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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.
French postcard by A.N., Paris (A. Noyer, Paris, 1921), no. 1.
French boxer and war hero Georges Carpentier (1894 – 1975) reigned as the world's light heavyweight champion in 1920 - 1922. Nicknamed the ‘L'homme à l'orchidée’ (the Orchid Man), he was known for his speed, his excellent boxing skills and his extremely hard punch. His legendary fight for the world's heavyweight crown with champ Jack Dempsey is one of the highlights of the Roaring Twenties. After his boxing career ended, he worked as an entertainer in Vaudeville and appeared in half a dozen films.
Georges Carpentier (pronounced car-pont-yay) was born in Liévin near Lens, France, in 1894. Carpentier began his career by progressing up through the weight divisions, fighting in every division from welterweight upwards. Turning pro at the age of 14, Carpentier first won the European welterweight championship in 1911. He became middleweight champion of Europe in 1912, and light heavyweight champion of Europe in 1913. That year, he beat ‘Bombardier’ Billy Wells in Ghent, Belgium, to become heavyweight champion of Europe. He defended his title later that year against Wells, in 1914 against Pat O'Keefe and in London he beat Ed ‘Gunboat’ Smith to add the ‘White Heavyweight Champion of the World’ to his European title. During World War One, Carpentier served as an aviator, winning the Croix de Guerre and the Médaille Militaire, two of France's highest military decorations. This heightened his already phenomenal popularity, not only in France but in the United States and England as well. Carpentier defended his title twice again in 1919 before dropping down a weight to challenge Battling Levinsky for the light heavyweight championship of the world. The fight took place in 1920, in Jersey City and Levinsky was knocked out in the fourth. Carpentier's attempt at the heavyweight Championship of the world came in 1921, again in Jersey City, when he faced Jack Dempsey. This fight was the first million-dollar gate in boxing history. Living up to his nickname, Dempsey mauled Carpentier in the first three rounds before knocking him out in the fourth. Carpentier never fought again for that title. He lost his world light heavyweight title and his European heavyweight and light heavyweight titles the following year in a controversial bout with Senegalese fighter Battling Siki. His last truly noteworthy fight was in 1924, with Gene Tunney at the Polo Grounds in New York. Carpentier lost the bout by TKO after fifteen rounds. In 1927, the 33-year-old Carpentier retired from the ring.
Georges Carpentier was considered the most learned man who ever stepped into the ring. And indeed, he is the author of the novel ‘Brothers of the Brown Owl, a story of the boxing ring’ (1923). American magazine Photoplay wrote in 1920: “He is very fond of good literature and the opera. He sings and plays the piano with professional skill.” After the ring, Carpentier spent several years as a vaudeville song-and-dance man, mostly in England and the US. He also appeared in half a dozen films. Carpentier starred in both silent and sound films. In 1913 he had already made his film debut in the short Une aventure de Jack Johnson, champion de boxe toutes catégories du monde / Jack Johnson's Adventures in Paris (Henri Pouctal, 1913) starring African American boxing champion Jack Johnson as himself. Seven years later, Le trésor de Kériolet / The treasure of Keriolet (Félix Léonnec, 1920) followed with André Nox. In England he made A Gipsy Cavalier (J. Stuart Blackton, 1922) with Flora Le Breton. In France he was seen in La symphonie pathétique / Pathetic Symphony (Mario Nalpas, Henri Étiévant, 1928). Carpentier made three films in Hollywood: the silent adventure drama The Wonder Man (John G. Adolfi, 1920), the musical The Show of Shows (John G. Adolfi, 1929) with John Barrymore, and the musical comedy Hold Everything (Roy Del Ruth, 1930) in which he is mixed up with Joe E. Brown! Ruined by the Wall Street Crash, he returned to Paris. Carpentier’s last screen appearance was in Toboggan / Battling-Geo (Henri Decoin, 1934) with Arlette Marchal. With his last money, he bought a bistro in a chic Paris neighbourhood and named it Chez Georges Carpentier. Wikipedia adds that Georges Carpentier and his one-time opponent Jack Dempsey remained close friends throughout their lives. From 1921 on, they visited back and forth in New York and Paris, getting together to commemorate the anniversary of their famous bout and exchanging birthday greetings. Like Carpentier, Dempsey became a restaurateur. At 81, Carpentier died in Paris in 1975 of a heart attack and was buried in the Cimetière de Vaires-sur Marne, Seine-et-Marne, France. He was married to Georgette Elsasser. In 1991, Georges Carpentier was posthumously elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Sources: Jon C. Hopwood (IMDb), Nicolas Zeisler (Cultureboxe) (French), Silent Ladies and Gents, Wikipedia and IMDb.
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The Subway, 1950
Egg tempera on composition board
18 x 36 inches
©The Estate of George Tooker. Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, New York.
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.
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.
Henry Kirke Brown & John Quincy Adams Ward, 1856, Union Square, Midtown, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA, sculpture
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.
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 360º panorama of George Street near the intersection with Dalhousie Street in the ByTown area of Ottawa, assembled using AutoStitch.
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: Side-view portrait of George Wharton Edwards. Inscription lower right: "George Wharton Edwards, 1920."
Edwards, George Wharton, 1859-1950
Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer
Medium: Black and white photographic print
Dimensions: 15 cm x 10 cm
Date: 1920
Persistent URL: www.aaa.si.edu/collections/images/detail/george-wharton-e...
Repository: Archives of American Art
Collection: Macbeth Gallery Records, c. 1890-1964
Accession number: aaa_macbgall_4679
The Engineering Magazine
April 1911
George W. Perkins
1905-1981
Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at Superior WI by Superior Shipbuilding Co., Hull 512
Launched June 26, 1905
With Elbert H. Gary, William E. Corey and Henry C. Frick longest vessel on the Great Lakes (until J. Pierpont Morgan and Henry H. Rogers of 1906 — superseded Augustus B. Wolvin of 1904)
569’ LOA, 549’ LBP, 56’ beam, 31’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1800 IHP
Enrolled at Marquette MI July 3, 1905 (#1)
558.2 x 56.0 x 26.5, 6406 GT, 4922 NT US 202166 to:
Superior Shipbuilding Co.
Reenrolled at Duluth MN July 8, 1905 (#2) to:
Pittsburgh Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Harry Coulby, Mgr. (home port Duluth MN)
Entered service July 1905
Rebuilt 1943 at Conneaut OH. Hatches to 24’ centers with hatch crane.
Remeasured to 556.2 x 56.2 x 26.5, 6553 GT, 5452 NT
Fleet reincorporated 1949 in Delaware (home port to Wilmington DE)
Fleet merged July 1951 into parent United States Steel Corporation (home port to New York NY)
Sold 1964 to Redwood Enterprises Ltd., Hamilton ON, Westdale Shipping Ltd., Mgr. (home port to Hamilton Bermuda) and renamed Westdale (2)
Enrolled British at 556.8 x 56.2 x 26.3, 7584 GT, 5440 NT Br 317133
Enrollment transferred to Canada 1966 Can 317133 (home port to Hamilton ON)
Transferred 1969 to International Cruising Co.
Transferred 1971 to Reoch Transports Ltd.
Boilers converted to oil firing 1973
Transferred 1976 to Dale Transports Ltd.
Sold 1977 to Pierson Steamships Ltd. (the Soo River Co.), Mississauga ON, Westdale Shipping Ltd., Mgr. and renamed H. C. Heimbecker.
Suffered cracked boiler late Oct 1981 downbound with grain for Owen Sound ON. Continued voyage, unloaded cargo at Owen Sound and cleared Oct 29 for Ashtabula OH (stopping at Goderich ON to send ashore the body of a crew member who died aboard ship). Traded to Triad Salvage Co., Ashtabula for str. Maxine, which they had just acquired at auction. Scrapped at Ashtabula.
See history in Detroit Marine Historian Dec 1981 (#222)
Also in Great Lakes Ships We Remember II p. 263
-Vessel Histories of Sterling Berry
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