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George Henry Knott, died 11th July 1921
George Henry Knott was my great-great grandfather. He was born in Gillingham, Kent on 31st March 1843.
George's father William Knott, my great-great-great-grandfather, had been away from home for the night of the 1841 census, but he makes an appearance on the 1851 census when he, Caroline and three of their children including George, as well as their granddaughter Rebecca, were living at 8 Church Street, Gillingham. William gave his occupation as an agricultural labourer, and he had been described as a labourer in the Northfleet and Gillingham parish records on the occasion of the baptism of several of his children. But little more is known about him, because by the time of the 1861 census he was dead, and Caroline was a widow.
Ten years later, in 1861, William's youngest son George, my great-great-grandfather, was eighteen years old, and had moved with his mother Caroline to Hillington Square, Gillingham. The Church Street house was now occupied by George's oldest brother William and his wife Mary and their children. George was an agricultural labourer, probably working on the same farm as his mother. A mile or so off in Pleasant Row, Chatham, a seventeen year old servant girl was living in the household of her uncle. Her name was Mary Ann Bowles, and she would be my great-great-grandmother. Mary Ann had a rather extraordinary background. She is one of the most colourful of my ancestors. Her mother Caroline Thompson had been born at Stoke Damerel in Devon, the parish which includes Devonport, a busy area of the city of Plymouth. Caroline married one William Bowles, a mariner, and at the time of the 1841 census, she was living under her married name Bowles in the Devonport workhouse. A few months after this, when she was pregnant with Mary Ann, Caroline walked the 300 miles from the Devonport workhouse to Faversham in Kent, apparently to reach her estranged husband's family. She was accompanied by Mary Ann's older sisters, who were both under five years old.
By 1851, Caroline was in the Faversham workhouse in Kent with four children, including the eight year old Mary Ann, my great-great-grandmother. Mary Ann's father was almost certainly Thomas Bowles, the brother of Caroline's estranged husband, William Bowles.
Mary Ann Bowles was born in the Mall, Preston-next-Faversham, Kent on 1st November 1843, and she seems to have spent many of her childhood years in the Faversham workhouse. By the time of the 1861 census she was living as a servant in Gillingham. She was 17 years old. It is quite likely that by 1861 she already knew George Knott, but on the 17th August 1862 she married Henry Welch at Faversham parish church. Mary Ann was pregnant, and their son Charles Henry Welch was born in early 1863.
It is unclear what happened next, but by March 1866 George Knott and Mary Ann Welch were living as man and wife at High Street, Gillingham, and Mary Ann had given birth to George Knott's son, who was called George Bowles Knott, with no mention of Mary Ann's married name on the birth certificate. But George and Mary Ann were not married. Henry Welch appears to have taken his son Charles off to live with his recently widowed mother at New Brompton, a few miles away.
George and Mary Ann moved to Upchurch, just outside of the Medway Towns, where a second son was born in 1868, and then on the 3rd December 1869 at Upchurch was born their third son, my great-grandfather William Knott. The 1871 census shows George and Mary Ann living in Upchurch with their three sons, George being recorded as a labourer.
And then, a few months later, Mary Ann's legal husband Henry Welch died of smallpox.
At last, George and Mary Ann were free. They married at All Saints, Frindsbury, Kent on 17th March 1872. The witnesses were George's sister Jane and her husband, Joseph Cox. There would be five more children, but three of George and Mary Ann's children would be dead by the time of the 1911 census. Several of the Knott boys were professional soldiers. One of them spent most of twenty years in India before fighting in Iraq in the First World War, which he survived. Another brother headed off to Ireland, and we find him in 1901 in Portsmouth as an infantry instructor. He died young, as did his sister Caroline and his brother Albert. However, my great-grandfather William Knott stayed close to home.
William had been born in Upchurch, but when he was about three years old the Knott family moved to the neighbouring village of Halstow for the birth of Albert and Caroline, both of whom would die in childhood. After this, there is a curious gap of eight years in the birth of children. We know that by 1881 the family were back in the Medway Towns at Gillingham, where George was working as a labourer in a brickfield. It seems likely that the Knott family were not very well off at this time, for in 1883 George's mother Caroline died in the Chatham Workhouse at the age of 84. By 1886, however, George and Mary Ann had moved further up the Medway to Strood, on the opposite bank to Rochester. Their son, my great-grandfather William, married Mary Ann Waters at St Mary's church, Strood in December 1892. William and Mary lived on Cuxton Road and then on London Road, both in Strood, and their first four children were all born in Strood.
In about 1907, my great-grandparents William and Mary Knott moved away from his parents George and Mary Ann some fifteen miles to Dartford, where my grandfather Joe Knott was born, but by 1914 they were back on the Medway again at 96 Temple Street, Strood. Joe 's family lived at the Temple Street house throughout his childhood and early adult years. Joe's grandparents George and Mary Ann Knott were close at hand, and, while George was still working as a labourer, they opened a small sweetshop and general store at 58 Grange Road, their terraced house. The shop was in business at the time of both the 1901 and 1911 censuses. In 1913, Kelly's Directory of Kent, Surrey and Sussex listed the following under shopkeepers: Knott George 58, Grange Road, Frindsbury, Rochester. It was probably the most stable and successful that either side of the family had been for generations.
On 27th November 1916, during the darkest period of the First World War, Mary Ann died at the Grange Road house of liver cancer. She was 73. On 11th July 1921, her husband George died at the Temple Street house. He was 78.
Temple Street was badly bombed during World War II, and finally demolished in the 1960s. Today, it is the site of Strood Tesco. But 58 Grange Road still survives - today, it is a terraced house.
George Lucas was born and raised in Modesto, California, a dusty transportation center in the agricultural Sacramento Valley. As a teenager, Lucas developed an interest in racing, then in vogue as part of the "Cruising" trend of the early 1960s, as kids built up and worked on their cars, picked up girls, and participated in street racing. However a nearly fatal car accident in 1962 turned Lucas over to film making.
In 1971, after the failure of THX1138, Lucas decided to turn back to a nostalgic view of Cruising. American Graffiti was set in 1962 Modesto and is loosely autobiographical. However, Modesto was not as accommodating, with a zealous urban-renewal program that demolished most of the old downtown by the 1970s and replaced it with what remains a pretty sterile cityscape. Lucas ended up filming American Graffiti in San Rafael and Petaluma. Released in 1973, the film became a critical and commercial success, and Lucas went on to create the blockbuster Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises.
Modesto did not really give much of a thought to the whole thing, besides banning cruising in 1993. In 1997, it decided to recognize its famed son by erecting this statue of a cruising couple on a 1957 Chevy (or at least a part of it) by Betty Saletta. There was a storm of controversy, as locals opposed the use of funds for the artwork. However the statue was finally erected at what is called Five Points, now George Lucas Plaza. It has nothing to do with the old cruising sites, which were closer to Downtown and now mostly nonexistent.
Recently, the city began embracing its history, with a marker-based tour route and a popular American Graffiti Car Show held on the first week of June. Last year, George Lucas, now retired, showed up as the Grand Marshal of the parade to enthusiastic crowds.
Modesto, California
Ltc Peter's is one of the most highly decorated soldiers in the 45th. Infantry Brigade. He is a WWII,and Korea Veteran. Former Governor George Nigh he is a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Thank you to the both of you for attending the Homecoming game. It is becoming a rare occasion to be surrounded by two great men. A special thank you to Ltc. Kennan Horn for making this meeting with Ltc. Peter's possible.
By William Dyce
Guildhall Art Gallery, London
George Herbert (3 April 1593 – 1 March 1633) was a Welsh-born poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England. His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognised as "one of the foremost British devotional lyricists."
He was born into an artistic and wealthy family and largely raised in England. He received a good education that led to his admission to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1609. He went there with the intention of becoming a priest, but he became the University's Public Orator and attracted the attention of King James I. He served in the Parliament of England in 1624 and briefly in 1625.
After the death of King James, Herbert renewed his interest in ordination. He gave up his secular ambitions in his mid-thirties and took holy orders in the Church of England, spending the rest of his life as the rector of the little parish of St Andrew's Church, Lower Bemerton, Salisbury. He was noted for unfailing care for his parishioners, bringing the sacraments to them when they were ill and providing food and clothing for those in need. Henry Vaughan called him "a most glorious saint and seer."
He was never a healthy man and died of consumption at the age of 39.
The George Hotel, Market Place, Frome, Somerset, 29 January 2023. Rebuilt early 1750's, frontage altered early 19th Century, interior remodelled 1874.
Lake George is a lake on the road between Sydney and Canberra. For the past couple of decades it has been most notable for absence of water. Recent rain has made it wet again.
A bottle of Smokey George from Brauerei Rittmayer Hallerndorf in Hallerndorf, Bavaria, at Hütt'n in Nürnberg.
Rittmayer Smokey George is a 5% abv smoked beer, but instead of German smoked malts the brewers traveled to Scotland where they got their hands on some peat-smoked malt intended for Scottish whisky - making this a unique German-Scottish rauchbier!
The beer poured a clear, reddish amber color with a bubbly beige head. It sported a wonderful smoked aroma, with notes of bacon and bonfire. And mild caramel. Very nice! Mouthfeel was medium heavy with a soft texture. Flavor started out with that bonfire smoked character, balanced by a good malt sweetness and some ripe fruit notes. The smoke lingered in the long aftertaste.
Now, this is what I call a smoked beer! Very tasty and reasonably balanced. I like it very much.
George is often to be found sitting on a bench on Byres Road, where he watches the world go by, occasionally shouting a greeting to an old friend or proclaiming the beauty of a passing young woman.
If I have half an hour to kill - before meeting someone, or while waiting for Snappy Snaps to develop some photo's - I might go and sit here, where I listen to George's stories: of the things he's seen and done, the women he's known. Every so often there will be a silence, where I expect he's looking deeper into his memory (and I into my imagination), and that's when I took this.
Glasgow, 2007.
This is one of my favorite houses in Seattle. I think the best designs are found on difficult lots. This one is in Leschi not too far from Lake Washington. One day, I'm going to find out who the architect is.
George Clooney flashes a smile while being honored with the Deutscher Medienpreis Award at Kongresscentrum. goo.gl/LB2Cv
Co. C, 21st N. Y. Infantry
South Kansas Tribune, Wednesday, April 17, 1895:
Death of Col. Remington
In the death of George L. Remington at the age of 67 years, which occurred April 12th, our city loses one of her very best citizens. A gentleman of high christian character, who was always cheerful and helpful, and it was always his pleasure to do duty whatever that was. He served his country faithfully in the great civil war, enlisting early in 1861, he was elected Captain of the Twenty-first New York volunteers and served at the front until in 1864 when ill health compelled his resignation. The following year he was married to his now bereaved wife. He engaged in the wholesale tobacco business in Buffalo, New York, and subsequently was elected register of deeds in that county. Later with his family he removed to Saginaw, Mich., where he was in the lumber trade until 1882, when he located in this city. For a time he was engaged in the cattle business, but in 1885 connected himself with the First National Bank of this place, and has served a bookkeeper, vice-president, and for five years has been its cashier. As a business man he was honest, prompt, and always reliable, and his associates always found him a man of excellent judgment and of unswerying fidelity. He has served the city as Member of the Board of Education and for years he has been its president, and none have proved more faithful, or to have a more unflagging interest in the educational affairs of the city. In religion he was of the Presbyterian faith, and he honored the professions he made, by a life void of offense. He was superintendent of its Sabbath school, a leading official member, and often when the pastor would be absence Col. Remington was called on to officiate, and to read a sermon, and in the last general assembly of the church he was selected to represent the Neosho Presbytery as its lay delegate. He was gifted in oratory and has often been called on as a public speaker, and always did credit to himself and his subject. In his fraternal relations he was a member of McPherson Post No. 4, G. A. R.; of the Modern Woodmen, and of the several Masonic fraternities, having passed the chairs with honor. The funeral on Sunday, was at his home; and was in charge of the Knights of Templar, attended by the Master Masons and the Modern Woodmen. Sermon by his pastor, the Rev. G. W. Bean, assisted by Chaplain Rev. J. W. Wright.
From History of Montgomery County, Kansas, By Its Own People, published by L. Wallace Duncan, Iola, Kansas, 1903, pgs. 682-684:
GEORGE L. REMINGTON. During the comparatively brief period of twelve years that he was permitted to mingle with and be one of the citizens of Montgomery county, the late subject of this record, George L. Remington, lived a life conspicuous for its relation to men and affairs, for its usefulness to be civil and social institutions and conspicuous for its purity and dignity as exemplified in his daily walk. Few men exhibit such strong and genuine elements of character and win the unbounded confidence of a community in so few years, as did he, and his death, April 11th, 1895, was mourned as a public loss.
Born in Lancaster, near Buffalo, New York, Mary 24, 1832, he was a son of Rev. James Remington, a noted Presbyterian minister of western New York, and for eighteen years pastor of the congregation of Lancaster. Though he had given up regular work very late in life Rev. Remington died in 1889 at over ninety years of age, still in the harness, as it were, and doing the work of the Master. He married Caroline Evans, who died in the seventies, being the mother of three sons and two daughters, namely: Rev. Charles, of Buffalo, New York, the only survivor of the family; George L., of this memoir; James, who died about 1880 and passed his life chiefly in the milling business; Mary, who died unmarried about 1875, and Jennie, who was for many years a deputy in the office of the Clerk of Erie county, New York, and died in 1891.
The education of George L. Remington was acquired in what we now term the common schools and in Gambler College, Ohio. On leaving college he entered the Union army as a private, joining company “C”, 21st New York Vol. Inf. He rose by successive promotions, viz: to First Sergeant, and August 7, 1861, was commissioned 1st Lieut., and Capt., Dec. 12, 1861. He succeeded Capt. Washburn who was killed at Second Bull Run in August, 1862. His regiment formed a part of the Army of the Potomac and he participated in all the engagements of that famous and splendid army and was discharged in 1864, resigning and leaving the service on account of failing health. September 14, 1865, he married Alice Pomeroy, a daughter of Robert Pomeroy, a banker and one of the old settlers of Buffalo, New York. Mr. Pomeroy married Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of a Baptist clergyman, and died in 1856 at sixty years old. He resided in Buffalo when the British burned that city during the war of 1812 and he and his mother were the last to leave the destroyed city. Mrs. Remington is the fourth of nine children in her parents’ family, five of whom are yet living.
Mr. Remington was in the service of the government in the commissary department of the army at Nashville, Tennessee, for near one year, immediately succeeding the end of the war, and on returning north engaged in the wholesale tobacco business in Buffalo. Subsequently he was elected Register of Deeds for Erie county, New York, and some time after the close of his official career he moved his family out to Saginaw, Michigan, where he embarked in the lumber and salt business and conducted the same successfully till some time in the year 1882, when he disposed of his Michigan interests and became a resident of Independence, Kansas. As a citizen of Saginaw he ingratiated himself into the love and esteem of his compeers and was favored with public trusts. He was a member of the Board of Education, where he rendered valuable service, and was an active and faithful worker in his religious denomination.
For about two years after coming to Montgomery county, Capt. Remington was engaged in the cattle business. In 1885, he was invited to become cashier of the First National Bank of Independence. He filed the position ‘till his death and in it demonstrated a peculiar fitness and adaptation to the place. He was always courteous, sincere and reliable, prompt in fulfilling his obligations and faithful in serving the constituents of the bank.
As a citizen of Independence, Capt. Remington took a prominent part in all its affairs. His ability and integrity were at once recognized and he accepted the public trusts that were imposed on him with an eye single to the public good. He demonstrated his unflagging interest in public education by long and faithful service on the school board. He was President of that body for some years and many were the ideas he advanced for the improvement of the facilities and methods of education. He was a leading member of the Presbyterian church and, in the absence of the pastor, was frequently designated to read a sermon and to comment on the character, good works and teachings of the Sabbath School and the beneficent works of a good man were felt in this field, also. In his capacity as a teacher and leader his work was most effective. He was a ready and pleasing talker, and was a storehouse of information on popular subjects and, in 1894, was chosen by the Presbytery of Neosho to be a delegate to the General Assembly at Saratoga, New York. He was a member of McPherson Post G. A. R., was a Modern Woodman and a Knight Templar Mason, by whose direction and under whose auspices his funeral was held. In politics he was a Republican
Capt. And Mrs. Remington’s family comprised three children, namely: Jennie P., wife of Will P. Lyon, of Independence; Allen A., who married Lizzie B. Marshall and is a merchant of Bristow, Ind. Ty., and George F., who died Sept. 18, 1899, at twenty-three years of age.
Contributed by Mrs. Maryann Johnson a Civil war researcher and a volunteer in the Kansas Room of the Independence Public Library, Independence, Kansas.
Considering how many times I watched Help! when I was little, and how much I loved George Harrison, I'm now wondering about my love for domes, and whether it is some sort of subliminal thing that was always going to happen.
Co. F, 21st OH. Infantry
February 26, 1920
GEORGE W. SHOEMAKER IS
DEAD.
Had Lived Here for Over 53 Years.
George W. Shoemaker, one of Wilson county's oldest settlers and well known and highly esteemed citizens, died at his home at 712 North Seventh street, in Neodesha, Friday, February 20, 1920, at about 11 o'clock a. m., aged 82 years, after a severe sickness of about three weeks of a complication of diseases.
Few living residents of this county have had a greater or richer experience than George W. Shoemaker, early settler, who died here last Friday morning at the age of 82. An adventurous youth and boyhood, a young manhood filled with experiences that ranged all the way from war to log-cabin building, a maturity that witnessed the passing of Kansas from a pioneer state to a wealthy prosperous commonwealth,--all these were but a few of the elements that gave vividness and picturesqueness to the life of this rugged pioneer.
Born in Findlay, Ohio, September 10, 1837, as one of a family of eleven children, young George Shoemaker was destined to lead a strange life up until after the Civil War. What education his parents were able to give him , young Shoemaker received in Ohio where his early boyhood was spent. As a youth he made a trip into the South with his father, who was a carpenter and builder, spending approximately three years away from home.
After a while, however, he drifted back to the North and it was not long before the war broke out. One episode of his boyhood he used to tell to his children.
When the gold rush of '49 began young Shoemaker's father decided to cast his lot with the Forty-Niners and left his home for California. George, then a mere stripling of a lad, decided to run away from home and follow his father. As a boat carried him down the Ohio and into the Mississippi to New Orleans all went well with the boy, but voyages, even in those days, were not made without funds, so the runaway soon found himself stranded in the Louisiana city without a cent, and, because the boats plying between New Orleans and Frisco refused to carry him, he began to look for work.
After many attempts and several failures, he finally found a job as a carpenter and remained in New Orleans for several months. It was while in the South that this veteran of the Civil War had the unique experience of being for a time a foreman over a plantation employing slaves. Thus the man who was born to fight for the abolition of slavery was at one time a slave-driver himself.
Before the war of the Rebellion began, however, Mr. Shoemaker was once more a citizen of Ohio and it was with the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry that he enlisted. For four years and three months he served with distinction in the war. For awhile he was foreman in charge of the building of Union barracks and storehouses, but later got into the fighting with a vengeance. On his service record may be seen mention of the battles of Stony River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and many others. He was with Sherman at the siege of Atlanta and moved with him on his memorable march to the sea.
There is now in the Shoemaker home a memento that hundreds of Union soldiers would be proud to own. It is "Honor Roll No. 1," the first one to be given to a soldier of the Army of the Cumberland by General Rosencranz. Shoemaker won it for meritorious and distinguished service in preventing General Wheeler from burning a Union wagon-train.
Mr. Shoemaker was mustered out July 25, 1865, and returned to Ohio, where he remained for about a year, and then decided to come to Kansas. In 1866, he arrived at Verdi, then a postoffice and trading post five miles north of Neodesha. He took a claim, what is now the David Kantz farm on the road to Buffville. A few months later he returned to Ohio and when he again came to Kansas someone else had taken his claim, so that he was compelled to buy the farm, five miles north of town, which was his property at the time of his death.
Neodesha was not known to the map-makers when Shoemaker started work on a log-cabin on this farm. At that time this vicinity was "bossed" by Little Bear and his tribe of Osages. In his later years, Mr. Shoemaker often spoke of how the chief and his followers would come to his farm and take potatoes and other produce on shares. He would laugh as he recollected that very often they came so often that the land-owners share finally amounted to nill. From 1866 to 1902, Mr. Shoemaker farmed this place and was successful from many points of view.
From a financial standpoint, this pioneer prospered in moving to Kansas. At the time of his death he owned the old home place, 200 acres of additional land in the same neighborhood, a city property comprising 7 acres almost in the heart of town, and a few other properties scattered over the city.
Mr. Shoemaker had been married four times. His first marriage was to Miss Harriet Davenport of Perry- burg, Ohio, before coming to Kansas. To this union one child was born F. E. Shoemaker of this city. Jesse Shoemaker of Coopertown is a son by another and later wife. Jesse also had a sister, who died in infancy. These two men, both of whom have lived in Neodesha all their lives, together with Mrs. Sarah Shoemaker, the widow, are the only survivors. Mr. Shoemaker's last marriage was six years ago to Mrs. Martin of this city, who has been a most devoted and helpful companion to him.
The deceased made a reputation in this county of being strictly square and honest with his fellowmen. He was always regarded as a fine neighbor and a sharing friend. Hard work was one one of his greatest forces. It was characteristic of this veteran that he always did all within his power to keep posted on the events of the day. He read considerably. At various times he was active in county and local politics and was county commissioner for one term. Early in life he united with the Methodist church in Findlay, Ohio.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the family home on North Seventh street. The Rev. E. W. Spencer of the Methodist church was in charge. Music was furnished by a male quartet composed of E. A. Warren, James Hanley, Irwin Shoemaker, and W. H. Davis. The body was interred in the Neodesha cemetery after an impressive grave service by the local Masonic lodge of which the deceased was a member. The pall-bearers were: W. A. Rankin, A. S. Hopkins, Harmon Kimball, Frank Kimball, Joseph Evans, and R. L. McDonald.
St George's Church, Portobello, is a former Church of England parish church in the City of Sheffield, England. It is now part of the University of Sheffield and is a lecture theatre and student housing.
St George's is the first of three Commissioners' churches to have been built in Sheffield under the Church Building Act 1818. The other two are St Mary's Church, Bramall Lane and St Philip's Church, Netherthorpe (demolished 1951). St George's is a Gothic Revival building designed by the architects Woodhead and Hurst in a Perpendicular Gothic style. It was built at a cost of £15,181 (equivalent to £1,220,000 in 2018), the whole cost being met by the Church Building Commission.
The building is 122 feet (37 m) long and 67 feet (20 m) wide, and consisted of a flat-ceilinged nave with six bays, a single-bay chancel, and a 140 feet (43 m)-high tower. Galleries extended the length of the north and south walls, and there was a two-tiered gallery on the west wall. In total the church could seat 380 people. The foundation stone was laid on 19 July 1821, and the church was consecrated by Archbishop Vernon Harcourt on 29 June 1825.
The church was declared redundant and closed in 1981. It stood unused for a number of years until the University of Sheffield acquired it and in 1994 had it converted into a lecture theatre and student accommodation. Prior to this it had been the last of the Commissioners' churches in Sheffield to retain its original form. It is a Grade II listed building.
In 2010 a nest-box was placed on the church rooftop, which is now home to a breeding pair of peregrine falcons that can be seen via live stream webcam.
Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush speaking with attendees at the 2021 Young Women's Leadership Summit hosted by Turning Point USA at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas.
Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was a Grammy-winning American stand-up comedian, actor, and author.
Carlin was especially noted for his political and black humor and his observations on language, psychology, and religion along with many taboo subjects. Carlin and his "Seven Dirty Words" comedy routine were central to the 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation, in which a narrow 5-4 decision by the justices affirmed the government's right to regulate Carlin's act on the public airwaves.
Carlin's most recent stand-up routines focused on the flaws in modern-day America. He often took on contemporary political issues in the United States and satirized the excesses of American culture.
He placed second on the Comedy Central cable television network list of the 10 greatest stand-up comedians, ahead of Bruce and behind Richard Pryor. He was a frequent performer and guest host on The Tonight Show during the three-decade Johnny Carson era, and was also the first person to host Saturday Night Live.
A MAN WHO ASKED AND RECEIVED.
THE STORY OF GEORGE MÜLLER.
[From Beneath The Banner: Being Narratives Of Noble Lives And Brave Deeds By F.J. Cross, public domain]
In the year 1805 was born in Prussia George Müller, whose orphanages at Ashley Down, Bristol, may be regarded as one of the modern wonders of the world.
His father intended that George should become a minister, but the lad in his early days showed no signs of a desire to set apart his life to good works. He had the misfortune to lose his mother when he was fourteen years old, and though he was confirmed in 1820 no deep impression had been made by God's grace in his heart.
When he was sixteen he went to Brunswick, and putting up at an hotel lived expensively, and had to part with his best clothes to pay the bill. Later on, for leaving an hotel without paying, he was put in prison, and had to stay there till the money was sent for his release.
He had, indeed, grown so hardened that he could tell lies without blushing. He pretended to lose some money which had been sent to him, and his friends gave him more to replace it. He got into debt, and pawned his clothes in order to procure the means to go to taverns and places of amusement.
But the hand of God was upon him, and he did not do these things without suffering in his mind. About this time too he began to study the Bible earnestly.
At the age of twenty the great change came. He attended a prayer meeting, and there his eyes became opened, and he saw there was no hope for him but in Christ. He read the Bible anew, and from that time commenced leading a new life.
When he was about twenty-four years old Müller came over to England, and settled at Teignmouth as pastor of a small church. He refused to have any regular salary or to receive pew rents, taking only such offerings as his congregation wished to give him. Sometimes he had no money left at all; at others he had only just enough food for one meal, and knew not where the means were coming from for the next. Yet he trusted entirely in God, and was never left in want.
After this he went to Bristol, and seeing many poor children uncared for laid the matter before God; and, believing it to be His will that he should try to provide some place of rest for these little ones, he took a house large enough to contain thirty girls.
Rather a remarkable thing happened in connection with the opening of the Home. The money had been supplied, and preparations had been made to receive the children, but none sought admission!
Müller cast about in his mind as to why this should be so, and he discovered that whilst he had asked God for money to open the Home and for helpers, he had forgotten to pray that the children might be sent; and to this he attributed such a strange occurrence.
Still, the omission was soon rectified, and the Home ere long teemed with children.
This was in 1834. From such a small beginning the great Orphan Homes on Ashley Down sprang. Every need connected with the progress of the work was made the subject of prayer by George Müller and his earnest band of workers.
Again and again he has not known where to turn for the next meal for his orphans; but, as if by a miracle, supplies have been always forthcoming. Though often in great straits Mr. Müller has never asked for help except of God, and never has that help been denied.
The following extract from his journal will show the trials to which Mr. Müller has been subjected: "Never were we so reduced in funds as to-day. There was not a single halfpenny in hand between the matrons of the three orphan houses. There was a good dinner, and by managing to help one another by bread, etc., there was a prospect of getting over the day also; but for none of the houses had we the prospect of being able to take in bread. When I left the brethren and sisters at one o'clock after prayer I told them that we must wait for help, and see how the Lord would deliver us this time." About twenty yards from his home he met a person interested in the Homes who gave him £20. This is but a sample of many occasions upon which, having waited upon God in simple faith, help has arrived at the very hour it has been needed.
Some paragraphs in Müller's yearly reports read almost like a fairy story, only they are far more beautiful, being a record of facts. Thus in May, 1892, when the financial year of the institution began, they had in hand for their School, Bible, Missionary and Tract funds only £17 8s. 5-1/2 d.
In June of that year a packet was found at Hereford Railway Station containing eleven sovereigns, addressed to Mr. Müller, with nothing but these words inside, "From a Cheerful Giver, Bristol, for Jesus' Sake". In the same month came £100, "from two servants of the Lord Jesus, who, constrained by the love of Christ, seek to lay up treasure in Heaven".
A Newcastle man wrote that though finances were low he doubled the sum usually sent to the institution, "in faith and also with much joy". A sick missionary in the wilds of Africa sent £44 17s. 5d., being apparently all the money he possessed.
"Again and again," writes Mr. Müller, "I have had cheques amounting even to £5000, from individuals whose names I knew not before receiving their donations."
Other paragraphs in the report read thus: "Received anonymously five large cheeses; received a box of dessert knives and forks, a cruet, a silver soup ladle and a silver cup; from Clifton, twelve tons house coals; from Bedminster, a monster loaf, 200 lbs. in weight, and ten feet long and twenty-one inches broad".
On 1st August £82 5s. came "from a Christian gentleman in Devon, who for more than forty-five years has from time to time helped us, though I have never seen him".
"To-day," writes Müller on 7th September, "our income altogether was about £300—a plain proof that we do not wait on the Lord in vain; for every donation we receive is a direct answer to prayer, because we never ask a single human being for anything." On 29th October Mr. Müller writes: "For several days very little has come in for the support of the various objects of the institution. To-day, again, only about £15 was received by the first four deliveries of letters; at 5:45 I had for the third time that day prayer with my dear wife, entreating God to help us, and a little after 6 p.m. came a cheque for £200 by the fifth delivery, from Edinburgh."
A gold chain and watch-key, two gold brooches, and a pair of earrings were sent to Mr. Müller, with the following comment: "My wife and I having, through the exceeding riches of God's grace, been brought to the Lord Jesus, wish to lay aside the perishing gold of the world for the unsearchable riches of Christ, and send the enclosed for the support of the orphans".
The above are from a single yearly report—that for 1893. Scores of similar donations in money and kind are recounted in the same annual statement. In that year Mr. Müller was able to speak of his conversion as having taken place nearly sixty-eight years ago. The work has been wonderfully blessed. In the report mentioned Mr. Müller stated that the total amount he had received by prayer and faith for the various objects of his institutions, since 5th March, 1834, had been £1,309,627; that no fewer than 8727 children had been under his care; and that he had room at his Homes for 2050 orphans.
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Company E, 21st Missouri Infantry
Photo and obituary donated by Amy Jensen Great -Great -Great Grand daughter of George W. Fulton.
Kinsley Banner Graphic
24-Jan-1890
AT REST
Major George W. Fulton died at 7:30 on Saturday evening of last week
“The Lord’s will must be obeyed”
Major George W. Fulton, Mayor of this city, died at his residence on North Colony Avenue Saturday evening, January 18th, 1890 at 7:30 o’clock. The cause of death was from a complication of diseases of the liver, kidneys and bowels. He had been suffering since last July, but until a short time ago his physician and all friends entertained hopes of recovery.
The funeral was conducted by the Masonic Lodge, services were held at the Congregational church Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock, which were very impressive and largely attended by Masons and friends of the family. The G.A.R. also participated in the march to the cemetery.
The following brief biography was read by Rev. Wilson:
BIOGRAPHY
The subject of the following sketch is of German extraction, his great-grandfather coming to this country and settling in Virginia and, during the Revolution being a soldier in the colonial army. His son David, was born in Virginia and settled in Pennsylvania, and served in the war of 1812. Levi Fulton, the father of our subject, was a native of Pennsylvania, and in 1832 moved to Perry county, Ohio, and afterword to Knox county, Missouri, where he died in 1867.
Major George W. Fulton was the eldest of four children, and was a native of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, being born November 23rd, 1821. He was educated in the common schools of Pennsylvania and Ohio up to his sixteenth year, when he attended three terms of the Academy at Athens, Ohio, and then returned to his labors on his father’s farm until he became of age. He then served, first as an apprentice and afterward as a journeyman, at the carpenter’s and joiner’s trade, finally entering the mercantile profession, and, at the expiration of two years, moved to Keokuk, Iowa, then to Hannibal, Missouri, then to Louisville, Kentucky, and thence to Edina, Knox county, Missouri, where he continued the mercantile business, and also engaged in building and contracting. In 1861 he took an active part in organizing the Home Guards, and was elected captain of one of the companies. Disposing of his business he enlisted in Company E, 21st Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, was elected captain, and, in the Army of the Tennessee, participated in the battle at Pittsburg Landing, the series of engagements culminating at the capture of Corinth. Marching to Memphis his company was in the engagement against Forrest, after which they went to the relief of General Banks in the Red River Campaign.
Returning from thence to Missouri the regiment fought against Price in his raid of 1864, and in the summer of that year he was commissioned Major. On his return home from the army he was elected sheriff and collector of Knox county, re-elected in 1866, and held the position for two years, meanwhile resuming his former profession as merchant and also becoming extensively engaged in shipping grain, wood and stock. He likewise owned and operated the Edina flouring mills.
In 1872 he disposed of his entire business and removed to Rice county, Kansas, when the country was but thinly settled, where he began operations in farming and stock raising, in which he was very successful. In 1878 he erected the Anchor Steam Flouring Mills at a cost of $20,000, in Kinsley, where he has since resided.
Mr. Fulton was married May 2, 1847, to Miss Hannah Sycks, daughter of John and Mary Sycks, of Greene county, Pennsylvania, by whom he had twelve children, eight of whom are now living and named respectively: John A., Francis E., Phoeba S., Dora A., George W. Jr., Margaret W., U.S. Grant and Charles L. All married except the three latter named boys.
After reading the above, Rev. Wilson made a few remarks concerning the deceased, the points were: Mr. Fultonh was 68 years, 1 month and 26 days old when he died; twice elected mayor of this city; he was a Mason in good standing; a member of the G.A.R; you will miss him from your midst; there is a vacant seat in these organizations; there is a vacant chair in the home; who will miss him most; the wife will miss him in her counsel; the children will miss father on returning home.
Though not a member of any church Mr. Fulton was a close student of the Bible, and died as he had lived, and when appraised of the fact that death was inevitable he remarked, “The Lord’s Will Must be Obeyed.” Through his long suffering and illness he never complained or found fault with his lot, but bore it all patiently and with Christian resignation.
At the city election held in this city last April Mr. Fulton was elected mayor by a fair majority, although one of the strongest men of the opposition headed the ticket. In private life Mr. Fulton was a pleasant, affable gentleman, and those who have worked for and under him remember his upright, moral character. He expected faithfulness from his employees, and in return made every promise good. In a private way the Major was a friend to the poor, but did not wish to make any show of his charities by subscribing funds when his name would be published to the world, but in secret, when none but the recipient would know, he helped many.
Kinsley will miss the deceased in both her public and private enterprises. As an official he was always prompt and conscientious in the discharges of his duties, and as a private citizen he was always in the front rank with those who were interested in the welfare of the city.
GEORGE W. FULTON, proprietor of the Anchor Steam Flouring Mills, of Kinsley. These mills were erected in the spring of 1878 at a cost of $20,000, the size of which is 30x50 feet, three stories high; engine room 23x30 feet, one story. Forty horse-power engine; capacity, 300 bushels of wheat every twenty-four hours. He employs five men in the business. He first came to Rice County, Kansas in 1873, and farmed until he came to Kinsley. He was born in Fayette County, Pa., November 23, 1821. His parents moved with their family to Perry County, Ohio, in 1833, where he was raised as a farmer. He enlisted in the spring of 1861 in Company E, Twenty-first Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry. He was afterward commissioned to raising a company, and after completing the full quota was made captain of the same. He was a conspicuous Union man. He was assigned to the Twenty-first Missouri Regiment, and was soon promoted to Major. He was a participant in the battles of Shiloh, Tupelo, siege of Corinth and battle of Corinth, and many skirmishes, and finally resigned in November, 1864. He had the promotion of Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment but declined on account of being elected Sheriff of Knox County, Mo. In the fall of 1864, after serving one term, he was re-elected to the same office. He afterward followed the milling and mercantile business until he came to Kansas. He was married in 1847 to Miss Hannah Sycks, of Perry County, Ohio. They have eight children, John A., Francis E., Phoeba S., Dora A., George W. Jr., Margaret W., U. S. Grant and Charles L. He is a member of the Masonic Order and is a Republican.
Description: Portrait of George Elmer Browne. Inscribed on lower right: "Very Truly Yours, Geo. Elmer Browne, 1919".
Browne, George Elmer, 1871-1946
Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer
Medium: Black and white photographic print
Dimensions: 21 cm x 15 cm
Date: 1919
Persistent URL: www.aaa.si.edu/collections/images/detail/george-elmer-bro...
Repository: Archives of American Art
Collection: Macbeth Gallery Records, c. 1890-1964
Accession number: aaa_macbgall_4639