According to George's headstone, he was a Corporal, in Co. M, 2nd Nebraska Cavalry during the Civil War.
This memorial was added from information on this family, from the LDS website.
Obituary:
George W. Desart. SALEM, Or., Sept 16. (Special.) George W. Desart aged 66 years, died In this city today. The deceased was born In Illinois in 1837, and lived In that state and Nebraska until 1864, when he brought his family to Oregon, crossing the plains with an ox team. He settled on a farm near Silverton, where he lived until three years ago, whence moved to Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Desart were the parents of 16 children, 30 grandchildren and one great grand child. Three of the children are dead, but the others, with their mother, survive. Mr. Desart was a veteran of the Civil War and a member of the G. A. R., which order will have charge of the funeral services to be conducted at Miller cemetery, near Silverton,Friday.
According to George's headstone, he was a Corporal, in Co. M, 2nd Nebraska Cavalry during the Civil War.
This memorial was added from information on this family, from the LDS website.
Obituary:
George W. Desart. SALEM, Or., Sept 16. (Special.) George W. Desart aged 66 years, died In this city today. The deceased was born In Illinois in 1837, and lived In that state and Nebraska until 1864, when he brought his family to Oregon, crossing the plains with an ox team. He settled on a farm near Silverton, where he lived until three years ago, whence moved to Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Desart were the parents of 16 children, 30 grandchildren and one great grand child. Three of the children are dead, but the others, with their mother, survive. Mr. Desart was a veteran of the Civil War and a member of the G. A. R., which order will have charge of the funeral services to be conducted at Miller cemetery, near Silverton,Friday.
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Laura Olivia De Sart Coonse
1861–1945
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Albert William DeSart
1862–1888
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Lola Ruth DeSart Patterson
1864–1943
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Parthenia Linnie DeSart Murphy
1866–1948
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Wesley Wilson "Bud" DeSart
1868–1942
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Anna Margaret DeSart Brooks
1871–1962
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Michael Roy DeSart
1873–1934
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Schuyler Theodore DeSart
1875–1947
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Ralph George DeSart
1877–1954
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Lucretia Maude "Lettie" DeSart Pooler
1878–1957
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Elizabeth DeSart Turner
1880–1951
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Marie Agnes DeSart McCallister
1882–1951
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Lela "Echo" DeSart Lien
1886–1967
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Fred Armstrong DeSart
1888–1920
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