Born to TJ and Margaret Cherry Brandon, his father and mother went to Utah in the first migration of Mormons to the West in 1847. At 17, George became a stage driver on the route from St. Louis to San Francisco. He then drove a freight wagon in Idaho and a sight-seeing stage at Yellowstone Park, WY. His riders included U.S. Speaker of the House Nicholas Longworth during his honeymoon, and he accompanied President Taft. In 1916 he went to Butte, Montana and worked in the copper mines until 1921, when he went to Phoenix. In 1922 he moved to Miami, AZ. He worked as a janitor for the Miami Schools system, and established the first orchestra at the old Copper Belt Hall, when Francis Gilbert was the leader. He died at his home at 3008 Latham Blvd. His wife Mary Ellen, whom he married in June of 1916, preceded him in death by exactly four months. He was survived by two sons, George W. of Vancouver, Wash., and Julius C. of Richmond, Calif; daughter, Mrs. Echo Gunn of Salt Lake City, Ut.; and two step-daughters, Mrs. Mae Lawrence Orr of Miami, and Mrs. Louise Gilbert of Buffalo, So. Dakota. Burial was in the Elks plot of Pinal Cemetery, where Miami Elks Lodge officers conducted services. Miles Mortuary in Miami handled the arrangements.
Born to TJ and Margaret Cherry Brandon, his father and mother went to Utah in the first migration of Mormons to the West in 1847. At 17, George became a stage driver on the route from St. Louis to San Francisco. He then drove a freight wagon in Idaho and a sight-seeing stage at Yellowstone Park, WY. His riders included U.S. Speaker of the House Nicholas Longworth during his honeymoon, and he accompanied President Taft. In 1916 he went to Butte, Montana and worked in the copper mines until 1921, when he went to Phoenix. In 1922 he moved to Miami, AZ. He worked as a janitor for the Miami Schools system, and established the first orchestra at the old Copper Belt Hall, when Francis Gilbert was the leader. He died at his home at 3008 Latham Blvd. His wife Mary Ellen, whom he married in June of 1916, preceded him in death by exactly four months. He was survived by two sons, George W. of Vancouver, Wash., and Julius C. of Richmond, Calif; daughter, Mrs. Echo Gunn of Salt Lake City, Ut.; and two step-daughters, Mrs. Mae Lawrence Orr of Miami, and Mrs. Louise Gilbert of Buffalo, So. Dakota. Burial was in the Elks plot of Pinal Cemetery, where Miami Elks Lodge officers conducted services. Miles Mortuary in Miami handled the arrangements.
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