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1. | James Edward Garrett was born in 1881 in Virginia, USA; died in 1965; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. James married Bessie Lee Blalock on 1 Jun 1916 in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Bessie (daughter of Martin Luther Blalock, I and Bettie Elizabeth Scott) was born on 6 Mar 1897 in Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA; died on 28 Nov 1990 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Miriam Elizabeth Garrett (1.James1) was born on 13 Mar 1917 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 16 Jul 1947 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Miriam married Ernest Gilbert Phields, II on 11 May 1940 in Warrenton, Fauquier, Virginia, USA. Ernest (son of Ernest Garfield Phields, I and Corrie Bell Harris) was born on 10 May 1911 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 16 Jul 1947 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Ernest Garrett Phields, III (2.Miriam2, 1.James1) was born in 1945 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died in in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA. |
4. | Elizabeth Lee Phields (2.Miriam2, 1.James1) was born on 22 Sep 1940 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 23 Mar 2018 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Family/Spouse: William M. Overton. William was born on 17 Apr 1921 in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank, North Carolina, USA; died on 26 Nov 1996 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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