Thomas Pugh Garrett

Photographer:
T. P. Garrett
Bloomington Ills.
probably finished between 1880 and 1913
example from LOST GALLERY

Thomas Pugh Garrett
(1846 - 1933)

Sources from newspaper items, US census
Note: items from different sources do not always agree exactly on dates and events

Timeline
1846 Jul 10
Thomas Pugh Garrett is born in Mill Creek, Delaware
1862
Bloomington (IL) Pantograph 1932 story (see below) T P Garrett begins photography career at age 16
1864
Newspaper obit 1933, (See below) enlists in Pennsylvania Regiment for Civil War, learns photography
1865
Bloomington (IL) Pantograph 1932 story, T P Garret goes to Ottawa, KS for short stay
1866
Newspaper obit 1933, T P Garrett moves to Ottawa, KS for about 6 months
1867-1872
Newspaper obit 1933, in photography business in Leavenworth, KS, for about five years
1872
Newspaper obit 1933, Garrett moves to Philadelphia Briefly
1978
Newspaper obit 1933 T P Garrett and Carolyn Augusta Etherington marry
1879
Bloomington, IL, state records

1879
Bloomington, IL, 1880 US Census, T P Garrett is living in Bloomington, IL, with partner A. H. Bell and John J Mayes also a photographer
1880-1892
Bloomington (IL) Pantograph, T P Garrett apparently ran photography ads almost daily
1899
Bloomington (IL) Pantograph, obituary, Garrett’s wife C A Etherington dies
1892-1913
Bloomington, IL city directory, US Census, T P Garrett as photographer various addresses in Bloomington, IL
1915 March
Bloomington (IL) Pantograph0, 1933 item, T P Garrett moves to Medalia, MN, to live with daughter and her husband
1922
Bloomington (IL) Pantograph, 1933 item, T P Garrett moves to Minnesota to live with daughters
1932
Bloomington (IL) Pantograph, 1933 item, T P Garrett travels back to Bloomington for a visit
1933 May 21
Bloomington (IL) Pantograph, obituary, T P Garrett dies at age 86 in Minnesota and is buried in Bloomington

Bloomington Pantograph
25 Jan 1882

In the Bloomington Pantograph 09 Oct 1932 During his visit from Minnesota.

Bloomington (IL) Pantograph - 09 Oct 1932

Blomington (IL) Pantograph -
10 Jul 1880

(Note typo in Bell's Name)

Blomington (IL) Pantograph -
18 Mar 1881


Bloomington (IL) Pantograph -
27 Apr 1885

Blomington (IL) Pantograph -
04 Oct 1892

Blomington (IL) Pantograph -
02 May 1933

photographer: Garrett and Bell
Bloomington, IL
example from auction site
probably finished around 1879

photographer: Garrett
Bloomington, IL
CDV example from LOST GALLERY

photographer: T P Garrett
Bloomington, IL
example from auction site

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