George Pomeroy Carmichael

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George Pomeroy Carmichael

Birth
Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
Death
10 Dec 1888 (aged 76)
Amity, DeKalb County, Missouri, USA
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Amity, DeKalb County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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He had a good farm at Tellico Plains, Tennessee. He lived at one time in Monroe county. 35 miles east of Calhoun. The Carmichaels owned 600 acres of land: 200 in the valley, rest in timber. They raised sheep, cattle, horses and swine. During the Civil War all slaves and stock were lost. In September 1869 they sold the farm and moved to Kansas near Olathe. In August 1870, George and Margaret bought 160 acres about five miles west of Amity, Missouri, and moved to the new home. - The Grand River Trail - Clinton and DeKalb Counties 1833 - 1979.
We had always been told by Aunt Bessie [Daniel Lafayette's daughter my great-aunt] about the story when General Sherman was going through the south and taking all the food and burning, etc. Well, it was our g. grandfather, DLC, as a small child, who almost got his dad (G.P. Carmichael) killed by the soldiers because they buried and hid their food and when they came and asked if they had any, G.P. said "They didn't have any" and DLC said, "Yes they did! Down by the something or other..." and G.P. had to talk fast and said that "He was just a little boy and didn't know what he was saying."
He lived in Amity, Missouri, where my great Aunt Bessie was born and she lived to her late 80's and used to tell me all kinds of stories of family back there, Amity, McCartney Crossroads, St. Joseph, Maysville, Stewartsville, Chillocothe. These are all very familiar to me. The Carmichaels have a lot of history in these places, along with Willetts and Wagers, these people were on my dad's grandmother's side. -Eleanor Carmichael Sugawara, 2007
He had a good farm at Tellico Plains, Tennessee. He lived at one time in Monroe county. 35 miles east of Calhoun. The Carmichaels owned 600 acres of land: 200 in the valley, rest in timber. They raised sheep, cattle, horses and swine. During the Civil War all slaves and stock were lost. In September 1869 they sold the farm and moved to Kansas near Olathe. In August 1870, George and Margaret bought 160 acres about five miles west of Amity, Missouri, and moved to the new home. - The Grand River Trail - Clinton and DeKalb Counties 1833 - 1979.
We had always been told by Aunt Bessie [Daniel Lafayette's daughter my great-aunt] about the story when General Sherman was going through the south and taking all the food and burning, etc. Well, it was our g. grandfather, DLC, as a small child, who almost got his dad (G.P. Carmichael) killed by the soldiers because they buried and hid their food and when they came and asked if they had any, G.P. said "They didn't have any" and DLC said, "Yes they did! Down by the something or other..." and G.P. had to talk fast and said that "He was just a little boy and didn't know what he was saying."
He lived in Amity, Missouri, where my great Aunt Bessie was born and she lived to her late 80's and used to tell me all kinds of stories of family back there, Amity, McCartney Crossroads, St. Joseph, Maysville, Stewartsville, Chillocothe. These are all very familiar to me. The Carmichaels have a lot of history in these places, along with Willetts and Wagers, these people were on my dad's grandmother's side. -Eleanor Carmichael Sugawara, 2007

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G. P.
CARMICHAEL
Born
Jan. 23, 1812
Died
Dec. 10, 1888

Although he sleeps, in memory doth live,
And cheering comfort to his mourners give
He followed virtue as his truest guide,
Lived as a Christian, as a Christian died.

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