George H. Page who was born in a log cabin in Palmyra Township, Dixon, Lee County, Illinois on May 16, 1836.
George H. Page soon after the outbreak of the Civil War, obtained a clerkship in the War Department at Washington for three years.
In 1866, George H. along with his brothers Charles A and David S Page went to Switzerland and established a condensed milk factory.
He leaves two brothers, David S. Page, Cham, Switzerland, Assistant Manager of the company, our fellow citizen, William B. Page, Manager of the Dixon factory, and a sister, Mrs. Julia M. Harris of Denver Colorado, to mourn the loss of a loving brother. Deceased was taken ill on the second day of the present month, but recovered and was out in about ten days when a relapse came with severe pneumonia followed by neuralgia of the heart which caused his death after severe suffering. Charles A. Page, a brother, was appointed consul to Switzerland by President Lincoln, and it was through his influence, probably, that George H. Page, in a small way, started the milk condensing business which has proved such a wonderful success. Few men in the line of business matters have had as many men depending on them for salaries as had Mr. Page. Employees under his charge numbered many thousands and not one among them all will hear of his death without a pang of sorrow; for he was, as truly as any man we ever knew, a friend of the laboring classes. His employees received the largest pay
possible in a business point of view, and were cared for in case of sickness. What better tribute can we pay to noble manhood? He was always planning for the good of the laboring classes as well as for his own business success. From the small beginning of a score and a half years since George H. Page was the manager-in-chief of a business that produced
over six million dollars worth of goods annually. He was manager-in-chief of a company that had, in Europe and America, eleven large milk condensing factories - four in England, two in Switzerland, two in Norway, one in Germany, and two in the United States - New York and Dixon, Illinois.
George H. Page soon after the outbreak of the Civil War, obtained a clerkship in the War Department at Washington for three years.
In 1866, George H. along with his brothers Charles A and David S Page went to Switzerland and established a condensed milk factory.
He leaves two brothers, David S. Page, Cham, Switzerland, Assistant Manager of the company, our fellow citizen, William B. Page, Manager of the Dixon factory, and a sister, Mrs. Julia M. Harris of Denver Colorado, to mourn the loss of a loving brother. Deceased was taken ill on the second day of the present month, but recovered and was out in about ten days when a relapse came with severe pneumonia followed by neuralgia of the heart which caused his death after severe suffering. Charles A. Page, a brother, was appointed consul to Switzerland by President Lincoln, and it was through his influence, probably, that George H. Page, in a small way, started the milk condensing business which has proved such a wonderful success. Few men in the line of business matters have had as many men depending on them for salaries as had Mr. Page. Employees under his charge numbered many thousands and not one among them all will hear of his death without a pang of sorrow; for he was, as truly as any man we ever knew, a friend of the laboring classes. His employees received the largest pay
possible in a business point of view, and were cared for in case of sickness. What better tribute can we pay to noble manhood? He was always planning for the good of the laboring classes as well as for his own business success. From the small beginning of a score and a half years since George H. Page was the manager-in-chief of a business that produced
over six million dollars worth of goods annually. He was manager-in-chief of a company that had, in Europe and America, eleven large milk condensing factories - four in England, two in Switzerland, two in Norway, one in Germany, and two in the United States - New York and Dixon, Illinois.
George H. Page who was born in a log cabin in Palmyra Township, Dixon, Lee County, Illinois on May 16, 1836.
George H. Page soon after the outbreak of the Civil War, obtained a clerkship in the War Department at Washington for three years.
In 1866, George H. along with his brothers Charles A and David S Page went to Switzerland and established a condensed milk factory.
He leaves two brothers, David S. Page, Cham, Switzerland, Assistant Manager of the company, our fellow citizen, William B. Page, Manager of the Dixon factory, and a sister, Mrs. Julia M. Harris of Denver Colorado, to mourn the loss of a loving brother. Deceased was taken ill on the second day of the present month, but recovered and was out in about ten days when a relapse came with severe pneumonia followed by neuralgia of the heart which caused his death after severe suffering. Charles A. Page, a brother, was appointed consul to Switzerland by President Lincoln, and it was through his influence, probably, that George H. Page, in a small way, started the milk condensing business which has proved such a wonderful success. Few men in the line of business matters have had as many men depending on them for salaries as had Mr. Page. Employees under his charge numbered many thousands and not one among them all will hear of his death without a pang of sorrow; for he was, as truly as any man we ever knew, a friend of the laboring classes. His employees received the largest pay
possible in a business point of view, and were cared for in case of sickness. What better tribute can we pay to noble manhood? He was always planning for the good of the laboring classes as well as for his own business success. From the small beginning of a score and a half years since George H. Page was the manager-in-chief of a business that produced
over six million dollars worth of goods annually. He was manager-in-chief of a company that had, in Europe and America, eleven large milk condensing factories - four in England, two in Switzerland, two in Norway, one in Germany, and two in the United States - New York and Dixon, Illinois.
George H. Page soon after the outbreak of the Civil War, obtained a clerkship in the War Department at Washington for three years.
In 1866, George H. along with his brothers Charles A and David S Page went to Switzerland and established a condensed milk factory.
He leaves two brothers, David S. Page, Cham, Switzerland, Assistant Manager of the company, our fellow citizen, William B. Page, Manager of the Dixon factory, and a sister, Mrs. Julia M. Harris of Denver Colorado, to mourn the loss of a loving brother. Deceased was taken ill on the second day of the present month, but recovered and was out in about ten days when a relapse came with severe pneumonia followed by neuralgia of the heart which caused his death after severe suffering. Charles A. Page, a brother, was appointed consul to Switzerland by President Lincoln, and it was through his influence, probably, that George H. Page, in a small way, started the milk condensing business which has proved such a wonderful success. Few men in the line of business matters have had as many men depending on them for salaries as had Mr. Page. Employees under his charge numbered many thousands and not one among them all will hear of his death without a pang of sorrow; for he was, as truly as any man we ever knew, a friend of the laboring classes. His employees received the largest pay
possible in a business point of view, and were cared for in case of sickness. What better tribute can we pay to noble manhood? He was always planning for the good of the laboring classes as well as for his own business success. From the small beginning of a score and a half years since George H. Page was the manager-in-chief of a business that produced
over six million dollars worth of goods annually. He was manager-in-chief of a company that had, in Europe and America, eleven large milk condensing factories - four in England, two in Switzerland, two in Norway, one in Germany, and two in the United States - New York and Dixon, Illinois.
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George H. Page
May 16 1836
April 20 1899
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