George Spiller
Born- Dec. 5, 1845 in Nelson Co. Va. Father- James Madison Spiller; Mother- Caroline Kyle.
VMI Record:
Entered VMI- Jan. 1, 1862; Graduated July 4, 1866 standing 9th in a class of 10.
Military Record:
Private in Co. A of the VMI Corps of Cadets in the Battle of New Market (May 15, 1864) where he was slightly wounded in action; promoted to Cadet Sgt. of Co. C March 1, 1865; served with the Corps of Cadets in the trenches in Richmond, Va. until April of 1865.
Careers: Civil Engineer; in real estate and insurance business.
Married- Belle Loring in 1879.
Died- April 14, 1931
: Captain George Spiller spent a great deal of his early life at school, having been reared in Botetourt County and the city of Lynchburg. The principal part of his education, however, was received at the noted Virginia Military Institute, where he graduated with the class of 1866, there preparing especially for the profession of civil engineering. When only sixteen years of age, and while a student at that Institute, he joined the state troops organized at the school, known as the Corps of Cadets, for service in the Confederate army, this being composed of students of the Institute. The corps contained an infantry battalion of two hundred and an artillery battalion of fifty, Mr. Spiller being a member of the former. The Corps of Cadets was in service mostly at Lexington, but on more than one occasion was called out for duty in regular operations, notably, in 1862, in the McDowell campaign under General Jackson. This Corps achieved considerable distinction during the war, and in 1904 each surviving member was presented with a medal of honor by the Alumni Association of the Virginia Military Institute, and a monument to the memory of the deceased members has also been erected at Lexington within re- cent years.
In 1870 Mr. Spiller went to Alabama, where for nearly two years he was a civil engineer with the Mobile & Montgomery Railroad Company, now the Louisville & Nashville railroad, with headquarters at Mobile. Going thence to Louisiana, he was for a few months engaged in engineering work on the Teche Division of what is now the Southern Pacific system. In December, 1872, he came to the port of Texas, which has since been his home during the greater part of the time. His first location was at Graham, the county seat of Young county, where he embarked in the land and surveying business, and in time the firm of Graham, Hilliard & Spiller was formed to carry on this business, which reached extensive proportions. In April 1876, Mr. Spiller was elected district surveyor of the Young County Land District, composed of sixteen counties extending westward to the New Mexico line. He was the first surveyor of this district under the new state constitution of 1876, while previous to this he had done some surveying on the Texas & Pacific, in 1874, and after his term of service with the Young County District he went to Tennessee and engaged in railroad work on the Mobile & Ohio railroad, being roadmaster of the Northern Division, with headquarters at Jackson, Tennessee. Subsequently, however, he returned to Texas, and after living at Fort Worth for a time came again to his "old stamping ground," this time, 1884, locating at Jacksboro, Jack county, which has ever since been his home. Captain Spiller is now at the head of a first class and long-established land, insurance, and abstract business having the only set of abstract books in the county, with an office in the courthouse. For many years past he has been the county surveyor, having been so long the incumbent of that position that his fellow citizens now reinstate him at each recurring election without naming an opposing candidate. For several years he also had charge of the detail work of the office of the secretary of the Texas Cattle-Raisers' Association, under his father-in-law, J. C. Loving, who was the secretary of that association for so many years. He is a man of wide acquaintance and friendship among the most prominent people of the northwest.
While living at Graham Captain Spiller was married to Miss Belle Loving, she being a daughter of J. C. Loving, and their marriage was celebrated in Lost Valley, Jack county. Mr. and Mrs. Spiller became the parents of ten children.
Source: A 20th Century history and Biographical record of North and West Texas by Capt. B.B. Paddock, editor. Published in 1922.
Contributor: Searchers of our Past (47220553)
Name: George Spiller
Gender: Male ~ Race: White ~Age: 85Birth Date: 5 Dec 1845Birth Place: Nelson, VirginiaDeath Date: 14 Apr 1931Death Place: Jacksboro, Jack, Texas, USA
Father: James Madison Spiller Mother: Carolino Kyle
Mother: Caroline Spiller[Caroline Kyle] Birth Date: abt 1818 Birth Place: Botetourt County, Virginia Death Date: 5 Nov 1886
Father: Barclay Kyle Mother Name: Jane Kyle Spouse Name: James M. Spiller
FHL Film Number: 2056974
Born- Dec. 5, 1845 in Nelson Co. Va. Father- James Madison Spiller; Mother- Caroline Kyle.
VMI Record:
Entered VMI- Jan. 1, 1862; Graduated July 4, 1866 standing 9th in a class of 10.
Military Record:
Private in Co. A of the VMI Corps of Cadets in the Battle of New Market (May 15, 1864) where he was slightly wounded in action; promoted to Cadet Sgt. of Co. C March 1, 1865; served with the Corps of Cadets in the trenches in Richmond, Va. until April of 1865.
Careers: Civil Engineer; in real estate and insurance business.
Married- Belle Loring in 1879.
Died- April 14, 1931
: Captain George Spiller spent a great deal of his early life at school, having been reared in Botetourt County and the city of Lynchburg. The principal part of his education, however, was received at the noted Virginia Military Institute, where he graduated with the class of 1866, there preparing especially for the profession of civil engineering. When only sixteen years of age, and while a student at that Institute, he joined the state troops organized at the school, known as the Corps of Cadets, for service in the Confederate army, this being composed of students of the Institute. The corps contained an infantry battalion of two hundred and an artillery battalion of fifty, Mr. Spiller being a member of the former. The Corps of Cadets was in service mostly at Lexington, but on more than one occasion was called out for duty in regular operations, notably, in 1862, in the McDowell campaign under General Jackson. This Corps achieved considerable distinction during the war, and in 1904 each surviving member was presented with a medal of honor by the Alumni Association of the Virginia Military Institute, and a monument to the memory of the deceased members has also been erected at Lexington within re- cent years.
In 1870 Mr. Spiller went to Alabama, where for nearly two years he was a civil engineer with the Mobile & Montgomery Railroad Company, now the Louisville & Nashville railroad, with headquarters at Mobile. Going thence to Louisiana, he was for a few months engaged in engineering work on the Teche Division of what is now the Southern Pacific system. In December, 1872, he came to the port of Texas, which has since been his home during the greater part of the time. His first location was at Graham, the county seat of Young county, where he embarked in the land and surveying business, and in time the firm of Graham, Hilliard & Spiller was formed to carry on this business, which reached extensive proportions. In April 1876, Mr. Spiller was elected district surveyor of the Young County Land District, composed of sixteen counties extending westward to the New Mexico line. He was the first surveyor of this district under the new state constitution of 1876, while previous to this he had done some surveying on the Texas & Pacific, in 1874, and after his term of service with the Young County District he went to Tennessee and engaged in railroad work on the Mobile & Ohio railroad, being roadmaster of the Northern Division, with headquarters at Jackson, Tennessee. Subsequently, however, he returned to Texas, and after living at Fort Worth for a time came again to his "old stamping ground," this time, 1884, locating at Jacksboro, Jack county, which has ever since been his home. Captain Spiller is now at the head of a first class and long-established land, insurance, and abstract business having the only set of abstract books in the county, with an office in the courthouse. For many years past he has been the county surveyor, having been so long the incumbent of that position that his fellow citizens now reinstate him at each recurring election without naming an opposing candidate. For several years he also had charge of the detail work of the office of the secretary of the Texas Cattle-Raisers' Association, under his father-in-law, J. C. Loving, who was the secretary of that association for so many years. He is a man of wide acquaintance and friendship among the most prominent people of the northwest.
While living at Graham Captain Spiller was married to Miss Belle Loving, she being a daughter of J. C. Loving, and their marriage was celebrated in Lost Valley, Jack county. Mr. and Mrs. Spiller became the parents of ten children.
Source: A 20th Century history and Biographical record of North and West Texas by Capt. B.B. Paddock, editor. Published in 1922.
Contributor: Searchers of our Past (47220553)
Name: George Spiller
Gender: Male ~ Race: White ~Age: 85Birth Date: 5 Dec 1845Birth Place: Nelson, VirginiaDeath Date: 14 Apr 1931Death Place: Jacksboro, Jack, Texas, USA
Father: James Madison Spiller Mother: Carolino Kyle
Mother: Caroline Spiller[Caroline Kyle] Birth Date: abt 1818 Birth Place: Botetourt County, Virginia Death Date: 5 Nov 1886
Father: Barclay Kyle Mother Name: Jane Kyle Spouse Name: James M. Spiller
FHL Film Number: 2056974
George Spiller
Born- Dec. 5, 1845 in Nelson Co. Va. Father- James Madison Spiller; Mother- Caroline Kyle.
VMI Record:
Entered VMI- Jan. 1, 1862; Graduated July 4, 1866 standing 9th in a class of 10.
Military Record:
Private in Co. A of the VMI Corps of Cadets in the Battle of New Market (May 15, 1864) where he was slightly wounded in action; promoted to Cadet Sgt. of Co. C March 1, 1865; served with the Corps of Cadets in the trenches in Richmond, Va. until April of 1865.
Careers: Civil Engineer; in real estate and insurance business.
Married- Belle Loring in 1879.
Died- April 14, 1931
: Captain George Spiller spent a great deal of his early life at school, having been reared in Botetourt County and the city of Lynchburg. The principal part of his education, however, was received at the noted Virginia Military Institute, where he graduated with the class of 1866, there preparing especially for the profession of civil engineering. When only sixteen years of age, and while a student at that Institute, he joined the state troops organized at the school, known as the Corps of Cadets, for service in the Confederate army, this being composed of students of the Institute. The corps contained an infantry battalion of two hundred and an artillery battalion of fifty, Mr. Spiller being a member of the former. The Corps of Cadets was in service mostly at Lexington, but on more than one occasion was called out for duty in regular operations, notably, in 1862, in the McDowell campaign under General Jackson. This Corps achieved considerable distinction during the war, and in 1904 each surviving member was presented with a medal of honor by the Alumni Association of the Virginia Military Institute, and a monument to the memory of the deceased members has also been erected at Lexington within re- cent years.
In 1870 Mr. Spiller went to Alabama, where for nearly two years he was a civil engineer with the Mobile & Montgomery Railroad Company, now the Louisville & Nashville railroad, with headquarters at Mobile. Going thence to Louisiana, he was for a few months engaged in engineering work on the Teche Division of what is now the Southern Pacific system. In December, 1872, he came to the port of Texas, which has since been his home during the greater part of the time. His first location was at Graham, the county seat of Young county, where he embarked in the land and surveying business, and in time the firm of Graham, Hilliard & Spiller was formed to carry on this business, which reached extensive proportions. In April 1876, Mr. Spiller was elected district surveyor of the Young County Land District, composed of sixteen counties extending westward to the New Mexico line. He was the first surveyor of this district under the new state constitution of 1876, while previous to this he had done some surveying on the Texas & Pacific, in 1874, and after his term of service with the Young County District he went to Tennessee and engaged in railroad work on the Mobile & Ohio railroad, being roadmaster of the Northern Division, with headquarters at Jackson, Tennessee. Subsequently, however, he returned to Texas, and after living at Fort Worth for a time came again to his "old stamping ground," this time, 1884, locating at Jacksboro, Jack county, which has ever since been his home. Captain Spiller is now at the head of a first class and long-established land, insurance, and abstract business having the only set of abstract books in the county, with an office in the courthouse. For many years past he has been the county surveyor, having been so long the incumbent of that position that his fellow citizens now reinstate him at each recurring election without naming an opposing candidate. For several years he also had charge of the detail work of the office of the secretary of the Texas Cattle-Raisers' Association, under his father-in-law, J. C. Loving, who was the secretary of that association for so many years. He is a man of wide acquaintance and friendship among the most prominent people of the northwest.
While living at Graham Captain Spiller was married to Miss Belle Loving, she being a daughter of J. C. Loving, and their marriage was celebrated in Lost Valley, Jack county. Mr. and Mrs. Spiller became the parents of ten children.
Source: A 20th Century history and Biographical record of North and West Texas by Capt. B.B. Paddock, editor. Published in 1922.
Contributor: Searchers of our Past (47220553)
Name: George Spiller
Gender: Male ~ Race: White ~Age: 85Birth Date: 5 Dec 1845Birth Place: Nelson, VirginiaDeath Date: 14 Apr 1931Death Place: Jacksboro, Jack, Texas, USA
Father: James Madison Spiller Mother: Carolino Kyle
Mother: Caroline Spiller[Caroline Kyle] Birth Date: abt 1818 Birth Place: Botetourt County, Virginia Death Date: 5 Nov 1886
Father: Barclay Kyle Mother Name: Jane Kyle Spouse Name: James M. Spiller
FHL Film Number: 2056974
Born- Dec. 5, 1845 in Nelson Co. Va. Father- James Madison Spiller; Mother- Caroline Kyle.
VMI Record:
Entered VMI- Jan. 1, 1862; Graduated July 4, 1866 standing 9th in a class of 10.
Military Record:
Private in Co. A of the VMI Corps of Cadets in the Battle of New Market (May 15, 1864) where he was slightly wounded in action; promoted to Cadet Sgt. of Co. C March 1, 1865; served with the Corps of Cadets in the trenches in Richmond, Va. until April of 1865.
Careers: Civil Engineer; in real estate and insurance business.
Married- Belle Loring in 1879.
Died- April 14, 1931
: Captain George Spiller spent a great deal of his early life at school, having been reared in Botetourt County and the city of Lynchburg. The principal part of his education, however, was received at the noted Virginia Military Institute, where he graduated with the class of 1866, there preparing especially for the profession of civil engineering. When only sixteen years of age, and while a student at that Institute, he joined the state troops organized at the school, known as the Corps of Cadets, for service in the Confederate army, this being composed of students of the Institute. The corps contained an infantry battalion of two hundred and an artillery battalion of fifty, Mr. Spiller being a member of the former. The Corps of Cadets was in service mostly at Lexington, but on more than one occasion was called out for duty in regular operations, notably, in 1862, in the McDowell campaign under General Jackson. This Corps achieved considerable distinction during the war, and in 1904 each surviving member was presented with a medal of honor by the Alumni Association of the Virginia Military Institute, and a monument to the memory of the deceased members has also been erected at Lexington within re- cent years.
In 1870 Mr. Spiller went to Alabama, where for nearly two years he was a civil engineer with the Mobile & Montgomery Railroad Company, now the Louisville & Nashville railroad, with headquarters at Mobile. Going thence to Louisiana, he was for a few months engaged in engineering work on the Teche Division of what is now the Southern Pacific system. In December, 1872, he came to the port of Texas, which has since been his home during the greater part of the time. His first location was at Graham, the county seat of Young county, where he embarked in the land and surveying business, and in time the firm of Graham, Hilliard & Spiller was formed to carry on this business, which reached extensive proportions. In April 1876, Mr. Spiller was elected district surveyor of the Young County Land District, composed of sixteen counties extending westward to the New Mexico line. He was the first surveyor of this district under the new state constitution of 1876, while previous to this he had done some surveying on the Texas & Pacific, in 1874, and after his term of service with the Young County District he went to Tennessee and engaged in railroad work on the Mobile & Ohio railroad, being roadmaster of the Northern Division, with headquarters at Jackson, Tennessee. Subsequently, however, he returned to Texas, and after living at Fort Worth for a time came again to his "old stamping ground," this time, 1884, locating at Jacksboro, Jack county, which has ever since been his home. Captain Spiller is now at the head of a first class and long-established land, insurance, and abstract business having the only set of abstract books in the county, with an office in the courthouse. For many years past he has been the county surveyor, having been so long the incumbent of that position that his fellow citizens now reinstate him at each recurring election without naming an opposing candidate. For several years he also had charge of the detail work of the office of the secretary of the Texas Cattle-Raisers' Association, under his father-in-law, J. C. Loving, who was the secretary of that association for so many years. He is a man of wide acquaintance and friendship among the most prominent people of the northwest.
While living at Graham Captain Spiller was married to Miss Belle Loving, she being a daughter of J. C. Loving, and their marriage was celebrated in Lost Valley, Jack county. Mr. and Mrs. Spiller became the parents of ten children.
Source: A 20th Century history and Biographical record of North and West Texas by Capt. B.B. Paddock, editor. Published in 1922.
Contributor: Searchers of our Past (47220553)
Name: George Spiller
Gender: Male ~ Race: White ~Age: 85Birth Date: 5 Dec 1845Birth Place: Nelson, VirginiaDeath Date: 14 Apr 1931Death Place: Jacksboro, Jack, Texas, USA
Father: James Madison Spiller Mother: Carolino Kyle
Mother: Caroline Spiller[Caroline Kyle] Birth Date: abt 1818 Birth Place: Botetourt County, Virginia Death Date: 5 Nov 1886
Father: Barclay Kyle Mother Name: Jane Kyle Spouse Name: James M. Spiller
FHL Film Number: 2056974
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