Obituary of William A. George, as appeared in the Caldwell Tribune, September 13, 1912.

- NOTED ORCHARDIST PASSES AWAY -

Tuesday evening at 11 o'clock at his ranch near this city, W.A. George, one of the best known and respected men of this community, died in his 73rd year of his age. Mr. George has been failing for some time and a couple months ago suffered from a stroke of paralysis from which he never recovered.The funeral services were in charge of the Masonic Lodge, of which Mr. George has been a member for about 43 years. Rev. W.J. Boone assisted, the interment being made in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.Mr. George is survived by his wife, Harriet M. "G: George: Harriet M. " George, two sons and two daughters. The children were Mrs. Eva Byan, Owyhee; Wm. P. George, Radersburg, Montana; Mrs. Lena M. Hesse, Boise Mrs. Eda K. Hoff, deceased; Bert M. George, Couer d'Alene. Mr. George was born in [Knox co. ] Illinois, January 16, 1840. He came to Idaho in 1893, filed on a homestead the next year and moved out in 1895. He early recognized the wonderful possibilities of the country in fruit and planted what has become one of the very finest orchards in this part of the northwest.


William Alexander George b. January 18, 1840, Knox co., Illinois. Enlisted as a private in Co. D 1st. Bat. Sharpshooters of Illinois Volunteers. and served as a Sgt. in Co. G, 61st, Reg. of Illinois. His personal description at time of enlistment is as follows:
Height, 5 ft. 8 inches tall - Complexion, fair - Color of eyes, gray - Color of hair, black
Honorably discharged at Iuka, Mississppi, September 9, 1862 and September 8, 1865.
William m. December 21, 1865, at Maquon, Knox co., Illinois, Harriet Matilda Morse, b. in Knox co., Illinois, March 8, 1848, the daughter of Thomas Aiken & Harriet C. (Jones) Morse [b.Ill?], both b. in W. New York.