Garee, Charles Edwin

1873 - 1967

• Born	23 Sep 1873	Greenwood, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Education	He obtained a certificate to teach after passing the examination given to prospective teachers event 1887, 3 weeks before his 14th birthday. Cedar County Teacher's Institute; primary grades, Cedar, Missouri
  Education	Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, after 1890
  Illness	He had dyptheria as a child.
  Religion	Methodist
  Residence	1 Mar 1875	Otter Creek, Greenwood, Kansas
  Residence	1880	Vernon County, Missouri
  Residence	1880	Otter Creek, Greenwood, Kansas
  Residence	1882	El Dorado Springs, Cedar, Missouri
  Residence	1896	Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma
  	"About 1896 he moved, with his parents, by covered wagon to Noble, Oklahoma Territory." Aunt Frances said that "Papa rode a pony from Missouri to Oklahoma." At first they thought they would live in Moore but there was an influenza or something going around at the time so they rode on to Norman. They continued on because Norman was too low and prone to flooding. They finally settled in Noble, Oklahoma. Elizabeth's handwritten account: "Mr. & Mrs. F.A. Garee, CEG and Elda May Garee came to Noble by covered wagon, buggy and horse. CEG on a pony driving a herd of work horses and mules in late spring 1896. (They sold the work stock along the way - such was scarse.) C.E.G. went back by rail and accompanied a box car load of furniture which he completed the "filling" by bringing apples from MO the fall of '96. Of course, he made a nice profit on the apples for fruit was scarcer here (only a little more than 8 yrs after this part of Oklahoma opened by run). The F. A. Garee's bought a home on the SE intersection of Walnut and 2nd and both died in the home.'
  Residence	1900	Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma
  Residence	1910	Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma
  Residence	1917	Cleveland County, Oklahoma
  Residence	1920	Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma
  Residence	1930	Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma
  _UID	4340C02D2C5E4E65A03EA31D4C679A690183
  Died	9 Mar 1967	Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma
  Buried	12 Mar 1967	IOOF Noble Cemetery, Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma
  Notes	"Ed was a wizard in mathematics as shown by the fact that without having any training in engineering, he and his father built a long suspension bridge across the Canadian River, an amazing feat!" "He has introduced several new varieties of useful ornamental plants, the outstanding one being the "Gareei Cypress", which is very popular in Oklahoma, Arkansas and southern Missouri." "Ed was drafted by 'Uncle Sam' in the extensive rehabilitation program for GI's after World War II. His course was in Propagation and Nursery Practices, under the auspices of Oklahoma City High School. He had 20 - 25 returned soldiers enrolled, several of whom have become leading nurserymen in Oklahoma and other states. Ed was elected to Honorary Membership by the Oklahoma Horticultural Society in 1951, under the auspices of Oklahoma A & M, now Oklahoma State University." [1]
  Person ID	I1231	Keith and Kay's
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Garee, Francis Albert,   b. Feb 1846, Diamond, Ohio ,   d. Mar 1931, Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma
  Mother	Hamilton, Rebecca Elizabeth,   b. 2 Mar 1852, Rush County, Indiana ,   d. 6 May 1926, Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma
  Married	1872	Whitewater, Kansas
  _UID	0EEF81F8E62E4D22A2C058CF40B382382F3D
  Histories		Costume Ed & Elda Garee
  Family ID	F683	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Dunaway, Eva,   b. 3 Sep 1875, Dade County, Missouri ,   d. 3 Nov 1961, Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma
  Married	15 Oct 1897	Stockton, Cedar, Missouri
  	Eva's home, "C.E. Garee went by rail (and others) to Stockton, MO and married Eva Dunaway in Stockton. They returned to Noble by rail attending the World's Fair in St. Louis for their honeymoon and then visiting the Wiggins and Aunt Rhoda Garee in Kansas on the way to Noble. They lived with the F.A. Garee's about a year. Rubi was born in the F.A. Garee home on September 28, 1898. C.E.Garee had bought land (1 town block) a block from his parents home expecting to build a home before he returned to MO to marry. He had an opportunity to build a suspension bridge in the meantime. He did that and "cleared" enough money to build the home and they moved there in time for Stella to be born there Sept. 11, 1900. Elizabeth & Frances were born there (corner of Walnut & third). Lucy was born in the home at Walnut and 2nd on Oct 18, 1914." (Elizabeth Garee Bullard)
  _UID	35B3A0FE386443089C2209259728831BB6F7
  Notes	"C.E. Garee went by rail (and others) to Stockton, MO and married Eva Dunaway in Stockton. They returned to Noble by rail attending the World's Fair in St. Louis for their honeymoon and then visiting the Wiggins and Aunt Rhoda Garee in Kansas on the way to Noble. They lived with the F.A. Garee's about a year. Rubi was born in the F.A. Garee home on September 28, 1898.” (Frances Peters)
  Children	1. Garee, Rubi,   b. 26 Sep 1898, Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma ,   d. Mar 1987, Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma > 2. Garee, Stella,   b. 11 Sep 1900, Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma ,   d. 1996, Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma > 3. Garee, Elizabeth,   b. 26 Nov 1905, Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma ,   d. 16 Sep 1988, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma > 4. Garee, Frances,   b. 20 Nov 1907, Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma ,   d. 16 Oct 1998, Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma > 5. Garee, Lucy,   b. 18 Oct 1914, Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma ,   d. 18 Mar 2008, Woodward, Woodward, Oklahoma
  Family ID	F379	Group Sheet

  
  

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• Sources

  [S178] Noble Weekly Journal: Obiturary, Location: Noble, Oklahoma, (April 21, 1905), [Q:2].