Birth: 1837
Death: 1887, Aug. 30
Occupation: doctor

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• Baltimore City

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Additional Information

• Dates: 1837-1887
  Notes: Born in Glouster County, Va., 1837; son of Andrew Van Bibber and Bettie Carter Garretson, of Matthews County, Va. Educated at the College of St. James, Md.; pupil of Dr. W.C. Van Bibber; M.D., Unversity of Maryland, 1857; (entered in the catalogue as “Frederick Van Bibber, Va.” Name was afterwards changed to Garretson by Act of Confederate Congress;) Assistant Surgeon, U.S.N., May 23, 1857; dismissed, May 6, 1861; Assistant Surgeon, C.S.N., 1861-65; was on cruiser “Florida”; was in Europe, 1865; after the War, practiced at Baltimore, 1865-72; removed to New York; he was married by had no children. Died at Bound Brook, N.J., August 30, 1887.
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 406