Jerrie Garrard

Jerrie Garrard
Wright & Garrard, Funeral Directors and Manufacturers and Dealers in Household And office Furniture, No. 45 Public Square, South Side The present house has its origin in 1879 at which time it was started by Mr. William Wright and his son, Mr. C K Wright, under the firm name of Wright & Son. After one year the senior member of the firm retired and Jerrie Garrard was admitted to partnership, since which time the firm name has remained as at present. premises occupied by this house is 21 x 125' in dimensions, embracing the first and second floors and basement. The main sales room is devoted to display of the various articles comprehended in the different departments of their extensive business and comprises a large and varied stock of every description of household furniture of both common and finer grades, including common an extension tables, chairs of all desirable varieties, parlor, dining room and kitchen sets, common and unique designs and bedsteads, bureaus, secretaries, lounges, brackets, sofas office furniture, etc. They also carry a full line of undertakers supplies, coffins, caskets and burial cases, and are provided with every facility for prompt attention to this department. They have a first-class hearse and are prepared to attend funerals in city or country and will, where so desired, take full control and supply everything essential on funeral occasions. The basement is devoted to storage purposes, while the second floor is used as the manufacturing department, where they are prepared to make to order any special designs of household, office or bar furniture upon reasonable terms. This house enjoys the ample facilities in its departments of trade and is able to compete with any contemporaneous establishment in this section of the state, and in its various branches transacts an annual business which will bear favorable comparison with the leading houses in these lines in this district. Mr. C. K. Wright is a native of Wayne County, of this state, where he was born in 1850, but when best three years of age his parents removed to Randolph County. He came to this city in 1879, since which time he has been identified with the operations of this house Mr. Jerrie Garrard is a native of Warren County, Ohio, where he was born in 1845. He came to the state in 1857 where he has been largely engaged in mercantile and commercial operations at two about the time of becoming associated with the present business.
Manufacturing and Mercantile Resources and Industries of the Principal Places in Wayne, Henry, Delaware and Randolph Counties A Review of their Manufacturing, Mercantile and General Business Interests, Advantageous Location, &c Including a Brief Historical and Statistical Sketch of Their Rise and Progress Resources and Industries of Indiana, Part V

Wright & Garrard, Funeral Directors and Manufacturers and Dealers in Household And office Furniture, No. 45 Public Square, South Side

The present house has its origin in 1879 at which time it was started by Mr. William Wright and his son, Mr. C K Wright, under the firm name of Wright
& Son. After one year the senior member of the firm retired and Jerrie Garrard was admitted to partnership, since which time the firm name has remained
as at present. premises occupied by this house is 21 x 125' in dimensions, embracing the first and second floors and basement. The main sales room is
devoted to display of the various articles comprehended in the different departments of their extensive business and comprises a large and varied stock
of every description of household furniture of both common and finer grades, including common an extension tables, chairs of all desirable varieties,
parlor, dining room and kitchen sets, common and unique designs and bedsteads, bureaus, secretaries, lounges, brackets, sofas office furniture, etc.
They also carry a full line of undertakers supplies, coffins, caskets and burial cases, and are provided with every facility for prompt attention to
this department. They have a first-class hearse and are prepared to attend funerals in city or country and will, where so desired, take full control
and supply everything essential on funeral occasions. The basement is devoted to storage purposes, while the second floor is used as the manufacturing
department, where they are prepared to make to order any special designs of household, office or bar furniture upon reasonable terms. This house enjoys
the ample facilities in its departments of trade and is able to compete with any contemporaneous establishment in this section of the state, and in its
various branches transacts an annual business which will bear favorable comparison with the leading houses in these lines in this district. Mr. C. K.
Wright is a native of Wayne County, of this state, where he was born in 1850, but when best three years of age his parents removed to Randolph County.
He came to this city in 1879, since which time he has been identified with the operations of this house Mr. Jerrie Garrard is a native of Warren County,
Ohio, where he was born in 1845. He came to the state in 1857 where he has been largely engaged in mercantile and commercial operations at two about the
time of becoming associated with the present business.

Manufacturing and Mercantile Resources and Industries of the Principal Places in Wayne, Henry, Delaware and Randolph Counties
A Review of their Manufacturing, Mercantile and General Business Interests, Advantageous Location, &c
Including a Brief Historical and Statistical Sketch of Their Rise and Progress
Resources and Industries of Indiana, Part V