Francis Garrou and Albert Francis Garrou

Francis Garrou, Sr. (1877-1937) came with the Waldensians, who immigrated from Italy to Valdese, North Carolina in the 1890s. Garrou’s nephew was Albert Francis Garrou (1893-1978).

Owners of the Valdese Manufacturing Company, the two men helped organized the Valdese Textiles, who played in the Independent Carolina League.