GEORGE B. AYERS
History of Arizona, page 51

George B. Ayers, who holds the responsible position of Probation 
Officer for Mohave County, is one of its worthiest citizens, 
commanding the uniform respect of the people who know him. He was 
born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin on April 23, 1857 and is the oldest 
of the four children who blessed the union of Benjamin and Helen M. 
(Buell) Ayers, the latter of whom was a native of New York State.  
Benjamin Ayers, who was a lumberman and farmer in Wisconsin, went 
to the Pike's Peak district in 1859 but in 1862 returned to 
Wisconsin and enlisted for service in the Civil War. He served 
loyally until the close of that conflict, then he went to 
Pennsylvania, where he lived for a time, eventually going to 
Oklahoma, where he took up and established a permanent home.  
George B. Ayers received his education in the public schools of 
Wisconsin and Pennsylvania and in 1877, when twenty years old, 
he went to the Black Hills country where he was engaged in mining 
for a year. He was also similarly engaged in Leadville, Colorado, 
for a short time, after which he went to Nevada where he joined a 
trail herd for Oregon. After punching cattle in the latter state 
for a while, he went to Wyoming and then to Montana, in which 
state he lived from 1882 to 1897. He then came to Mohave County 
Arizona, where he became associated with Robert B. Stanton in 
placer mining at Lee's Ferry. Later he came to Kingman and 
engaged in the cattle buisness and has been a resident of the 
city since. He served as a member of the County Board of 
Supervisors from 1919 to 1927 and is now Chief County Probation 
Officer. He has also at various times held several Peace Officer 
positions, and in every place of responsibility he has so 
discharged his duty as to win the commendation of his fellow 
citizen's.

Mr. Ayers was married to Mrs. E.B. Ives of Montana and Kentucky 
and they are the parents of a daughter Josephine, who is the wife 
of C.A. Duton.  Mr. Ayers is a member of Kingman lodge 468, BPOE 
and the Woodmen of the World. He is a good citizen in the best 
sense of the term and has honored his community by his straight
forward and honorable life.

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