U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Crites, George L. (1847-1926) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 420 GEORGE L. CRITES, born December 13, 1847, son of Jacob Crites and Mahalia Pringle and the grandson of William Pringle and Nellie (Rollins) Pringle, Pringle being a direct descendant of Samuel Pringle. He married Margaret J. Heavner, December 24, 1868. She was the daughter of Jonathan and Margaret J. (Flesher) Hefner, and the granddaughter of Peter Hefner of German descent from Virginia. And their children are William P., Columbus J., Henry J., and Edgar Fay. At the beginning of the war, August 1863, he volunteered in Company E, of the 4th Regiment of the West Virginia Cavalry, for six months and when that time expired he re-enlisted in the 1st West Virginia Cavalry and served in that Company until the close of the war, and was discharged with his company at Wheeling. He has been a farmer all his life, owning a large farm on the waters of Glady Fork. He retired and gave the farm to his sons. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #10289 FULL-NAME: George L. Crites BIRTH-DATE: December 13, 1847 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur DEATH-DATE: July 5, 1926 at age 78y-6m-22d DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Retired Farmer FATHER: Jacob Crites (born in Upshur) MOTHER: Mahalia Pringle (born in Upshur) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cerebral Apoplexy / Atheroma INFORMANT: W. P. Crites (of Buckhannon, W.Va.) BURIAL: Point Pleasant There's a shared-tombstone in Point Pleasant Cemetery, Abbott, Upshur County, WV CRITES Margaret J. Heavner, wife of G. L. CRITES (1847-1913) G. L. CRITES (1848-1926) ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------