Background
Garretson, George Armstrong was born on January 30, 1844 in Columbiana Company, Ohio, United States. Son of Hiram and Margaret King (Armstrong) Garretson.
Garretson, George Armstrong was born on January 30, 1844 in Columbiana Company, Ohio, United States. Son of Hiram and Margaret King (Armstrong) Garretson.
Graduated from the United States Military Academy, 1867.
Enlisted Company East, 84th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, May 26, 1862. Served in West Virginia and Maryland. Honorary discharge, September 20, 1862.
Second lieutenant 4th United States Artillery, 1867-January 1, 1870 (resigned).
Captain 1st Cleveland Troop (Troop A, O.N.G.), 1887-1892 (resigned). Brigadier general volumes, May 27, 1898.
Honorary discharge, November 30, 1898. President Bank of Commerce, Cleveland, since 1890.
Married Anna Scowden, 1870 (died 1886). Married second, Emma R. Ely, December 5, 1888.