Elizabeth Rachael Garrett

   Cause of her death was Mesenteric Embolus (2 days) / Arterioscleroic Heart Disease.

   Another name for Elizabeth was Bettie.

  General Notes:

According to family stories, Elizabeth Rachael Garrett and William B. Jones had 2 children: Anne Elizabeth Jones and Thomas Garrett Jones. However, census records indicate that there were 6 children:
The 1900 Federal Census for Ridgeway, Henry Co., VA, District 57, page 186A records the widow Bettie R. Jones (Aug 1863 - VA/VA/VA) (indexed as Rettie at ancestry.com) with children Clide (Nov 1886 - VA/VA/VA), Ethel (Aug 1887 - VA/VA/VA), Mary (April 1890 - VA/VA/VA), Bennie (March 1892 - VA/VA/VA), Annie (March 1895 - VA/VA/VA), and Thomas (Dec 1897 - VA/VA/VA). Bettie is a widow who reports being married for 15 years and having had 6 children.

The 1910 Federal Census for Ridgeway, Henry Co., VA, District 72, page 172B records Bettie R. (49 - NC/NC/VA) with children W. Clyde (24 - VA), Benjamin S. (18 - VA), Thomas G. (12 - VA), Ethel T. (22 - VA), Mary W. (20 - VA), and Annie E. (15 - VA). Bettie indicates that she has had 6 children all of whom are still living. Clyde is a Dentist and Benjamin is a Salesman.

By the 1920 census, Bettie has remarried: The 1920 Federal Census for Banister, Halifax Co., Virginia, District 83 records Homer (51) and Rachael (55) DeShazo (indexed as DeShozo at ancestry.com). There are no children living with them.

The 1930 Federal Census for Banister, Halifax Co., Virginia, District 83 records Homer A. (69) and Bettie (65) DeShazo (indexed as Dushane at ancestry.com). Homer is a Dairy Farmer and there are no children living with them.

  Medical Notes:

Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Name: Elizabeth Garrett Deshazo [Elizabeth Garrett] (widowed)
Residence: 4409 Hilltop Drive, Lynchburg, VA
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age at Death: 94
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1864
Death Date: 25 Apr 1959
Death Place: Gugenheimer Hospital, Lynchburg, Virginia
Burial: April 27, 1959 at Mountain View Cemetery, Ridgeway, Henry Co., VA
Registration Date: 1 May 1959
Father: W S Garrett
Mother: Mary Price
Spouse: H A Deshazo
Certificate Number: 1959008593
Informant: B. S. Jones of Leaksville, N. C.

Elizabeth married Homer Augustus Deshazo circa 1918 in Henry Co, Va. (Homer Augustus Deshazo was born in Sep 1860 in Henry Co, Va. and died in 1944 in Halifax Co, VA..)

Elizabeth next married William Thomas Breckenridge Jones on 4 Feb 1885 in Rockingham Co., N.C. (William Thomas Breckenridge Jones was born on 2 Dec 1860 in Henry Co, Va, died on 8 Jun 1899 in Henry Co, Va. and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Ridgeway, Henry Co., VA..)