Individual Details

George Harrison Kaler

(8 Oct 1840 - 27 May 1920)

Events

Birth8 Oct 1840Tuscarawas Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Census1850Tuscarawas Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Census-sharedSep 1850(Henry E Kaylor) Tuscarawas Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
MoveBet 1860 and 1864Missouri, United States
Census1860Tuscarawas Township, Stark, Ohio, United States
Military Service5 Jul 1862Civil War, Company E 18 Missouri Infantry - Missouri, United States
Census1870Wayne, Missouri, United States
Marriage8 Apr 1875Buchanan, Missouri, United States - Mary Mansfield Weekes
Pension8 Sep 1879
Census1880Bethany, Harrison, Missouri, United States
Residence14 Aug 1882San Rafael, Marin, California, United States
Residence21 Jun 1888Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States
Residence1892Sonoma, California, United States
Residence1896Sonoma, California, United States
Occupation1896
Census1900Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States
Census1910Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States
Census1920Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States
Death27 May 1920Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States
Alt nameGeorge Caylor
Alt nameGeorge Harrison Kaylor
BurialSanta Rosa Rural Cemetery, Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States
Description6 feet tall and blue/gray eyes

Families

SpouseMary Mansfield Weekes (1853 - 1943)
ChildCharlotte Sarah Kaler (1876 - 1959)
ChildMary Elizabeth "Lissa" Kaler (1878 - 1895)
ChildWilliam Weekes Kaler (1886 - 1975)
FatherHenry E Kaylor (1806 - 1879)
MotherElisabeth Smith (1813 - 1860)
SiblingSamuel Kaylor (1834 - )
SiblingRufus Kaylor (1836 - )
SiblingCharlotte Kaylor (1838 - 1868)
SiblingVanesa Kaylor (1844 - )
SiblingSilas Kaylor (1846 - )
SiblingCharles Henry Kaylor (1848 - 1914)

Notes

Move

Likely the reason George moved was the Homestead Act of 1861 which gave any settler, who would remain on the property for a minimum of five years and develop the land (build a home, plant crops), 160 acres for free.

Census

Listed as G Kailer. Living with Ficks family. Occupation: hireling.

Military Service

Served in Civil War, Company E 18 Missouri Infantry

Census

Living in household of Charles Henman apparently unmarried.

Pension

Applied for civil war pension

Census

With two young daughters, CS and ME. George is listed as blind (one eye) and a laborer.

Endnotes

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5. United States Census for 1850, https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/14597067:8054.

6. 1860 Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCPW-ZZ7.

7. United States Civil War Pension Files.

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