On 31 March 1912, Elizabeth Wright Garrett was born in Essex County, Virginia. She was female; born to married parents; father Colin P. Garrett of Bowler’s Whf. Va., white, 67, born in Middlesex County, Virginia, occupation farmer; mother Mary Sue Mitchell of Bowler’s Whf., white, 35, born in Essex County, occupation at home; number of children born to this mother 1. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Birth, 1469.]