George L Greer (1877 - 1944)

Born 16 Aug 1877 in Missouri, United States

Died 1 Nov 1944 at age 67 in San Diego, California, United States

Biography

Captain George Greer served with the United States Army during the Spanish-American War.
Service Started: 8 July 1898 at Denver, Colorado
Unit(s): 1st Colorado Volunteer Battery
Service Ended: 7 November 1898 at Fort Hancock, New Jersey

George was born about 1877.

Marriage

1st marriage to Myrtle Stone in 1899 probably in Colorado.

Family Life

1900 ED 28 Precinct 7 Denver city Ward 4, Arapahoe, Colorado

Household

Levi Grey Head M 53 New York, occupation, Conductor Railroad

Hariott Greer Wife F 44 New York

George L Greer Son M 23 Missouri, occupation Attorney

Myrtle Greer Daughter-in-law F 25 Pennsylvania

Marriage Year (Estimated): 1899

Father's Birthplace: New York ---Mother's Birthplace: New York ^[1]

Military

War with Spain

"Co. B at A Colo. Vol."

United States Index to Se...rds, War with Spain, 1898]

1898 - 1898 Spanish-American War

Unit: Battalion Artillery Colorado Volunteers

Conflict Period: Spanish-American War

State: Colorado

Branch: Army

Served For: United States of America ^[2]

GENERAL BELL ARRIVES

The San Miguel Examiner, Volume XVIII, Number 41,

March 26, 1904

"...Troop D, Meeker; Capt. George Greer. Both of the First cavalry. The Meeker Cavalry was behind the two sections which have arrived....."

Divorce

The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction), Volume 13,

August 23, 1907

"MRS. GEO. GREER ASKS FOR DIVORCE"

Colorado Historic Newspapers.org

Life In California

1920 Los Angeles Assembly District 65, Los Angeles, California, United States

George L Greer is a Lodger occupation Lawyer

Remarried

1940 Councilmanic District 3, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, California

Head of household

George L Greer born Missouri occupation Attorney

Wife Alice Greer born in California

Careers

Military, Captain

Attorney

Capt . George Greer , judge advocate _

Death

"California Death Index, 1940-1997,"

Name: George L Greer

Event Date: 01 Nov 1944

Event Place: Los Angeles, California, United States

Birth Date: 16 Aug 1877

Birthplace: Missouri

Father's Name: Greer ^[3]

Burial: Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Plot Section 6

He passed away after 1907.

Sources

1. ↑ Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M31B-8DP : accessed 25 October 2020), George L Greer in household of Levi Grey, Precinct 7 Denver city Ward 4, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 28, sheet 10B, family 231, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,117. Line Number: 52 --Digital Folder Number: 004118989--Image Number: 00536--indexing Project (Batch) Number: N00783-8 --Record Number: 25771
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3. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPQ8-93G : 26 November 2014), George L Greer, 01 Nov 1944; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

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