Charles was born March 18, 1851 in Liebenscheid, Hessen-Nassau, Germany. He came to the United States with his parents and a brother and sister between 1853 and 1857. He is listed on the 1860 and 1865 censuses living with his parents in Leavenworth County, Kansas.
As a young man Charles went to Texas and herded cattle. Later he returned to Kansas and on June 5, 1883 he settled a homestead of 160 acres in Barber County, Kansas. According to his homestead papers, he planted sorghum and millet, and built a house 16 feet by 20 feet. He filed proof of the homestead on December 15, 1883.
The next year Charles married Mary Jane Coulter Spears, called "Mollie." She was born August 1, 1847 in Livonia, Washington County, Indiana, the daughter of Lemuel Coulter and Margaret Walton. She had three children by her first husband, Lafayette "Lafe" Speer. In 1880 they were farming in Oxford township, Johnson County, Kansas according to the 1880 census. On January 19, 1881, Mr. Speer died in Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas, and Mollie moved to Hazelton, Kansas, to be near her sister, Kate Wible George and take out a homestead. There she married Charles George, the brother of her sister's husband.
Mollie died August 22, 1921 in Hazelton. Charles then lived with his daughter, Ada, until his death on June 9, 1937. Mollie and Charles are both buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Hazelton, Kansas.
Granddaughter Lorena George Daly was born in her grandparents’ home in 1911. She remembers helping feed and water the mules her grandfather farmed with. He called her "Bill". He told her he remembered the cook who gave him food on board the ship the family came to the United States in. She never heard him speak German.
Another grandchild, Hubert Buckles, remembers that at Christmas Grandpa George would pass out new one-dollar bills to each of his numerous grandchildren. A dollar would buy a pair of overalls for ninety-nine cents at the Betty Grocery and Dry Goods store in the small town of Hazelton, Kansas.
As a young man Charles went to Texas and herded cattle. Later he returned to Kansas and on June 5, 1883 he settled a homestead of 160 acres in Barber County, Kansas. According to his homestead papers, he planted sorghum and millet, and built a house 16 feet by 20 feet. He filed proof of the homestead on December 15, 1883.
The next year Charles married Mary Jane Coulter Spears, called "Mollie." She was born August 1, 1847 in Livonia, Washington County, Indiana, the daughter of Lemuel Coulter and Margaret Walton. She had three children by her first husband, Lafayette "Lafe" Speer. In 1880 they were farming in Oxford township, Johnson County, Kansas according to the 1880 census. On January 19, 1881, Mr. Speer died in Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas, and Mollie moved to Hazelton, Kansas, to be near her sister, Kate Wible George and take out a homestead. There she married Charles George, the brother of her sister's husband.
Mollie died August 22, 1921 in Hazelton. Charles then lived with his daughter, Ada, until his death on June 9, 1937. Mollie and Charles are both buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Hazelton, Kansas.
Granddaughter Lorena George Daly was born in her grandparents’ home in 1911. She remembers helping feed and water the mules her grandfather farmed with. He called her "Bill". He told her he remembered the cook who gave him food on board the ship the family came to the United States in. She never heard him speak German.
Another grandchild, Hubert Buckles, remembers that at Christmas Grandpa George would pass out new one-dollar bills to each of his numerous grandchildren. A dollar would buy a pair of overalls for ninety-nine cents at the Betty Grocery and Dry Goods store in the small town of Hazelton, Kansas.
Charles was born March 18, 1851 in Liebenscheid, Hessen-Nassau, Germany. He came to the United States with his parents and a brother and sister between 1853 and 1857. He is listed on the 1860 and 1865 censuses living with his parents in Leavenworth County, Kansas.
As a young man Charles went to Texas and herded cattle. Later he returned to Kansas and on June 5, 1883 he settled a homestead of 160 acres in Barber County, Kansas. According to his homestead papers, he planted sorghum and millet, and built a house 16 feet by 20 feet. He filed proof of the homestead on December 15, 1883.
The next year Charles married Mary Jane Coulter Spears, called "Mollie." She was born August 1, 1847 in Livonia, Washington County, Indiana, the daughter of Lemuel Coulter and Margaret Walton. She had three children by her first husband, Lafayette "Lafe" Speer. In 1880 they were farming in Oxford township, Johnson County, Kansas according to the 1880 census. On January 19, 1881, Mr. Speer died in Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas, and Mollie moved to Hazelton, Kansas, to be near her sister, Kate Wible George and take out a homestead. There she married Charles George, the brother of her sister's husband.
Mollie died August 22, 1921 in Hazelton. Charles then lived with his daughter, Ada, until his death on June 9, 1937. Mollie and Charles are both buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Hazelton, Kansas.
Granddaughter Lorena George Daly was born in her grandparents’ home in 1911. She remembers helping feed and water the mules her grandfather farmed with. He called her "Bill". He told her he remembered the cook who gave him food on board the ship the family came to the United States in. She never heard him speak German.
Another grandchild, Hubert Buckles, remembers that at Christmas Grandpa George would pass out new one-dollar bills to each of his numerous grandchildren. A dollar would buy a pair of overalls for ninety-nine cents at the Betty Grocery and Dry Goods store in the small town of Hazelton, Kansas.
As a young man Charles went to Texas and herded cattle. Later he returned to Kansas and on June 5, 1883 he settled a homestead of 160 acres in Barber County, Kansas. According to his homestead papers, he planted sorghum and millet, and built a house 16 feet by 20 feet. He filed proof of the homestead on December 15, 1883.
The next year Charles married Mary Jane Coulter Spears, called "Mollie." She was born August 1, 1847 in Livonia, Washington County, Indiana, the daughter of Lemuel Coulter and Margaret Walton. She had three children by her first husband, Lafayette "Lafe" Speer. In 1880 they were farming in Oxford township, Johnson County, Kansas according to the 1880 census. On January 19, 1881, Mr. Speer died in Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas, and Mollie moved to Hazelton, Kansas, to be near her sister, Kate Wible George and take out a homestead. There she married Charles George, the brother of her sister's husband.
Mollie died August 22, 1921 in Hazelton. Charles then lived with his daughter, Ada, until his death on June 9, 1937. Mollie and Charles are both buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Hazelton, Kansas.
Granddaughter Lorena George Daly was born in her grandparents’ home in 1911. She remembers helping feed and water the mules her grandfather farmed with. He called her "Bill". He told her he remembered the cook who gave him food on board the ship the family came to the United States in. She never heard him speak German.
Another grandchild, Hubert Buckles, remembers that at Christmas Grandpa George would pass out new one-dollar bills to each of his numerous grandchildren. A dollar would buy a pair of overalls for ninety-nine cents at the Betty Grocery and Dry Goods store in the small town of Hazelton, Kansas.
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