Samuel Garis, was a cabinet-maker, and for some time had a factory in Easton, but later engaged in farming in Talbot County, Md., and is now a resident of Philadelphia. The family in former years were members of the Lutheran Church, but the father now attends the Cookman Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, of which he is a member. His wife, formerly Susan Eichman, was born in Easton, and was of German descent. In their family of eleven children, ten grew to maturity, and all of these are still living.