George WIlliam Phinney
Born: 22 Jul 1851 it is thought either Missouri or England
Death: 27 Jul 1887 Bertram, Burnet County, Texas
Cause of Death: Bolt of Lightening

Wife:
Martha Jane "Mattie" LAFORGE
Born: 10 Feb 1859 Missouri
Death: 3 Oct 1950 Abilene,Taylor County, Texas
Cause of Death: Tuberculosis
Also she married: Hampton (Joseph I believe)

Children:
(1) Leonard Largen PHINNEY
Birth: 13 Nov 1876 Mormon Mill, Burnet, Texas
Death: 3 Sep 1939 Begg, Oklahoma
Wife: Mary Louise "Mollie" DODGEN, and Friedia Helwig
Burial: Beggs Okmulgee County Oklahoma, USA

(2) Charles Maxwell PHINNEY
Birth: 15 May 1878 Oklahoma
Death: Mar 1976 Douglas, Cochise, Arizona
Wife: Willie May KIMBLE

(3) Alex Ace PHINNEY
Birth: 8 Jan 1881 Bertram, Burnet County, Texas
Death: 2 Jan 1959 Tom Green County, Texas
Wife: Lora MOORE

(4) J W PHINNEY
Birth: 26 Dec 1881
Death: 26 JUL 1886

(5) Beulah Barbara PHINNEY
Birth: 16 Nov 1883 Bertram, Burnet Co, Texas, USA
Death: 20 Jun 1980 Abilene, Taylor Co, Texas, USA
Husband: JACOB ISRAEL LACKEY
Burial: Abilene Municipal Cemetery,Abilene, Taylor County, Texas

(6) Grover Cleveland PHINNEY
Birth: 7 Jan 1885 Bertram, Burnet County, Texas
Death: Apr 1979 Marble Falls, Burnet Co., Texas
Wife: Ethel MOORE

(7) Loren PHINNEY
Birth: 1885 Texas

Tombstone for George William Phinney reads:
SACrED tO thE MEMOrY, Of GW, PhINNEY WAS bOrN JULY ThE, 22, AD, 1851 DIED JULY ThE 27 AD, 1887 --Thank you to Rick Cox for providing the photo.
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PHINNEY, G. A.
Bertram, Tex, July 28 - While a party of men were engaged in pitching dollars in the rear of G. W. Phinney's store lightning struck and killed M. B. Sinclair and G. A. Phinney, and mortally injured Quinn Sanford. G. W. Phinney and Dr. Hayward were badly shocked. (The Emporia Daily Globe, Emporia, Kan, Jul 28, 1887 -