Laura Gertrude Garrett Timeline I will attempt to give a fuller picture of Laura Garrett’s very hard life. Oct 14, 1871, near Caldwell, Burleson County Texas. Laura G Garrett is born to Jeptha Norton Garrett and Mary Elizabeth Barnes Garrett. Dec 19, 1871, Burleson County TX, Laura’s much older half sister Mary Garrett is wed to William Hare. April 1872, near Caldwell, Texas. Laura’s sister Fannie El Dorado Garrett is born. About 1873/4, (record I only remember vaguely and have lost), a Caldwell, Texas church record mentions Laura’s older half sister Eugenia Garrett as a member. About 1874, The family moves to Florence, Williamson County, Texas. The family being much like the Brady Bunch by this time: Jeptha Garrett, Mary E Barnes Garrett, Jeptha’s daughters (by 1st wife) Mary and Eugenia, Victoria Belle Christman and Anna Georgia Thomas (both Jeptha’s step daughters and Mary Barnes daughters by previous marriages), and Jeptha and Mary’s 2 daughters Laura and El Dorado. April 4, 1875