A Swearingen cousin named John Bennett wrote a fictional children's book about a character named Barnaby Lee; the book has Garrett and Barbara (his wife) as significant characters.  This book was published in 1902 and made into a silent movie in 1917.  The book can be found on Google Books 
here and can be purchased 
here.  IMDB has a bit of information about the movie 
here.
2 comments:
That is so cool. I will have to look for it.
That it such an interesting little tidbit! Cool stuff!
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