Everett L. Garabrant

NJGenWeb ~ Morris County, New Jersey

Source: History Morris County New Jersey, Volume II, Lewis Publishing Co., 1914

Everett L. GARABRANT is one of the foremost citizens of Mendham, where he is now engaged in business as a contractor and builder and where he is likewise president of the Mendham Garage Company. He is a stockholder in the National Bank of Bernardsville and he has ever been on the alert to forward all measures and enterprises projected for the good of the community, serving his home town in various official positions of trust and responsibility. He is a native of Morris county, New Jersey, born February 10, 1866, son of John Newell and Helen (DAY) GARABRANT. The father was a prominent farmer in Mendham township during the major portion of his active career and he died January 24, 1881, and his wife died November 14, 1901; they are buried in the cemetery at Mendham. To them were born: Eugene M.; Everett L.; John W., a sketch of whose career appears elsewhere in this work; Eliza, wife of Oscar PRUDEN; Jennie, wife of Charles FREEMAN; Florence; Cornelia D., wife of Frederick R. GUERIN; and Margaret.

After a course of study in the common schools of his native place, Everett L. GARABRANT learned the trade of carpenter, and he was in the employ of other men for the following four years. In 1887 he opened offices as a contractor and builder in Brookside and remained in that place for a period of two years, at the expiration of which time he came to Mendham, this place having since represented his home and business headquarters. He has erected many prominent buildings in this section of Morris county and keeps a number of carpenters busy all the year round. He became president of the Mendham Garage Company in 1913, and has money invested in the Bank at Bernardsville. He is a Republican in politics and for two years was freeholder of Mendham. He is one of the local councilmen and has served on the Mendham township Republican committee for several terms, and member of board of health. He is prominent in fraternal orders and is affiliated with Prospect Lodge, No. 24, F. and A. M., at Chester; the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Royal Arcanum, both of Morristown; and the Modern Woodmen of America and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, of Mendham.

In 1888 Mr. GARABRANT married Nellie ALDRED, born and reared in Mendham, daughter of Abiah and Harriet Bell (POLAND) ALDRED, both deceased. The ALDRED family consists of George, Nellie and Anna. Mr. and Mrs. GARABRANT have four children: Clara Mabel, Lottie Irene, John Everett, and Orville. Clara Mabel, the eldest of the above children, is the wife of John Murry BEAGUE, of Brooklyn, and they have two children – Evangeline and John Murray Jr. The GARABRANT family are members of the First Presbyterian Church at Mendham, and are active and popular factors in the best social life of this place.

Transcribed by John Cresseveur (1949-2003)