Born Hannah Riley Edwards, she was the first wife of Rev. Isaac Clever Garrison, itinerant methodist minister and tailor. Hannah was a very young teenage bride: teacher, Nellie Rae Garrison wrote in 1947 that Hannah was born 14 Jan 1821 and married 17 May 1836. Isaac was born 1812, so about 9 yrs older than Hannah. Hannah was about child #10-13th in the very large Curtis Edwards family of near Mack, Ohio (Ebenezer Methodist Churchyard Cemetery was near here or in Mack at one time). She had only one son, who grew up to be Rev. David C. Garrison, b. 6 Apr. 1837 Cincinnati, a full-time Methodist Protestant minister with the Ohio Conference. Hannah Riley Edwards Garrison tragically died in childbirth with her child number two, a daughter named Priscilla Garrison (who sadly died as a teenager, 15 years old.) Hannah, David's mother, didn't make it to her 22nd birthday, which seems so very sad. She died aged 21 years 6 months 23 days according to her gravestone's inscription (see photo). Hannah's tombstone was broken into many pieces after it was removed from Ebenezer (when the Methodists decided to dismantle their founders' sacred burial ground around the churchyard), and later thrown in pieces at the back fence of the former, old Freeson monument company (on Vine St., by Vine St. Hill Cemetery)-- long story, but Hannah's stone still needs a financial sponsor to put it back together again, and to place it back into a cemetery. Over her remains would be preferable.


Her RILEY descent, of southern New Jersey, for DAR purposes, my old notes show as: Mark Riley> Daniel Riley- the DAR/Rev. War Patriot (1758/1837)> Priscilla Riley who married Mr. Curtis Edwards> Hannah; I recall obtaining (many years ago) some portion of this knowledge from the well known, southern New Jersey, hand drawn, Shepard papers, scanned on microfilm, LDS Library, Salt Lake (originals at Vineland NJ Historical Society, perhaps?).