George Washington Congleton

1863 - 1934  (70 years)

• Name	George Washington Congleton
  Birth	11 Feb 1863	Blackford Co., Indiana
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Jan 1934	Baldwin Park, Los Angeles, California
  Burial	Atwood, Rawlins, Kansas
  Person ID	I4767	Ingram-Related
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Daniel Calvert Congleton,   b. 4 Nov 1833, Massillon, Stark, Ohio d. 21 Feb 1912, Haddam, Washington, Kansas (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Emillia (Milia) Jane Simonton,   b. Carroll Co., Ohio d. 22 Nov 1916, Clifton, Washington, Kansas
  Marriage	17 Oct 1861	Hartford City, Blackford, Indiana
  Family ID	F1779	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  As a young boy, 14 years of age, George Congleton came with hisparentsand sixsiblings to Kansas from Indiana. They arrived on October16, 1877.He was engaged in farming with his father until 1887,whereupon he wentto Rawlins county to homestead his own land. In 1889, he was united in marriage to Miss Lillian Moore,Clifton,Kansasand to this union were born nine children. George wentwest on his ownandput up with hardships of a pioneer. He built a sodhouse on theprairie, and began raising cattle, he lived on his ranchuntil the early1920's, when he sold out and moved to Mc Donald, Kansaswhere he resideduntil his death. He died in Baldwin Park,Californiawhere he was visitinghis son, Allen.He body was returned to is home,and he was buried in theAtwood City Cemetery,Atwood,Rawlins,Kansas