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Wilson County Citizen, Friday, April 24, 1903
Vol. XXXIII, No. 17
Sudden Death of G. E. Butin.
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After an affliction for about a year of paralysis, which steadily increased. In extent and effect from the start G. E. Butin, died very suddenly from a stroke of the disease last Saturday forenoon, April 18, at his home in Fredonia, in the presence of two physicians who were seeking to help his condition. While his family were aware that there was little or no prospect for his restoration to his former health, they were not prepared for the shock which his almost instantaneous death produced.
George Ervin Butin was born in Chillicothe, Wapello co., Iowa, October 9, 1845, and at his death was aged 57 years, 6 months and 9 days. He received such schooling as the common schools of his native county afforded. On January 7, 1863, when but little past seventeen years of age he enlisted in the Seventh Iowa Cavalry regiment, serving three years and four months, and was mustered out with the rank of lieutenant. The regiment saw service on the Western frontier in Indian fighting. While in the army Mr. Butin sustained an injury in the leg which crippled him, and April 10, 1888, the limb was amputated above the knee. In 1872 he moved from Iowa to Fredonia, engaging in the drug business with his elder brother, C. J. Butin, and they have since been continuously associated in that trade, being the oldest business firm in the city.
In November, 1873, G. E. Butin was elected county clerk of Wilson co. and in 1875 was reelected, filling the office and personally discharging its duties for four years.
May 12, 1875, Mr. Butin was married to Miss Josephine Hull at Chillicothe, Iowa, and she, with three sons and three daughters, survives him. In his death the bereaved family have lost a husband and father whose devotion, love and kindness for and interest in their welfare never relaxed. The city has lost one of its earliest settlers and an upright business man; a citizen whose fidelity to law and justice, to the town’s best interests, to the rights and well-being of neighbors and friends, have been steadfast, every day and with every breath, as he has consistently and practically exemplified in thirty-one years of active, open, honest, sincere and virtuous life before and in contact with all men in this community. Frank, straightforward, incapable of dishonesty, deceit or dissembling, G. E. Butin’s honored name for integrity, truth and principle was such that his immediate family and relatives should cherish it as a priceless legacy and realize from consolation in the hour of their sorrow.
The funeral was held Monday afternoon from the family residence and was attended by a large gathering of old soldiers, friends and neighbors. Brief services were held at the home by Rev. Chaffee, after which the casket was taken in charge by Phil Harvey Post, G. A. R., of which the deceased was a member, and burial was made according to the ritual thereof in the city cemetery.
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The relatives from abroad who were present at the funeral were John S. Butin of Enid, Ok., a brother; Mrs. H. A. Jenner of Kansas City, Mo., and Miss Vina Butin of Chillicothe, Iowa, sisters; Frank Butin, of Russell, Kan., a son, and Eugene Park, from Emporia, a nephew. Chas. Butin, the eldest son, had arrived from Lawrence, Kan., two days previous to his father’s death. The other son and the three daughters of Mr. Butin were at home when he passed away.
History of Neosho and Wilson Counties Kansas, Published by L. Wallace Duncan, Monitor Printing Co., 1902. Pages 723-724
GEORGE E.BUTIN--The subject of this article is the well known optician and jeweler of Fredonia, Wilson county, and a member of the firm of C. J. Butin and Brother. He was born in Wappelo county, Iowa, October 9, 1845, and is a son of A. H. and Maria (Crooks) Butin, mentioned in the sketch of C. J. Butin in this volume.
Reared in the city and educated liberally our subject engaged in teaching school when quite young. He left the school room to enlist in Company B, 7th Iowa cavalry, Col. W. S. Summers. His regiment was assigned to the army of the west and served against the Indians on the plains. The battle of Horse creek in Wyoming was the most serious of the encounters with the Red Men and in this the command was escorting a band of five hundred of what professed to be friendly indians, but at daylight in June 1865, the warriors attacked their escort of two hundred soldiers and were badly beaten before the scrimmage ended. Prior to the regiment's Indian experience the 7th Iowa served against the rebels in the south. Col. Summers commanded it at first but afterward H. H. Heath was the commanding officer. Mr. Butin enlisted as a private but was promoted to company commissary, quartermaster and then orderly sergeant. While commissary and engaged in packing parcels from a position on top of a wagon he slipped off and in falling stuck his knee cap on the hub, making a painful inquiry and the only one he received during his service. He was discharged from the army after serving three years and seven months as second lieutenant of his company.
Mr. Butin engaged in business with his brother in Chillicothe, Iowa, in 1868 and has been identified with him since the establishment of their business in Fredonia. He has been separated from the store only when serving the public of his county and is one of the landmarks of Fredonia. In 1873 he was nominated by the opposition to the Republican party for county clerk and was elected. He was re-elected in 1875, and served two full terms.
May 12, 1875, Mr. Butin married Josephine Hull, a Virginia lady and a daughter of James and Lucretia Hull, both deceased. The children of this marriage are: Lelia, Charles E., Frank, Flora, Josie and James A.
The Hull children of whom Mrs. Butin was one numbered seven, as follows: Edwin, who died at __years; Josephine, wife of our subject; Flora, widow of Zenith Park, of Fredonia; Almira, widow of A. Wadell, of Chillicothe, Iowa; Emma, now Mrs. Lewis Blackman, of Garden Grove, Iowa; William deceased, and Jennie, Mrs. O. J. Garriott of Ottumwa, Iowa.
Mr. Butin is a Mason and in politics an ardent Republican..
George Eastman was born July 12, 1854 in Waterville, New York. His name should be near and dear to all who post on Flickr.
He founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film which brought photography to the average Joe on the street. Eastman's roll film was also the basis for the invention of the motion picture film in 1888 by world's first filmmaker, Louis Le Prince, and a decade later by his followers Léon Bouly, Thomas Edison, the Lumière Brothers and Georges Méliès.
In his last two years of life, Eastman suffered from what was probably spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spinal canal caused by calcification in the vertebrae, and was in excruciating pain. He grew depressed having seen his mother spend the last two years of her life in a wheelchair with the same condition. On March 14, 1932, Eastman committed suicide, leaving a note which read, "My work is done. Why wait?"
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Kodak Film Patent Issued October 14, 1884
First commercial film made “snap shot” possible
George Eastman, who was born in Waterville, New York, received patent #306,594 on October 14, 1884 for photographic film. Eastman’s invention revolutionized photography by using coated paper and rollers, rather than heavy glass dry plates, to reproduce images. Eastman began looking for ways to “make the camera as convenient as the pencil,” after amassing the heavy, complicated, and expensive equipment he needed to keep a picture record of his vacation. This invention allowed him to mass produce a small hand-held box camera filled with rolls of film with 100 exposures. Millions of Americans recorded the first snap shots of their everyday lives using the Kodak camera, which was introduced in 1888. In 1977, George Eastman was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
In addition to an inventive spirit, Eastman also had a strong belief in the power of advertising. He first registered “KODAK®,” a term he created, as a trademark in 1888. Today the word “Kodak,” and the Eastman Kodak Company’s distinctive yellow trade dress, are well-known around the world.
Eastman’s patent and many of the Eastman Kodak trademarks, as well as the more than six million patents issued since the first in 1790 and the 2.3 million trademarks registered since 1870, can be seen on the Department of Commerce's U.S. Patent and Trademark Office web site at www.uspto.gov.
Last year USPTO issued 182,223 patents and registered 127,794 trademarks.
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George Eastman's star is located at 1709 Vine Street.
If you've been following the Hollywood Walk of Fame stars, Natalie Wood's star is located at 7000 Hollywood Blvd, Godzilla's star is located at 6925 Hollywood Blvd, and Lotte Lehmann is located at 1735 Hollywood Blvd.
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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.
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
Edit number 2, slightly closer crop but trying to keep in some of the background. This edit took a lot less time than the ones of KJ as I could actually remember how to get at the tools I wanted.
British postcard in the Famous Cinema Stars series by Beagles' Postcards, no. 139.c. Photo: Fox Film.
George Walsh (1889-1981) was an American film actor, who despite a successful career in silent cinema is best remembered for the part that was taken off from him: the title role in Ben-Hur (1925).
Born 1920 in Budapest
I originally came here from Hungary in 1938 at the age of 18 to learn English. Then the war broke out and I was forgotten. I went to volunteer for the RAF and was accepted, (I was very fit and played a lot of sport), but the Air Ministry wanted to see my parents’ birth certificate and I couldn’t produce it.
I wasn’t supposed to work but I did bits and pieces to keep myself going. I was working as a projectionist in a Chelsea cinema when I saw an advertisement for the Norwegian Merchant Navy. They were very amused that I came from a landlocked country, but they took me on as a galley boy. I joined the D/S Ringhorn and sailed in a convoy loaded with timber to Newfoundland in Canada. Having lost the convoy, the ship was shelled and damaged but was towed back to Belfast for repairs. Then in another Convoy on 4th February 1941 we were torpedoed and sunk by a U-52 with only five survivors of which I was one.
I am passionate about classical music, so after the war I went to study piano and composition at the Guildhall, but soon realised I was no good, not ambidextrous enough! I took up photography and became a successful photographer and photo reporter, and then a documentary film-maker.
I first came to Primrose Hill in 1968, I had a basement flat where Jamie Oliver lives now, and I worked for Primrose Film Productions. They had offices above Shepherd’s (the local supermarket). Louis Hagen ran it, making documentaries about London for German TV, and the beautiful silhouette films of Lottie Reiniger. She used scissors like an artist uses a pen, her full-length film, 63 minutes long, took three years to make.
I picked up tennis at the age of 56, on the advice of a girlfriend. I had a lesson every day for a year, and then the coach left and said ‘You take over’. From 1976 till 2000 I was coaching in London, Florida and Vermont USA. Returning to London at the age of 80 I retired in Primrose Hill.
I lost three grandparents, my father and aunt in the war. My brother survived the salt mines in Yugoslavia. I became a British citizen in July 1948, the happiest day of my life. I finally belonged to a civilised nation where people did not murder each other over politics and religion. Brits don’t realise how lucky they are with their culture of tolerance and humanity.
(by George Varjas)
©2015 Jurgen Kehn
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Georges Braque 1882 – 1963 was a major 20th century French painter and sculptor who, along with Pablo Picasso, developed the ideas of Cezanne and Cubism. His later work continued to explore still life and a number of novel approaches to picture making and surface.
Centre Georges Pompidou (French pronunciation: [sɑ̃tʁ ʒɔʁʒ pɔ̃pidu]; commonly shortened to Centre Pompidou; also known as the Pompidou Centre in English) is a complex in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles, rue Montorgueil and the Marais. It was designed in the style of high-tech architecture.
An exhibition about George Washington on the 1st floor of the exbition building at Sulgrave Manor.
Sulgrave Manor is a Grade I listed building.
Manor house. Built c.1540-60 by Lawrence Washington, who acquired the Manor in 1539. c.1673 it passed to the Rev. Moses Hodges, whose son John made alterations to the house c.1700 and added the north-east wing. By the late C18 the house had become a farm and part was demolished. Of the centre, only the right half with the porch is original. The left half was rebuilt by Sir Reginald Blomfield who restored the house in 1920-30. Coursed limestone rubble, rendered porch, stone slate roof, brick and stone stacks. L-plan, through passage. 2 storeys and attic, 3 bays. Gabled 2-storey porch in centre has entrance with 4-centred arch under square hood with Washington arms in the spandrels. Washington coat of arms in plaster above, 3-light window with wood lintel and old iron casement on first floor. Plaster coat of arms of Queen Elizabeth I in the gable and a traingular device in plaster, said to be the wool stapler's symbol, at the apex. Inner doorway has 4-centred wood arch and C20 panelled door. 4-light wood mullioned and transomed windows with wood lintels on the ground floor. 4-light wood mullioned windows with wood lintels on the first floor. Coped left gable end with kneelers. Former brewhouse, now offices, attached to house by short stone wall to north. Probably c.1700, remodelled C20 by Sir Reginald Blomfield. Coursed limestone rubble, stone slate roof, one storey and loft. 4 bays. 2 doorways with wood lintels in plank doors to left, two C20 windows with wood mullion to right. Interior: Side walls of porch have large C16 plaster figures of a lion and dragon. Great Hall has screen designed by Blomfield and original open Fireplace with moulded timber 4-centred arch and stone jambs. Ceiling with moulded cross beams forming 24 square panels. The windows contain reproductions of stained glass arms of the Washington family. The originals are in Fawsley Church and Weston Hall. Oak Parlour on the ground floor has early C18 fireplace with moulded stone surround and panelled walls and overmantel of the same date. In the kitchen is a large open fireplace with ovens. Late C17 staircase with twisted balusters. The Great Chamber, on the first floor, has a fireplace similar to that in the hall and an open timber roof of 2-bays with central cambered collar beam and central moulded pendant, and arched braces carved on moulded wood corbel. Interior of former brew- house not inspected. Lawrence Washington was a wool merchant and became mayor of Northampton in 1532. In 1610 Sulgrave Manor was purchased by his grandson, Lawrence Makepeace. It was sold in 1659 and had no further connection with the Washington family. In 1914 it was purchased as a memorial to George Washington. (H. Clifford Smith, Sulgrave Manor and the Washingtons, London 1933).
You can see more on my site here: creativejuus.com/2013/09/02/creative-mondays-91-george-ve...
“What is Creative Mondays?
Monday’s are always a drag. The start of a new week, you have to go back to that routine of going to bed early/get up early. If (like me) you have to commute then you prepare for that long journey into work and that long journey back for the first time after a nice two day break.
So to kick off those lousy Mondays, I’m going to get my creative mind flowing in a positive way. Creative Mondays. A chance for me to show off something unfinished or finished that I’ve been working on throughout the previous week.”
A couple weeks back after seeing Pixar’s Monster’s University I was inspired to create my own monster character illustration. I posted ‘George’ up as one of my Creative Mondays pieces but if I’m honest I was never really to fond of the piece. The idea was there but my illustration style didn’t match the feeling or the look of the other characters.
Never one to give up on an idea (no matter how good or bad) I decided to go back to the drawing board and create George again, but this time in Photoshop. I worked on his overall look a bit more and the expression and while I still like elements of the original George I’m much happier with the direction the new improved version turned out. To me he fits better within the “Monsters” universe and I can’t get over that toothy grin!
It’s a good lesson to go back and revisit old work and see what you can change, there’s always something to improve on as you’ll have a fresh perspective.
Show business promoter. Revenge of the Universe concert in Riga, Latvia.
Yes, colors are not too much realistic again. :) Picture made in almost complete darkness for a human eye. Camera was set for stage performance capturing, flash was off the camera. And this is an issue when you have to chose between good emotion capture and loosing time for camera adjustments.
2nd Tennessee Cavalry, C. S. A.
Kevin Ivey from the Sons of Confederate Veterans found this article from the Emporia Gazette.
The Emporia Gazette
March 9, 1939
Page 1 Column 5
Blue Vet Follows Gray in Death
Neodesha, March 9 (AP)--William Basore,92, last surviving Civil war veteran in that vicinity, died Wednesday in the hospital room which he had occupied for years with a Confederate veteran.
The Confederate veteran, George W. Pettit, died in December. The two were known at the hospital as the "blue and gray army." They had been firm friends since meeting here after the Civil war.
The Neodesha Register, Thursday, December 22, 1938, Pg. 1
Volume 55, Number 51
GEORGE W. PETTIT DIED SAT-
URDAY.
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Geo. W. Pettis, 89, Confederate Civil war veteran and long time resident of this community, died Saturday morning at 11:55 o’clock at the Wilson County hospital, where he had been a patient since last April. Kidney ailment and complications of advanced age were the cause of the death.
George William Pettit was born April 27, 1849, in Roanoke county, Va., and died Dec. 17, 1838, in Neodesha, Kan., aged 89 years, 7 months and 20 days. During his childhood and his youth he was a communicant of the Episcopal church. At the age of 14 he enlisted in the Second Tennessee Cavalry in the Confederate army. His first battle was Gettysburg. He remained in the army until he was mustered out at Appomattox. Immediately after the Civil war Mr. Pettit came west and north and stopped in Westport, Mo., where he engaged in railroad building for two years. His work in the Burlington railroad took him as far west as Wyoming. On the return, he made some excursions into Kansas and Missouri, finally settling in Pettis county, Mo. He was united in marriage on May 21, 1873, at Sedalia, Mo. To Miss Emma Josephine Pettis.
Two years later they emigrated to Kansas and settled near Thayer, where their first child was born. From Thayer, they moved to Neodesha, where he has since resided. In Neodesha Mr. Pettit engaged for a few years in the business of freighting to western Kansas, and then spent about 15 years in the milling business. From that time on, he was employed by the Frisco railroad, until his retirement. On June 23, 1889, his wife preceded him in death, leaving six small children: Iola Helen, William S., George J., Frank O., Robert L., and Josie. He made it his life’s work to keep his family together. For the last 15 years he has made his home with his daughter, Josie Pettit Perkins. On Feb. 4, 1938, he was taken to the Wilson County hospital, where he remained until his death. Mr. Pettit was a good, square, kindly man and was highly regarded by a wide circle of friends.
Mr. Pettit is survived by the following children: William S. Pettit, Robert L. Pettit and Mrs. Frank M. Perkins of Neodesha; George J. Pettit, Dallas, Texas and Frank O. Pettit of Norcatur, Kan.; also 15 grandchildren, and 6 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mr. Pettit were held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the home of his son, Wm. S. Pettit. The Rev. Geo M. Boicourt, pastor of the Methodist church, conducted the services and the hymnal numbers, “Jesus, Lover of My Soul”, “My Faith Looks Up to Thee”, were sung by Mrs. Fred Cram and Mrs. Marvin Lane, accompanied by Mrs. G. A. Delay.
Interment was made in the family lot in Neodesha cemetery , and casket bearers were Wm. S. Pettit, Robert L. Pettit, Frank Perkins, William Crokett, Gerald Pettit and Lawrence Heikes.
The flowers were cared for by Mrs. J. H. Beegle, Mrs. C. R. Mong, Mrs. F. K. Vance and Mrs. J. D. Brown.
Out-of-town relatives in attendance at the services included Mr. and Mrs. Frank O. Pettit of Norcatur, Kan., and Gilbert V. Blackford, of Independence.
Co. D, 33rd ILL. Infantry
Pages 568-569 from A Twentieth century history and biographical record of Crawford County, Kansas, by Home Authors; Illustrated. Published by Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, IL : 1905.
GEORGE W. ROBINSON
George W. Robinson, carrier on rural free delivery route No. 1 out of Cherokee, where he is a resident, has lived in the state of Kansas for the past thirty-eight years, and has made a capable and worthy record as a citizen and man of affairs, and is also esteemed as one of the honored veterans of the Civil war.
He was a boy of eighteen years when he responded to the first call that went out for three-year men to put down the rebellion, and he enlisted at Taylorville, Christian county, Illinois, in August, 1861, in Company D, Thirty-third Illinois Infantry, under Captain H. H. Pope and Colonel Charles E. Hovey. From Bloomington, Illinois, this regiment was sent to the field of hostilities in Missouri, and most of his campaigning was done in that state and in Arkansas. He was at Pilot Knob until the spring of 1862, and then took part in numerous skirmishes and small engagements in southeastern Missouri. At St. Louis, Missouri, he was honorably discharged on account of disability, being afflicted with tuberculosis. He then returned to Illinois and as soon as his health permitted he engaged in farming.
Mr. Robinson was born in Shelby county, Illinois, February 9, 1843, the same year in which the birth of President McKinley occurred. He was a son of William Lang and Lydia Elizabeth (Strador) Robinson, father a native of Virginia and mother of North Carolina, and they were among the earliest settlers of Shelby county, Illinois, going there in 1826, when the country was wild and undeveloped, when game was plentiful in the woods and prairies, when the dwellings were log cabins heated by fireplaces, and all other things were primitive and uncouth. The father died on the Wabash river in 1852, at the age of fifty-six, but the mother came out to Kansas, where she died in 1879, at the age of sixty-nine. These parents were noted for their many excellences of heart and mind, and their generous hospitality was always in evidence, especially during their early life in Illinois, when the latch string was always to be found on the outside of the door, where friend and stranger alike might enter freely. There were thirteen children in their family, seven sons and six daughters, and two other of the sons were soldiers in the Civil war—John M., who died in 1876 and was a member of the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Illinois under General Logan, and P. P., who served on the western frontier.
Mr. Robinson was reared on the Illinois farm, where he was taught to work, but he received only six months' schooling in all his life, although home study and diligent application to the practical affairs of life have compensated for these early deficiencies. Shortly after the war he came to Kansas and settled in Neosho county, near St. Paul, where he was a resident until he came to Cherokee in 1899. He owns two excellent houses in the best part of town, and has made an excellent success in business and industrial affairs and is accounted one of the substantial men of the town and county, where he is very popular. He received his appointment as rural mail carrier on October 1, 1903.
Mr. Robinson was married at Neosho, Kansas, to Eliza Wilson, who became the mother of seven children, as follows: J. W., who is a successful contractor on cement work in Kansas City; Oscar W., who is a carriage painter; E. K., who is a soldier in the Eighteenth United States Infantry and has been in the Philippines for five years; Nettie Bennett, of Neosho county; Dora Williams, who died leaving four children: Leonard, who died at the age of twenty-one; and Pearl B., who died in 1897 at the age of sixteen. Mr. Robinson is independent in politics, and in religion is a Baptist.
05 April 1882 - 28 August 1940
Buried in Glasnevin Cemetery
Photographed above with his wife Margaret Whelan.
Lived at his family home in the private dwelling at 19 Russell St Rotunda Dublin
Occupation: Ran his own business as a photographer, his father was a coachman
Joined the Irish Volunteers in 1913.
1916 Four Courts Garrison, 1st Battalion, C Company, Dublin Brigade. Commanding Officer E. Daly and F. Fahy and under Sean Prendergast in Frongoch.
First interned in Stafford Jail prior to being transferred to Frongoch from May until Aug 1916.
Continued serving with the Irish Volunteers through 1917 to 1919 under Sean Prendergast. Arrested and interned in Ballykinlar from Dec 1920 until Nov 1921 when he was released because of bad health (suspect this was TB).
No information between 1922 until 1924 when he married my grandmother who was 20 years younger. Then no further information until 1935 when he was on unemployment assistance and living in the tenements in Hardwick St where my mother was born.
He received a military pension in 1936 when he also gained employment as a porter in the Custom House. The family then moved to Clonmacnoise Road in Crumlin. According to my Mother he had periods of being very ill over the next 4 years and couldn't work for periods of time. He died in 1940, the death cert states fibrosis of the lungs and cardiac failure.
He left a wife and 7 surviving children. Notable and very sad in all this is the fact that he was relatively financially secure prior to the rising and subsequent war of independence but ended up with ill health for the rest of his life and living in the tenements.
Information and photo courtesy of Deirdre Forde, granddaugher of George Whelan