the board decides to wait until
such time as the district attor
ney can be with them to decide
the matter.
OBITUARY
George Jackson DeHart was
born in Monroe county, Virginia,
(now West Virginia) September
10, 1835, and died of heart trouble
at the home of his daughter,
Caroline, near Mcintosh, N. M.,
April 27. 1916. aged 80 years 7
months and 17 days. Funeral
services were held at the house
by W. C Grant and W. S. Buck;
ner, after which his remains
were taken to Estancia and sent
to Dalhart, Texas, accompanied
by his wife and daughter. . They
were met at Dalhart by his three
sons and three daughters. Mon
day following funeral services
were held at the Baptist church.
conducted by Rev. Lancaster,
the Methodist pastor.
He was converted early in life.
having been a member of the
Baptise cnurcn sixty-seven years.
' During the Civil war he served
with the Monroe Guards under
Lee and Jackson up and down
the Shenandoah valley and into
Pennsylvania. He received a
flesh wound at the second battle
of Bull Run, and was also in the
battle of Gettysburg. His
grandfather DeHart came to
America with Lafayette to aid
the Colonies during the Revolu
tion. He married Sarah Skaggs in
1860. To this union nine were
born, four dying in childhood.
He moved west in 1869, lived
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died at Lake City in 1885,
He married Sarah Corey Jan
uary 1888. Two children were
born to them.
January 1909 he came to Ware.
Texas, which has since been his
home.
