George is a son of Casper (born Febuary, 1826) and Sarah Emeline (born August, 1855) Frieze Melcher. His father was a native of Germany, his mother Tennessee. Casper and Sarah married March 4, 1886 in Dade County, Missouri In the 1880 Dade County, MO Census his siblings include Henry age 9, Benjamin age 7, Mary A age 5, and Ida age 2. The 1900 Cedar County, MO Census includes siblings William age 19, and Cora J age 17.
George graduated from Drury College in Springfield, Missouri, then came back to Dade County to start the Dadeville Academy. He married another faculty member Miss Jessie Bradford some years later, about 1903. A book by John K Hulston states that George was known as "Hairy Chin" in student conversation behind his back, for the goatee that he wore all his adult years.
George had quite a career in the field of education. After starting the academy at Dadeville, he organized a high school in nearby Everton, MO in 1900, staying for four years. Then the town of Greenfield, also in the area, called him to head a similar institution where he stayed as superintendent until 1915. He moved on the Springfield, heading the math department at State Normal School for several years. After serving as a state of Missouri education official, he became superindent of the Kansas City school system, for which he became nationally known. George Melcher Elementary School in Kansas City is named for him.
He was a retired superintendent of schools at the time of his death. He had lived in Kansas City for 44 years, and died at Research Hospital of Pneumonia.
George graduated from Drury College in Springfield, Missouri, then came back to Dade County to start the Dadeville Academy. He married another faculty member Miss Jessie Bradford some years later, about 1903. A book by John K Hulston states that George was known as "Hairy Chin" in student conversation behind his back, for the goatee that he wore all his adult years.
George had quite a career in the field of education. After starting the academy at Dadeville, he organized a high school in nearby Everton, MO in 1900, staying for four years. Then the town of Greenfield, also in the area, called him to head a similar institution where he stayed as superintendent until 1915. He moved on the Springfield, heading the math department at State Normal School for several years. After serving as a state of Missouri education official, he became superindent of the Kansas City school system, for which he became nationally known. George Melcher Elementary School in Kansas City is named for him.
He was a retired superintendent of schools at the time of his death. He had lived in Kansas City for 44 years, and died at Research Hospital of Pneumonia.
George is a son of Casper (born Febuary, 1826) and Sarah Emeline (born August, 1855) Frieze Melcher. His father was a native of Germany, his mother Tennessee. Casper and Sarah married March 4, 1886 in Dade County, Missouri In the 1880 Dade County, MO Census his siblings include Henry age 9, Benjamin age 7, Mary A age 5, and Ida age 2. The 1900 Cedar County, MO Census includes siblings William age 19, and Cora J age 17.
George graduated from Drury College in Springfield, Missouri, then came back to Dade County to start the Dadeville Academy. He married another faculty member Miss Jessie Bradford some years later, about 1903. A book by John K Hulston states that George was known as "Hairy Chin" in student conversation behind his back, for the goatee that he wore all his adult years.
George had quite a career in the field of education. After starting the academy at Dadeville, he organized a high school in nearby Everton, MO in 1900, staying for four years. Then the town of Greenfield, also in the area, called him to head a similar institution where he stayed as superintendent until 1915. He moved on the Springfield, heading the math department at State Normal School for several years. After serving as a state of Missouri education official, he became superindent of the Kansas City school system, for which he became nationally known. George Melcher Elementary School in Kansas City is named for him.
He was a retired superintendent of schools at the time of his death. He had lived in Kansas City for 44 years, and died at Research Hospital of Pneumonia.
George graduated from Drury College in Springfield, Missouri, then came back to Dade County to start the Dadeville Academy. He married another faculty member Miss Jessie Bradford some years later, about 1903. A book by John K Hulston states that George was known as "Hairy Chin" in student conversation behind his back, for the goatee that he wore all his adult years.
George had quite a career in the field of education. After starting the academy at Dadeville, he organized a high school in nearby Everton, MO in 1900, staying for four years. Then the town of Greenfield, also in the area, called him to head a similar institution where he stayed as superintendent until 1915. He moved on the Springfield, heading the math department at State Normal School for several years. After serving as a state of Missouri education official, he became superindent of the Kansas City school system, for which he became nationally known. George Melcher Elementary School in Kansas City is named for him.
He was a retired superintendent of schools at the time of his death. He had lived in Kansas City for 44 years, and died at Research Hospital of Pneumonia.
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