel]
      John Milton and Mary married and lived in TN during the war. After the war, Mary, her mother Martha, and her four sisters went with John Milton by boat up the Mississippi River, first to Hannibal, Marion Co, MO, then to Powersville in Putnam Co, and finally to Mercer County, where they bought a farm two miles west of Halfrock.

     CHILDREN: William Israel Cothren and Sarah Crothers had six children:
 ----SARAH MALETHIA COTHREN [b. 25 Jul 1842, AL; d. 7 Jan 1905- age 62, bur. Old City Cemetery, Trenton, Grundy Co, MO];
-----MARY BASHE COTHREN [b. 1845, listed above], m. John Milton Garriott;
 ----DOC COTHREN [b. 7 Dec 1847, AL], did not go to MO, but stayed in TN;
 ----RACHEL COTHREN [b. 7 Dec 1850, AL; d. 1913- age 63, bur. Old City Cemetery, Trenton, Grundy Co, MO], m. Milton Gadberry;
 ----FANNIE COTHREN [b. 7 Dec 1852, AL; d. 1936- age 84, bur. Mitchell Cemetery, Melburne, Harrison Co, MO], m. Harve Vance;
 ----NANCY A COTHREN [b. 12 Jan 1857, AL; d. 2 Sep 1901- age 44, bur. Halfrock Cemetery], m. Hugh Allen Tharp [b. 30 Nov 1845].

     WIDOW'S PENSION:16 John's widow, Mary B, applied for a pension in 1916 [claim 756.464, cert 555.400] at the age of 70. She received $50 per month, last paid to 4 May 1928. John Milton owned 142 acres in Mercer Co, MO at his death, which was divided among the heirs. His widow received 44-1/6 acres and $400. He died intestate and carried no life insurance.