Barry County Missouri - Dr. William P. George 1846 - 1915

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 Obituary Dr. William P. George 1846 - 1915

Source: Scrapbook bought at the estate sale of Vivian Roller by  Ted  W.
Roller

Sadness pervaded C??? (probably Cassville) Thursday  morning,  when  the
news went out that Dr. Wm.  P.  George  of  Berryville  Ark.,  had  died
Wednesday night, Oct. 13, at 10 p.m. of a complication of diseased, aged
69 years, 8 months and 17 days.

He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. David I. George, well known  and
highly respected citizens of this county during life, and he was born in
Cassville, Jan. 26, 1846, and lived on the old George homestead with his
parents, until arriving at the age of 16 years, when the civil war  came
on,  he  case  his  lot  with  the  Southern  States,  and  entered  the
Confederate Army and enlisted in a Company organized by  the  late  John
Hereford of near Washburn, that was known as Co. C. 11th Mo.,  Infantry,
in Col. Hunter's regiment, and in the army of Gen. Sterling Price, where
he served three years. In his company, served such men  as  B.A.  Gowan,
Monroe Logan and Taylor McGlothlia of near Washburn, Robert Henderson of
Oklahoma, James Vanzandt of Ash township, Barry county, Isaac Cowherd of
Okla., Robert Perkins of Van Buren Ark., Burk Herriford of Nevada,  Mo.,
and the late Daniel O'Connell  Dougherty  of  Atlanta  Ga.,  all  former
residents of Barry county.  Between  Dr.  George  and  Daniel  O'Connell
Doughtery, there existed a friendship that commenced  in  there  boyhood
days and lasted to the end.

After the war closed in 1865, he returned to this city  and  engaged  in
the mercantile business for  a  time,  and  then  closed  that  out  and
commenced the study of medicine under the late Dr. John Ray, in the  old
brick court house, that was torn down a few  years  ago,  on  the  first
floor, in the northeast corner room, which  he  pursued  for  about  two
years and then went to Berryville, Ark., where he commenced the practice
and made a great success of his profession and business  interests  that
he afterwards became engaged in.

A few years after locating at Berryville Ark., he returned to the scenes
of his early life to secure a wife and he and Miss Mollie Burton who was
raised in Cassville, an esteemed and highly respected lady of this city,
were married and they have since  lived  at  Berryville,  and  were  the
parents of four children who were Pearl dying in  girlhood,  Burton  O.,
and Dr. Chas and Will who died several years ago.

He was a brother of Mrs. Martha Adcock of Washburn,  Mrs.  Sarah  Evans,
Albert and Jas. W. George of Cassville, Mrs. Stephen  Webb  of  Roswell,
N.M., and Finis George whose address is unknown.

Berryville Ark., will hardly seem the same place with the passing of Dr.
George, whose every ambition and efforts was  put  forth  to  assist  in
making that town what it is. Not only  was  he  good  to  his  town  and
country, but those people over in Carroll county, loved Dr.  George  and
were good to him, all of which he appreciated.  He  was  always  in  the
lead, in the efforts of his people to build up  Berryville  and  Carroll
county and lived to see them bloom  and  blossom  in  one  of  the  most
progressive little cities and counties in Northwest Ark.

For many years he was a member of  the  U.S.  Pension  Board  at  Eureka
Springs, Ark., was President of the First National  Bank  of  Berryville
Ark., and a stockholder in the Green Forest Ark., Bank, had been in  the
drug business for many years and owned much property.

He was a prominent Mason and a member of the Baptist Church.

Funeral services were held Friday Oct. 15, at 2 p.m., and interment  was
made in the Cemetery at that place.

The attendance on the funeral was  the  largest  ever  seen  in  Carroll
county. Relatives and friends from a distance, attended to pay the  last
respect to a friend, who all esteem very highly.

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