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Note: GEORGE IS THE SON OF JAMES AND JULIANN J. WILSON LESSENGER AND WAS BORN IN
FREDERICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA, ABOUT 1821 OR 1822. HE MARRIED PRUDENCE S.
DOYLE ON
DECEMBER 28, 1843, IN MARSHALL COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA, IN THE PANHANDLE
CLOSETO
VIRGINIA. WITH THEIR INFANT SON, PRUDENCE AND GEORGE MIGRATED TO OHIO
ABOUT THE
SAME TIME AS DID HIS PARENTS.
IN 1850, GEORGE AND FAMILY LIVED IN MADISON COUNTY, OHIO. BY 1860 HE HAD A
LARGE FARM AND SEVERAL MORE CHILDREN IN GOSHEN TOWNSHIP, NEAR
MECHANICSBURG,
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO. JUST BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR, THE FAMILY MOVED TO
MISSOURI. THERE, PRUDENCE DIED AS A RESULT OF CHILDBIRTH ON SEPTEMBER 2
1865.
THE YEARS AFTER PRUDENCE'S DEATH WERE TURBULENT ONES FOR GEORGE. HE MOV
BACK
TO HENRY COUNTY, IOWA, WHERE HE MARRIED TWICW MORE. HIS SECOND WIFE WAS
CHARLOTTE WOODMANSIE, WHON HE MARRIED IN 1866 AND DIVORCED IN 1869. HE
MARRIED
SARAH M. SMITH IN MT. PLEASANT, IOWA, ON JULY 2, 1870. HIS CHILDREN WERE
SCATTERED. THE 1870 CENSUS ACCOUNTS FOR FIVE: LETTIE WAS LIVING IN
CHAMPAIGN
COUNTY, OHIO; GEORGE AND MARY RESIDED WITH FORMER NEIGHBORS IN MADISON
COUNTY,
OHIO; CORNELIUS WORKED ON HIS UNCLE ISAAC'S FARM IN LEE COUNTY, IOWA; A
14
YEAR OLD PERRY BOARDED IN HENRY COUNTY, IOWA.
BY 1880, GEORGE WAS BACK IN MISSOURI WITH WIFE SARAH AND SEVERAL MORE
CHILDREN.
THEY WERE LISTED IN THE CENSUS AS LIVING IN SALT RIVER TOWNSHIP, ADAIR
COUNTY,
MISSOURI.
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