THE GEORGE FAMILY
We know very little about this family.
zSpencer & Flora Foster George lived in Table Rock for a time. According to genealogist Cheryl George, they were moved to Table Rock at a time unknown. Flora died here in 1893 and is buried in the Table Rock Cemetery.
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According to Cheryl George, Spencer was married three times. He married Maggie Nuckolls 29 Dec 1874, Flora Foster 3 Dec 1885 and Carrie A. Bustard 4 April 1905.
Spencer and Maggie had three children, namely Daisy George born 21 Oct 1875 in Bolchow, Andrew, Missouri; William Everett George born 18 September 1878 in Balkan, Missouri; and Clifford Heath George born 17 July 1880 in Mound City, Holt, Missouri. Cheryl does no know if Spencer and Flora had any children in the 8 years they were married. Spencer and Carrie had 4 children, namely, Harry Monroe George (the father of Cheryl's husband) born 27 Aug 1905 in Fairmont, Fillmore, Nebraska, and a twin named Harold George born the same day and place who died a day later; Paul Spencer George born 21 July 1908 in Dawson, Richardson, Nebraska; and Samuel Marion George born 24 Oct 1910 in Rulo, Nebraska. Spencer died in 1936 at about age 78 and is buried in Atchison County, Missouri, as is his third wife Carrie. |
willie george, a table rock soldier of the spanish-american war
Here is a photograph identified on the back as "Willie George." This photograph was from the collection of Ines Linn Madden. First, We think this is Spencer's son William. His uniform appears to be of the Spanish-American War era, and the San Francisco studio on the frame likewise is indicative of that war, because the men from Table Rock who enlisted were shipped to Manila via San Francisco. Second, the family lived in Table Rock at least during a period a few years before the Spanish-American War, if his wife Flora died there in 1893.
We know of a likely namesake. William George -- a brother of Willie's father, Spencer, who died in the Civil War. According to Jim George, Spencer had a brother William George who died in the Battle of Chickamauga, Walker Co., Georgia, at age 26 in 1863.
Table Rock's Willie George moved away but kept up his ties with local people for while at least. This is evidenced by an announcement in 1913 that was apparently sent to someone in Table Rock; it was found in the Historical Society's records in a collection of some miscellaneous documents . The writing on the envelope were with the invitation. It is in two hands but we do not know whose.
Table Rock's Willie George moved away but kept up his ties with local people for while at least. This is evidenced by an announcement in 1913 that was apparently sent to someone in Table Rock; it was found in the Historical Society's records in a collection of some miscellaneous documents . The writing on the envelope were with the invitation. It is in two hands but we do not know whose.
Willie George died in Alameda, California in 1949 at the age of 70. Mary died in 1983 at the age of 94. They are both buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Francisco, California. Her inscription is on the back of his stone.
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