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Children: L-R
1.William L. Chastain (Bill), b Oct 1886 Gilmer Co Ga USA D 1961 Fulton Co Ga USA married Riller Chastain.
2.Mary E. Chastain b Sept 1881 Gilmer Co Ga USA.
3.Johnson Elijah Chastain, b Ellijay Ga Gilmer Co USA Feb 1888, d Riverdale, Ga Clayton Co 1969, buried Baptist Rest Church Cemetery, Palmetto Ga, Fulton Co. (note: church name has changed) He married Mary Elizabeth Bell b May 25, 1907 Haleyville Ala, Winston Co USA D fulton Co Ga USA Aug 2, 1997 (she had remarried William Jennings Brown) she is buried in red Oak Ga USA in Forrest Lawn Cemetery .
4.Benjamin J. Chastain (Ben) b Apr 1894 Ellijay, Ga Gilmer Co USA, d 1968 Fulton Co Ga USA married Ivory
William and Ben and wives are buried in Baptist Rest Cemetery.

I did a web search for a Garrison School in Kansas or Oklahoma and there seem to be several. I have written to one. There are also others across the US and Canada. I can't guarantee which one it might be. If anyone can tell me, I would be delighted. I hope the names will give a clue to someone. Also, it may be in the same district or county as a “Cleaveland School” which is mentioned on one of the class photos.
The mystery is where the school is.
People in photo include: Craig Padgett, Kendall Clay, Curtis Wertz, Woody Rice, Dale Mitchell, Keith Younkin, Gary Kirk, Dee Zimmerman, Teressa Roth, Carol Kaelson, Monika Mader, Renee Lamborn, Debbie Cherry, Paula Stevens, Yvette Phipps, Diane Campbell, Kim Williams, Linda Southern, Mary Womer, Paul Meinecke, Ronnie Heckman, Belinda Kidd, Steve Bradshaw, Karen Quakenbrash, Gloria Stoner, David Winer, and Julie White
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