Nathan Folwell Garwood, oldest child and only son by second wife of Amassa and Esther (Iredell) Garwood, was born Oct. 
18, 1831, in Gloucester County, N. J.  He was educated in the schools of his native county, and followed farming and 
dealing in stock on his father’s farm till he grew to manhood. His father followed blacksmithing in the village, also 
farming, while his sons worked on the farm.  He died in 1853, and the following year Nathan, in connection with Ephraim 
Tomlinson, proprietor of the “Laurel Mills” (grist and saw mills), carried on an extensive business in flour and lumber,
 near White Horse, Camden Co., N. J., our subject having charge of the mercantile department one year.  He then engaged 
in general merchandising in his native county, but at the end of a year sold his interest to his partner.  He was then 
variously engaged in different places till the spring of 1859, when he engaged in the freight office of the Hannibal & 
St. Joe Railroad, at Hannibal, Mo., continuing there till 1861, when the war troubles suspended business on the road.  
He then returned to Richmond, Ind., and in February, 1863, he removed to Nashville, Tenn., and was engaged in the 
Government Quartermaster’s office, in the railroad shipping department, until the spring of 1866, after which he was 
engaged in the freight department of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, at Nashville, Tenn., until June, 1876.  He 
then visited the Centennial at Philadelphia, with his family, and returned to Wayne County, Ind., in November, 1876.  
In the spring of 1877 he purchased his present farm and residence near Richmond, known as “Forest Home,” where he has 
since followed farming.  Mr. Garwood was married March 5, 1861, to Anna E. Iredell, born in Wayne County, Ind., in 1837,
 and daughter of Samuel E. and Marietta L. (Suffrain) Iredell, and granddaughter of John Suffrain, a native of France.  
They have four children – Nettie M., Esther C., Josephine S. and Eugene C.  Mr. Garwood and wife attend the religious 
society of Hicksite Friends.  Mrs. Garwood’s father came to Richmond, Ind., in 1835, and followed the tailor’s trade a 
number of years.  He then bought a farm near Richmond, where he farmed and worked at his trade till 1856.  He then 
sold his farm and purchased another near Middleboro, Wayne Co., Ind., where he followed farming till his death in 1866. 
 His widow is still living.

History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2. Pages 780 and 781.