ABEL WILBUR GEORGE (MARCH 11, 1846-NOVEMBER 5, 1929)

A.W. GEORGE, FOR MANY YEARS A RESIDENT OF MOUNT AYR UNTIL FIFTEEN YEARS AGO WHEN HE MOVED TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, DIED NOVEMBER 5 AT HIS HOME IN LOS ANGELES, CALIF. HE WILL BE KINDLY REMEMBERED BY THE OLDER RESIDENTS OF MOUNT AYR.

ABEL WILBUR GEORGE WAS BORN MARCH 11, 1846, AT FINLEY, OHIO, AND DIED IN LOS ANGELES, CALIF., NOVEMBER 5, 1929, AGED 83 YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND 25 DAYS. HE WAS MARRIED TO MARGARET ANN RITZ, FEBRUARY 6, 1878. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, TWO SONS, GUY H. AND WALTER R. GEORGE; TWO GRANDCHILDREN, ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS. IF HE HAD LIVED UNTIL FEBRUARY 6, 1930, MR. AND MRS. GEORGE WOULD HAVE CELEBRATED THEIR 52ND WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. MR. GEORGE WAS A LIFE LONG MEMBER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH.