Gravestone Inscriptions: NSGW is
Native Sons of the Golden West
F L T is the IOOF motto
Friendship, Love, Truth
Having been born in California definitely qualified George Perdue as being eligible to be a member of the Native Sons of the Golden West as is inscribed on his gravestone. He held a variety of positions during his life such as painter, farmer, RR switchman and lastly deputy sheriff, a position he held for some 20 years until his retirement. His first marriage was to Kate June Talley, known as Katie. This occurred on 7 Apr 1891 in Solano County, California. They had three children before Kate's untimely death on 15 Apr 1899 from small pox. When Kate died, her widowed and childless first cousin, Mary Jane (Talley) French, with whom she was close, moved into George's home to care for the three children. After almost four years with this arrangement, George and Mary Jane were married in Los Angeles on 31 Jan 1903. Their marriage lasted for 25 years until Mary Jane's death. George lived for another ten years as a widower before his death. George's three children by Kate regarded Mary Jane as their mother as she raised them and they could scarcely remember their birth mother.
Native Sons of the Golden West
F L T is the IOOF motto
Friendship, Love, Truth
Having been born in California definitely qualified George Perdue as being eligible to be a member of the Native Sons of the Golden West as is inscribed on his gravestone. He held a variety of positions during his life such as painter, farmer, RR switchman and lastly deputy sheriff, a position he held for some 20 years until his retirement. His first marriage was to Kate June Talley, known as Katie. This occurred on 7 Apr 1891 in Solano County, California. They had three children before Kate's untimely death on 15 Apr 1899 from small pox. When Kate died, her widowed and childless first cousin, Mary Jane (Talley) French, with whom she was close, moved into George's home to care for the three children. After almost four years with this arrangement, George and Mary Jane were married in Los Angeles on 31 Jan 1903. Their marriage lasted for 25 years until Mary Jane's death. George lived for another ten years as a widower before his death. George's three children by Kate regarded Mary Jane as their mother as she raised them and they could scarcely remember their birth mother.
Gravestone Inscriptions: NSGW is
Native Sons of the Golden West
F L T is the IOOF motto
Friendship, Love, Truth
Having been born in California definitely qualified George Perdue as being eligible to be a member of the Native Sons of the Golden West as is inscribed on his gravestone. He held a variety of positions during his life such as painter, farmer, RR switchman and lastly deputy sheriff, a position he held for some 20 years until his retirement. His first marriage was to Kate June Talley, known as Katie. This occurred on 7 Apr 1891 in Solano County, California. They had three children before Kate's untimely death on 15 Apr 1899 from small pox. When Kate died, her widowed and childless first cousin, Mary Jane (Talley) French, with whom she was close, moved into George's home to care for the three children. After almost four years with this arrangement, George and Mary Jane were married in Los Angeles on 31 Jan 1903. Their marriage lasted for 25 years until Mary Jane's death. George lived for another ten years as a widower before his death. George's three children by Kate regarded Mary Jane as their mother as she raised them and they could scarcely remember their birth mother.
Native Sons of the Golden West
F L T is the IOOF motto
Friendship, Love, Truth
Having been born in California definitely qualified George Perdue as being eligible to be a member of the Native Sons of the Golden West as is inscribed on his gravestone. He held a variety of positions during his life such as painter, farmer, RR switchman and lastly deputy sheriff, a position he held for some 20 years until his retirement. His first marriage was to Kate June Talley, known as Katie. This occurred on 7 Apr 1891 in Solano County, California. They had three children before Kate's untimely death on 15 Apr 1899 from small pox. When Kate died, her widowed and childless first cousin, Mary Jane (Talley) French, with whom she was close, moved into George's home to care for the three children. After almost four years with this arrangement, George and Mary Jane were married in Los Angeles on 31 Jan 1903. Their marriage lasted for 25 years until Mary Jane's death. George lived for another ten years as a widower before his death. George's three children by Kate regarded Mary Jane as their mother as she raised them and they could scarcely remember their birth mother.
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