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Thomas L. GEORGE

Thomas L. GEORGE

Male 1859 - 1939  (80 years)

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  • Name Thomas L. GEORGE 
    Born 1859  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in death record as Jul 11 1866, inconsistent with his headstone and other records.
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1885  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1895  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1900  Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1904  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1910, 1920, 1930  Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [5, 6, 7] 
    Residence Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Died 17 Jun 1939  Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    Buried Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 8] 
    Person ID I57899  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Jun 2020 

    Father Absalom GEORGE,   b. 1 Feb 1828,   d. 28 Mar 1895, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Eliza Jane TUSTIN,   b. 1831, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1897, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Family ID F45596  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Ann "Anna" BRADFORD,   b. 16 May 1858, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1894, Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years) 
    Married 3 May 1885  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • Local news items in the "Wilbur News" column, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Sep 28 1916, in their entirety:

      "Mr. T. L. George is still poorly with typhoid. Dr. Conoway is giving him the best medical assistance."

      "Miss Liva George, a trained nurse who has been working in a hospital in Pennsylvania, came here last week to nurse her father T. L. George, who has typhoid." [9, 10, 11]
    Children 
     1. Earl W. GEORGE,   b. Aug 1887
     2. Lucy GEORGE,   b. Dec 1888, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1978  (Age ~ 89 years)
     3. Lora GEORGE,   b. 5 Nov 1889, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1930, Mole Hill (now Mountain), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
     4. Lessie Mary GEORGE,   b. 23 Sep 1891, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1964, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     5. Liva GEORGE,   b. 16 Oct 1893, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1918, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years)
    Family ID F23929  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Ellen "Ella" KNIGHT,   b. 10 Mar 1854, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1939, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 2 Mar 1895  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Divorced Y  [12, 13] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census. Tyler Co, WV (Centerville District), enumerated on Jun 30 1900:
      Ella George, 39, b. Mar 1861, farmer, widowed (corrected from initial entry of married for 6 years), mother of 3 children (all still living); dau Ingiby Lipscom [sic], 18, b. Feb 1882, single; son Homer George, 4, b. Feb 1896; son Ralph George, 2, b. De 1897.
      NOTE: A week after this enumeration, daughter Ingaby married Joseph A. Costilow. Ella's marital status should have been entered as separated or divorced, as reflected in her ex-husband's entry for this census. He was enumerated in a separate household Centerville District. His marital status was divorced and with him were his children from his first marriage.

      1900 Census, Tyler Co, WV (Centerville District), enumerated on Jun 29 1900:
      Thomas L. George, 39, b. Jul 1860, divorced (corrected from married 15 yrs), occupation (blank); son Earl W, 12, b. Aug 1887; dau Lucy, 11, b. Dec 1888; dau Lora, 10, b. Nov 1889; dau Lessie, 8, b. Sep 1891; dau Liva, 6, b. Oct 1893.

      In 1906, Mary Ellen "Ella" George remarried John W. Payne, giving her marital status as divorced. Meanwhile, her ex-husband Thomas L. George had remarried Ellen "Ella" Birch (widow of Noah Clice) in 1904.

      1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Town of Salem), enumerated on Apr 29 1910 on Water Street:
      Ella Payne, 54, occupation agent for books, married 4 yrs (2nd marriage), mother of 5 children (2 still living); Homer George, 14; son Ralph George, 12.
      NOTE: There are several discrepancies in the information provided for Ella. Her age is understated by about two years, she was in her third marriage rather than her second, and she had more than two living children. It is also noteworthy that although she was indicated as being married, her husband was not present.

      1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Tenmile District, City of Salem), enumerated on Jan 14 1920:
      Ella George, 5_ (2nd digit not visible), widowed, no occupation; son Homer George, 23, single, clerk; son Ralph George, 21, single, bookkeeper.

      1930 Census, Wood Co, WV (City of Parkersburg), enumerated on Apr 11 1930 at 1115 Avery Street:
      Ralph E. George, 32, clerk at rayon plant, monthly rent $25, no radio in home; wife Margaret M, 27; dau Betty A, 1y 3m, dau Alice M, 5; mother Ella George, 61, widowed. All born in West Virginia except Margaret, born in Ohio.
    Children 
     1. Homer Knight GEORGE,   b. 15 Feb 1896, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1952, South Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     2. Ralph Ernest GEORGE,   b. 25 Dec 1898, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1974  (Age 75 years)
    Documents
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    Family ID F45837  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Ellen "Ella" BIRCH,   b. Aug 1873, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 1958, Salem, Columbiana Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years) 
    Married 13 Nov 1904  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Tyler Co, WV (Centerville District), enumerated on Apr 19 1910:
      Thomas George, 51, farmer, married 6 yrs (3rd marriage); wife Ella, 37, married 6 yrs (4th marriage), mother of 5 children (4 still living); stepson Joe Mills, 12; stepson George Clice, 10; son Tom George, 5.
      NOTE: The next enumerated household was that of Thomas' widowed brother Lloyd and his five children.

      1920 Census, Tyler Co, WV (Centerville District), enumerated on Jan 20 1920 on Wilbur Road:
      Thomas George, 59, farmer; wife Ella, 47; stepson George W. Clise, 19, single, laborer in oil field; son Tom George, 18; son Oris, 9; dau Louisa, 7; dau [implied] Edith, 2y 11m.

      1930 Census, Tyler Co, WV (Centerville District), enumerated on Apr 14-15 1930:
      Thomas L. George, 69, farmer; wife Ella, 55; dau Edith, 15.

      Thomas died in June 1939.

      1940 Census, Tyler Co, WV (Centerville District, Community of Wilbur), enumerated on Apr 30 1940 on Main Street:
      Ella George, 67, widowed; grandson Franklin George, 6.
    Children 
     1. Thomas Leroy GEORGE,   b. 5 Apr 1905, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 2005  (Age 100 years)
     2. Oris L. GEORGE,   b. 19 May 1910, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1994, Canton, Stark Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     3. Nellie Louise GEORGE,   b. 19 Oct 1912, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1989  (Age 76 years)
     4. Edith Alma GEORGE,   b. 13 Feb 1917, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 2001, Salem, Columbiana Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    Documents
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    Family ID F55611  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Jun 1939 - Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    2. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV.

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792742&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12043027&Type=Marriage.

    5. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1052866&Type=Death.

    6. [S2090] 1920 Census, Tyler County, WV.

    7. [S2097] 1930 Census, Tyler County, WV.

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    9. [S1592] Birth record of daughter.

    10. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    11. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    12. [S1967] Record of wife's remarriage.

    13. [S1588] Death record of wife.