U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- George, William Taylor (1869-1957) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Page 388 William Taylor George was born, October 3, 1869, near Talbott's store, in Valley District, son of John R. and Gaytura (Taylor) George. On December 11, 1892, at Marietta, Ohio, he was married to Dora May, daughter of John and Mary (Brown) Howell. Children, Buena May, born near Stockton, California, September 28, 1893, Ada L., born at Visalia, California, February 17, 1896. He is a member of the M. E. Church, is an Odd Fellow, in politics is a Democrat, and by profession is a lawyer, residing at Philippi. He attended the United Brethren Academy at Buckhannon, and graduated at the Stockton Normal School, California. In 1891 he was a member of the Barbour County board for the examination of teachers. He taught four years in West Virginia and three in California, in which State he holds a State diploma. In 1895, upon examination before the Supreme Court at San Francisco, he was admitted to practice law, and the next year, having returned to West Virginia, he was licensed to practice in Barbour, and subsequently in Tucker, Taylor, Randolph, Upshur, Harrison, and in the U. S. District and Circuit Courts, and the Supreme Court of West Virginia. The grandfather of the subject of this sketch was Samuel George. He came from eastern Virginia and settled in the upper end of Barbour, and was one of the earliest settlers there. His father was John R. George, of Virginia. The father of the subject of this sketch served in the Union army from 1861 to 1865 and took part in many battles. He spent three years in a Confederate prison, having been captured near Richmond. ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH CERTIFICATE, Kanawha County WV #'57 003121 Full-name: William Taylor George Birth: Oct 3, 1869 in Barbour County, WV Death: Mar 9, 1957 in Charleston, Kanawha County, WV Marital-status: Widowed OccupationL Attorney at Law Father: John R. George Mother: Gaytura Taylor Informant: Wm. T. George, Jr. Burial: Masonic Cemetery in Philippi, WV DEATH CERTIFICATE, Kanawha County WV. Register No. 596 Full0name: Dora Howell George Birth: May 1, 1872 in Barbour County, W.Va. Death: Oct. 12, 1918 in Hotel Kanawha, Kanawha County, WV Marital-status: Married Father: John Howell, born in W.Va. Mother: Mary Brown, born in Fayette Co., Pa. Informant: Wm. Taylor George Cause-of-death: Pneumonia / Influenza Place of Burial: Philippi, W.Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------