Individual Details

George Garman Dexter

(16 Nov 1862 - 23 Oct 1927)

Events

Birth	16 Nov 1862	Corinth, Penobscot, Maine
Census	1 Jun 1870	Corinth, Penobscot, Maine
Census	1 Jun 1880	Corinth, Penobscot, Maine
Marriage	7 Sep 1891	Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts - Mabelle Ordway
Census	1 Jun 1900	School Street, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Census	15 Apr 1910	15 Argilla Road, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Membership		Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, John T. Heard Lodge, Ispwich, Massachusetts
Census	1 Jan 1920	15 Argilla Road, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Death	23 Oct 1927	15 Argilla Road, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Death Notice	24 Oct 1927	The Boston Globe - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Burial		Old South Cemetery, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts

Families

Spouse	Mabelle Ordway (1863 - 1950)
Child	Roland H. Dexter (1884 - )
Child	Olive Dexter (1892 - )
Child	Esther Mae Dexter (1895 - 1969)

Father	Josiah Horace Dexter (1833 - 1915)
Mother	Esther A. Garman (1835 - 1910)
Sibling	Flora E. Dexter (1855 - 1932)
Sibling	Frederick Eugene Dexter (1861 - 1932)

Notes

Census

George H. Dexter was enumerated in the household of Horace Dexter, age 7, male, white, at school, born in Maine, and had attended school within the year.

Census

George G. Dexter was enumerated in the household of Horace J. Dexter as his son, male, white, age 17, single, at home, born in Maine, father born in Maine, and mother born in Maine.

Marriage

They were married by Rev. Albert Edward Bradstreet, pastor of the Congregational Church in Topsfield, Massachusetts. This was Mabelle's second marriage.

Census

George G. Dexter was enumerated as head of household, white, male, born Nov 1862, age 37, married for 17 years, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, photographer, can read, can write, can speak English, and house is owned free of mortgage. Other members of the household were Mabelle Dexter (wife), Roland H. Dexter (son), Olive Dexter (daughter), Ethel Mae (daughter), and Henry L. Ordway (father-in-law).

Census

George G. Dexter was enumerated as head of household, male, white, age 48, married(1) for 18 years, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, able to speak English, photographer working on his own account, able to read, able to write, and the house is owned with mortgage. Other members of his household were Mabelle Dexter (wife), Olive Dexter (daughter), Esther M. Dexter (daughter), Henry L. Ordway (father-in-law), and Lorenzo Canney (uncle).

Census

George G. Dexter was enumerated as head of household, home is owned free of mortgage, male, white, age 56, married, able to read, able to write, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, able to speak English, photograher in a studio, and was an employer. The other member of his household was Mabel O. Dexter (wife).

Death Notice

IPSWICH, Oct 24--After an acute sickness of about three weeks, George G. Dexter, for a number of years a citizen of this town, passed away yesterday morning at this home on Argilla road. Funeral services are to be held at the house on Wednesday afternoon at 2.

Endnotes

1. 1870 U.S. Census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Corinth, page 27, dwelling 236, family 236, Horace Dexter household, line 24, George H. Dexter; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 March 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls.

2. 1880 U.S. Census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Corinth, enumeration district (ED) 10, page 17, dwelling 168, family 174, Horace J. Dexter household, line 50, George G. Dexter; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 March 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls.

3. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 March 2020), digital image, "Marriages Registered in Ipswich," page 68, no. 42, Dexter/Willcomb; citing Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records, Holbrook Research Institute, Provo, Utah.

4. 1900 U.S. census, Essex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Town of Ipswich, enumeration district (ED) 318, sheet 15A, dwelling 345, family 375, George G. Dexter household, line 30, George G. Dexter; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 March 2020); Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls..

5. 1910 U.S. census, Essex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Town of Ipswich, enumeration district (ED) 332, sheet 15A, dwelling 260, family 322, George G. Dexter household, line 5, Mabelle Dexter; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 March 2020); Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C..

6. "Massachusetts, Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 March 2020), digital image, "Mason Membership Card," George Garman Dexter; citing Massachusetts Grand Lodge of Masons Membership Cards, 1733-1990, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

7. 1920 U.S. census, Essex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Town of Ipswich, enumeration district (ED) 85, sheet 8A, dwelling 147, family 181, George G. Dexter household, line 19, George G. Dexter; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 March 2020); Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls.

8. "George G. Dexter of Ipswich is Dead," The Boston (Massachusetts) Globe, 24 October 1927, p. 4, col. 1; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 22 March 2020).

9. "George G. Dexter of Ipswich is Dead," The Boston (Massachusetts) Globe, 24 October 1927, p. 4, col. 1; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 22 March 2020).