Northwest Arkansas Times (Fayetteville, Arkansas) 21 May 1951, Mon Page 10
Springdale - May 21 George Thomas Boss, 95, died Sunday at the County Hospital in Fayetteville. A resident of Route 1, Lowell, he was born December 14, 1855 in London, England, and came to the United States in 1886. He had been a resident of this community since 191, coming here from Topeka, Kan.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Emma C. Boss, two sons, George Thomas Boss, Jr. of Glendale, Calif.and J.C. Boss of Lowell; five daughters, Mrs. Frank Palmer and Mrs. Bert Palmer of Topeka, Kan; Mrs. Floyd Downum of Arcadia, Calif., Mrs. Lewis Barnett of Springdale, and Mrs. C.C. Cowen of Los Angeles, Calif.; 18 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral service will be conducted Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the Spring Creek Baptist Church by the Rev. Sheridan Johnson with burial in the Spring Creek Cemetery.
Contributor: Dee Dee Townzen (46780880) • [email protected]
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George Thomas Boss was born at number 41 Catherine St, East London, England. As a boy he was a paid chorister at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. He retained an interest in music throughout life. He sang for the family and he played tin whistles brought from England. When about 16 his family returned from London to Atherstone, Warwickshire, where his father had grown up. On June 21, 1879, in St. Mary's Church, Atherstone George married Annie Shaw Earp and to this union in England were born John, Margaret, George, and Adelaide. While in England he worked as a coal miner and carpenter. George emigrated to America arriving in New York on October 4, 1886 and proceeding immediately to Chicago, and after time to Topeka, Kansas. Annie and the four children joined George T. late in 1887. In Kansas, William and an unnamed son were born to Annie, neither of whom survived his first year. Annie died July 7, 1895.
George T. and Emiline Crawford married August 24, 1899 after a courtship that involved service in the Salvation Army. To this marriage Elizabeth, Emiline, Grace, James were born, all in Topeka. George continued as a carpenter and among other jobs helped build, then tear down structures used for The Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904. While in Kansas in 1889, he began the process f obtaining his U.S. citizenship, but apparently did not follow through to completion. On May 3, 1912 George bought 80 acres in Benton county Arkansas for $2700 with cash and a $600 mortgage. In November, the family moved to this property where George plan to farm. He had only limited experience with agriculture, and he did not adapt easily to the Arkansas style of farming. He supplemented his income by carpenter work, and the family scrambled for various jobs. He tried his skill at door-to-door selling of illustrated books, but this did not prove profitable. Son Jim took over the farm when mature enough, and after marriage assumed responsibility for his parents. George T. eased into retirement for which he seemed well suited. He loved to read, to travel, and to sit in deep contemplation. He was a doting grandfather and a pleasant companion to Emiline. She treated him with great respect in that she catered to his every wish. He likewise humored her and would accompany her expeditions to pick strawberries or blackberries. He had a special chair that was his throne. No one else sat in it unless it was a grandchild sitting on his lap. His travel during his 80s and 90s worried the family as he would occasionally leave home for days at a time without consideration or advance notice. He insisted that he could paddle his own canoe. He was a great walker, and well into his 80s and often walked five miles to Cave Springs to attended church. He frequently launched his long distance travel by hitching a ride with the milk man who picked up raw milk and hauled it to Bentonville or Rogers for processing.
George T. was about five-eight in height and weighed about 160. He was almost bald and retained but few teeth in his last days. His eyes were blue, and he had bushy eyebrows. He loved candy and his favorite meat was beef. He lived almost 96 years without ever driving a car, paying income or FICA taxes, or worrying about cholesterol level. He is buried in the Spring Creek Cemetery in Benton County.
Bobby Dale Barnett - 1992, revised 1995.
Contributor: Don Barnett (50504212)
Springdale - May 21 George Thomas Boss, 95, died Sunday at the County Hospital in Fayetteville. A resident of Route 1, Lowell, he was born December 14, 1855 in London, England, and came to the United States in 1886. He had been a resident of this community since 191, coming here from Topeka, Kan.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Emma C. Boss, two sons, George Thomas Boss, Jr. of Glendale, Calif.and J.C. Boss of Lowell; five daughters, Mrs. Frank Palmer and Mrs. Bert Palmer of Topeka, Kan; Mrs. Floyd Downum of Arcadia, Calif., Mrs. Lewis Barnett of Springdale, and Mrs. C.C. Cowen of Los Angeles, Calif.; 18 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral service will be conducted Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the Spring Creek Baptist Church by the Rev. Sheridan Johnson with burial in the Spring Creek Cemetery.
Contributor: Dee Dee Townzen (46780880) • [email protected]
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George Thomas Boss was born at number 41 Catherine St, East London, England. As a boy he was a paid chorister at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. He retained an interest in music throughout life. He sang for the family and he played tin whistles brought from England. When about 16 his family returned from London to Atherstone, Warwickshire, where his father had grown up. On June 21, 1879, in St. Mary's Church, Atherstone George married Annie Shaw Earp and to this union in England were born John, Margaret, George, and Adelaide. While in England he worked as a coal miner and carpenter. George emigrated to America arriving in New York on October 4, 1886 and proceeding immediately to Chicago, and after time to Topeka, Kansas. Annie and the four children joined George T. late in 1887. In Kansas, William and an unnamed son were born to Annie, neither of whom survived his first year. Annie died July 7, 1895.
George T. and Emiline Crawford married August 24, 1899 after a courtship that involved service in the Salvation Army. To this marriage Elizabeth, Emiline, Grace, James were born, all in Topeka. George continued as a carpenter and among other jobs helped build, then tear down structures used for The Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904. While in Kansas in 1889, he began the process f obtaining his U.S. citizenship, but apparently did not follow through to completion. On May 3, 1912 George bought 80 acres in Benton county Arkansas for $2700 with cash and a $600 mortgage. In November, the family moved to this property where George plan to farm. He had only limited experience with agriculture, and he did not adapt easily to the Arkansas style of farming. He supplemented his income by carpenter work, and the family scrambled for various jobs. He tried his skill at door-to-door selling of illustrated books, but this did not prove profitable. Son Jim took over the farm when mature enough, and after marriage assumed responsibility for his parents. George T. eased into retirement for which he seemed well suited. He loved to read, to travel, and to sit in deep contemplation. He was a doting grandfather and a pleasant companion to Emiline. She treated him with great respect in that she catered to his every wish. He likewise humored her and would accompany her expeditions to pick strawberries or blackberries. He had a special chair that was his throne. No one else sat in it unless it was a grandchild sitting on his lap. His travel during his 80s and 90s worried the family as he would occasionally leave home for days at a time without consideration or advance notice. He insisted that he could paddle his own canoe. He was a great walker, and well into his 80s and often walked five miles to Cave Springs to attended church. He frequently launched his long distance travel by hitching a ride with the milk man who picked up raw milk and hauled it to Bentonville or Rogers for processing.
George T. was about five-eight in height and weighed about 160. He was almost bald and retained but few teeth in his last days. His eyes were blue, and he had bushy eyebrows. He loved candy and his favorite meat was beef. He lived almost 96 years without ever driving a car, paying income or FICA taxes, or worrying about cholesterol level. He is buried in the Spring Creek Cemetery in Benton County.
Bobby Dale Barnett - 1992, revised 1995.
Contributor: Don Barnett (50504212)
Northwest Arkansas Times (Fayetteville, Arkansas) 21 May 1951, Mon Page 10
Springdale - May 21 George Thomas Boss, 95, died Sunday at the County Hospital in Fayetteville. A resident of Route 1, Lowell, he was born December 14, 1855 in London, England, and came to the United States in 1886. He had been a resident of this community since 191, coming here from Topeka, Kan.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Emma C. Boss, two sons, George Thomas Boss, Jr. of Glendale, Calif.and J.C. Boss of Lowell; five daughters, Mrs. Frank Palmer and Mrs. Bert Palmer of Topeka, Kan; Mrs. Floyd Downum of Arcadia, Calif., Mrs. Lewis Barnett of Springdale, and Mrs. C.C. Cowen of Los Angeles, Calif.; 18 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral service will be conducted Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the Spring Creek Baptist Church by the Rev. Sheridan Johnson with burial in the Spring Creek Cemetery.
Contributor: Dee Dee Townzen (46780880) • [email protected]
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George Thomas Boss was born at number 41 Catherine St, East London, England. As a boy he was a paid chorister at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. He retained an interest in music throughout life. He sang for the family and he played tin whistles brought from England. When about 16 his family returned from London to Atherstone, Warwickshire, where his father had grown up. On June 21, 1879, in St. Mary's Church, Atherstone George married Annie Shaw Earp and to this union in England were born John, Margaret, George, and Adelaide. While in England he worked as a coal miner and carpenter. George emigrated to America arriving in New York on October 4, 1886 and proceeding immediately to Chicago, and after time to Topeka, Kansas. Annie and the four children joined George T. late in 1887. In Kansas, William and an unnamed son were born to Annie, neither of whom survived his first year. Annie died July 7, 1895.
George T. and Emiline Crawford married August 24, 1899 after a courtship that involved service in the Salvation Army. To this marriage Elizabeth, Emiline, Grace, James were born, all in Topeka. George continued as a carpenter and among other jobs helped build, then tear down structures used for The Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904. While in Kansas in 1889, he began the process f obtaining his U.S. citizenship, but apparently did not follow through to completion. On May 3, 1912 George bought 80 acres in Benton county Arkansas for $2700 with cash and a $600 mortgage. In November, the family moved to this property where George plan to farm. He had only limited experience with agriculture, and he did not adapt easily to the Arkansas style of farming. He supplemented his income by carpenter work, and the family scrambled for various jobs. He tried his skill at door-to-door selling of illustrated books, but this did not prove profitable. Son Jim took over the farm when mature enough, and after marriage assumed responsibility for his parents. George T. eased into retirement for which he seemed well suited. He loved to read, to travel, and to sit in deep contemplation. He was a doting grandfather and a pleasant companion to Emiline. She treated him with great respect in that she catered to his every wish. He likewise humored her and would accompany her expeditions to pick strawberries or blackberries. He had a special chair that was his throne. No one else sat in it unless it was a grandchild sitting on his lap. His travel during his 80s and 90s worried the family as he would occasionally leave home for days at a time without consideration or advance notice. He insisted that he could paddle his own canoe. He was a great walker, and well into his 80s and often walked five miles to Cave Springs to attended church. He frequently launched his long distance travel by hitching a ride with the milk man who picked up raw milk and hauled it to Bentonville or Rogers for processing.
George T. was about five-eight in height and weighed about 160. He was almost bald and retained but few teeth in his last days. His eyes were blue, and he had bushy eyebrows. He loved candy and his favorite meat was beef. He lived almost 96 years without ever driving a car, paying income or FICA taxes, or worrying about cholesterol level. He is buried in the Spring Creek Cemetery in Benton County.
Bobby Dale Barnett - 1992, revised 1995.
Contributor: Don Barnett (50504212)
Springdale - May 21 George Thomas Boss, 95, died Sunday at the County Hospital in Fayetteville. A resident of Route 1, Lowell, he was born December 14, 1855 in London, England, and came to the United States in 1886. He had been a resident of this community since 191, coming here from Topeka, Kan.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Emma C. Boss, two sons, George Thomas Boss, Jr. of Glendale, Calif.and J.C. Boss of Lowell; five daughters, Mrs. Frank Palmer and Mrs. Bert Palmer of Topeka, Kan; Mrs. Floyd Downum of Arcadia, Calif., Mrs. Lewis Barnett of Springdale, and Mrs. C.C. Cowen of Los Angeles, Calif.; 18 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral service will be conducted Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the Spring Creek Baptist Church by the Rev. Sheridan Johnson with burial in the Spring Creek Cemetery.
Contributor: Dee Dee Townzen (46780880) • [email protected]
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George Thomas Boss was born at number 41 Catherine St, East London, England. As a boy he was a paid chorister at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. He retained an interest in music throughout life. He sang for the family and he played tin whistles brought from England. When about 16 his family returned from London to Atherstone, Warwickshire, where his father had grown up. On June 21, 1879, in St. Mary's Church, Atherstone George married Annie Shaw Earp and to this union in England were born John, Margaret, George, and Adelaide. While in England he worked as a coal miner and carpenter. George emigrated to America arriving in New York on October 4, 1886 and proceeding immediately to Chicago, and after time to Topeka, Kansas. Annie and the four children joined George T. late in 1887. In Kansas, William and an unnamed son were born to Annie, neither of whom survived his first year. Annie died July 7, 1895.
George T. and Emiline Crawford married August 24, 1899 after a courtship that involved service in the Salvation Army. To this marriage Elizabeth, Emiline, Grace, James were born, all in Topeka. George continued as a carpenter and among other jobs helped build, then tear down structures used for The Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904. While in Kansas in 1889, he began the process f obtaining his U.S. citizenship, but apparently did not follow through to completion. On May 3, 1912 George bought 80 acres in Benton county Arkansas for $2700 with cash and a $600 mortgage. In November, the family moved to this property where George plan to farm. He had only limited experience with agriculture, and he did not adapt easily to the Arkansas style of farming. He supplemented his income by carpenter work, and the family scrambled for various jobs. He tried his skill at door-to-door selling of illustrated books, but this did not prove profitable. Son Jim took over the farm when mature enough, and after marriage assumed responsibility for his parents. George T. eased into retirement for which he seemed well suited. He loved to read, to travel, and to sit in deep contemplation. He was a doting grandfather and a pleasant companion to Emiline. She treated him with great respect in that she catered to his every wish. He likewise humored her and would accompany her expeditions to pick strawberries or blackberries. He had a special chair that was his throne. No one else sat in it unless it was a grandchild sitting on his lap. His travel during his 80s and 90s worried the family as he would occasionally leave home for days at a time without consideration or advance notice. He insisted that he could paddle his own canoe. He was a great walker, and well into his 80s and often walked five miles to Cave Springs to attended church. He frequently launched his long distance travel by hitching a ride with the milk man who picked up raw milk and hauled it to Bentonville or Rogers for processing.
George T. was about five-eight in height and weighed about 160. He was almost bald and retained but few teeth in his last days. His eyes were blue, and he had bushy eyebrows. He loved candy and his favorite meat was beef. He lived almost 96 years without ever driving a car, paying income or FICA taxes, or worrying about cholesterol level. He is buried in the Spring Creek Cemetery in Benton County.
Bobby Dale Barnett - 1992, revised 1995.
Contributor: Don Barnett (50504212)
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