Garrigus, Milton
soldier, educator, lawyer, legislator, was born Sept. 27, 1831, in Wayne county, Ind. For seventeen terms he taught school, and in 1859-60 was school examiner, and also postmaster at Greentown. During the war he served with distinction-was captain and acting adjutant on the staff of General Mason of the regular army during 1864-65. He was admitted to the bar in 1859, and since 1889 has been president of the Howard County Bar association. For three years he was superintendent of schools, and in 1878 was elected state senator, serving with distinction for four years. He was twice elected county auditor, his second term of four years expiring in 1900. He has been chairman of the republican county committee for fifteen terms. He is one of the Indiana commissioners to erect monuments for Indiana troops on Chickamauga, Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain battlefields. He was twice commander of his post of the Grand Army of the Republic, and has been inspectorgeneral of Indiana.