STERLING GAZETTE
November 26, 1945
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J. A. GEORGE, RESIDENT OF MORRISON FOR 40 YEARS, SUCCUMBS SATURDAY

J. A. GEORGE, 79, a resident of Morrison for more than 40 years, passed away at his home about 9 a.m. Saturday from a heart attack.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o’clock at the Presbyterian church. The Rev. C. H. BECKER church pastor will officiate and burial will be in the Grove Hill Cemetery.

Mr. GEORGE was born near Mt. Carroll March 2, 1866, the son of Jacob and Priscilla HOLY (sic) GEORGE. He was reared and educated in Clyde township, north of Morrison, where he orperated a farm for 14 years. He married Haddie May mCculloh On December 31, 1889 who preceded him in death on February 6, 1930. He attended the Presbyterian church.

He is survived by one daughter, Anna Veneta GEORGE at home and a number of nieces and nephews. Besides his wife he was preceded in death by his parents, two children in infancy, one sister, Mrs. J. R. ZOOK of Des Moines, Iowa and one brother, Jacob H. GEORGE of Van Nuys, Cal.
(From the cemetery list in Sterling Library, Grove Hill Cemetery Records, Morrison, Whiteside County, 1910-1984, Vol. 2: Jeremiah Augustus George, d. Nov. 24, 1945, 79 years, 8 months, 22 days, buried in Section 3J)

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