Born October 28, 1828, in Highland county, Ohio, where he was reared and educated, and assisted his father on the farm. He entered the Salem Academy at the age of seventeen; and read medicine three years with his brother, J. P. Garret; attended lectures at Ohio Medical College, in 1849 and 1850. He was then called to take charge of his brother's practice, he being in poor health. He was married in September, 1854, to Miss Anna M. Wilson, a native of Ohio, and came to Iowa the following year, commencing practice at Troy, and meeting with good success. His wife died in August 1857; she was highly respected and a member of the M. E. Church. He married again September 15, 1859, Miss Jane A Paxton, a native of Virginia. The doctor ran for the legislature in 1863, on the republican ticket, against a democratic majority of 800, and was defeated by eight votes; but was elected in 1865, by 150 majority, and reelected in 1867. In 1872, he retired from practice on account of failing health, and lived on his farm till the spring of 1881, when he moved back to Troy and commenced practicing again.

Born October 28, 1828, in Highland county, Ohio, where he was reared and educated, and assisted his father on the farm. He entered the Salem Academy at the age of seventeen; and read medicine three years with his brother, J. P. Garret; attended lectures at Ohio Medical College, in 1849 and 1850. He was then called to take charge of his brother's practice, he being in poor health. He was married in September, 1854, to Miss Anna M. Wilson, a native of Ohio, and came to Iowa the following year, commencing practice at Troy, and meeting with good success. His wife died in August 1857; she was highly respected and a member of the M. E. Church. He married again September 15, 1859, Miss Jane A Paxton, a native of Virginia. The doctor ran for the legislature in 1863, on the republican ticket, against a democratic majority of 800, and was defeated by eight votes; but was elected in 1865, by 150 majority, and reelected in 1867. In 1872, he retired from practice on account of failing health, and lived on his farm till the spring of 1881, when he moved back to Troy and commenced practicing again.