George Edward Ten Eyck was born in Chicago July 26, 1885, and lived there as a young boy with his (maternal) grandmother. Later he lived with his family near South New Berlin, New York, where he walked five miles to band practice, helped catch eels in the Unadilla River, gathered maple syrup, and cradled grain on the farm. One day, while harvesting potatoes, an old man patted him on the head and said, “Sonny, some day men will be flying around in the air. I won’t live to see it, but you will.”
The family returned to Illinois and he worked on the Butterfield farm near Marseilles for five years. Later he became a machinist with the Adams Manufacturing Plant, which made such implements as the SANDWICH cornshellers. This company later was bought out by JOHN DEERE in Moline.
He met Estella Bernice Gallaher in a Baptist Church orchestra. They were married at Marseilles on April 6, 1910. There he directed the Marseilles band and also played with Charles Hendrich’s band in Ottawa, the county seat of LaSalle County. He played clarinet and saxophone in Ray Johnson’s dance orchestra. After working at the Adams plant, he became a postal clerk and later farmed north of town. He volunteered (during W W I) and spent 8 months in France in the postal service, where he froze his feet while sorting mail in the railroad cars at the foot of the Alps. After returning home when the war ended in 1918, he continued farming.
In 1922 the family moved to Corning, Kansas, and lived on a farm east of town. Ed started a band, where he directed with his E-flat clarinet, and bands in the neighboring towns of Goff and Wetmore. The Ten Eycks had a family orchestra which played at church and school programs. During family orchestra practice one paid attention—“or else !”
In 1936 the family moved to Walton where Ed continued farming, raising animals (especially enjoying his sheep) and large gardens with strawberries in abundance. Ed spent winter months making quilts. During World War II he worked at the Fred Harvey Creamery in Newton. Ed farmed until age 89.
(Bio written by his oldest daughter and condensed by his second daughter.)
The family returned to Illinois and he worked on the Butterfield farm near Marseilles for five years. Later he became a machinist with the Adams Manufacturing Plant, which made such implements as the SANDWICH cornshellers. This company later was bought out by JOHN DEERE in Moline.
He met Estella Bernice Gallaher in a Baptist Church orchestra. They were married at Marseilles on April 6, 1910. There he directed the Marseilles band and also played with Charles Hendrich’s band in Ottawa, the county seat of LaSalle County. He played clarinet and saxophone in Ray Johnson’s dance orchestra. After working at the Adams plant, he became a postal clerk and later farmed north of town. He volunteered (during W W I) and spent 8 months in France in the postal service, where he froze his feet while sorting mail in the railroad cars at the foot of the Alps. After returning home when the war ended in 1918, he continued farming.
In 1922 the family moved to Corning, Kansas, and lived on a farm east of town. Ed started a band, where he directed with his E-flat clarinet, and bands in the neighboring towns of Goff and Wetmore. The Ten Eycks had a family orchestra which played at church and school programs. During family orchestra practice one paid attention—“or else !”
In 1936 the family moved to Walton where Ed continued farming, raising animals (especially enjoying his sheep) and large gardens with strawberries in abundance. Ed spent winter months making quilts. During World War II he worked at the Fred Harvey Creamery in Newton. Ed farmed until age 89.
(Bio written by his oldest daughter and condensed by his second daughter.)
George Edward Ten Eyck was born in Chicago July 26, 1885, and lived there as a young boy with his (maternal) grandmother. Later he lived with his family near South New Berlin, New York, where he walked five miles to band practice, helped catch eels in the Unadilla River, gathered maple syrup, and cradled grain on the farm. One day, while harvesting potatoes, an old man patted him on the head and said, “Sonny, some day men will be flying around in the air. I won’t live to see it, but you will.”
The family returned to Illinois and he worked on the Butterfield farm near Marseilles for five years. Later he became a machinist with the Adams Manufacturing Plant, which made such implements as the SANDWICH cornshellers. This company later was bought out by JOHN DEERE in Moline.
He met Estella Bernice Gallaher in a Baptist Church orchestra. They were married at Marseilles on April 6, 1910. There he directed the Marseilles band and also played with Charles Hendrich’s band in Ottawa, the county seat of LaSalle County. He played clarinet and saxophone in Ray Johnson’s dance orchestra. After working at the Adams plant, he became a postal clerk and later farmed north of town. He volunteered (during W W I) and spent 8 months in France in the postal service, where he froze his feet while sorting mail in the railroad cars at the foot of the Alps. After returning home when the war ended in 1918, he continued farming.
In 1922 the family moved to Corning, Kansas, and lived on a farm east of town. Ed started a band, where he directed with his E-flat clarinet, and bands in the neighboring towns of Goff and Wetmore. The Ten Eycks had a family orchestra which played at church and school programs. During family orchestra practice one paid attention—“or else !”
In 1936 the family moved to Walton where Ed continued farming, raising animals (especially enjoying his sheep) and large gardens with strawberries in abundance. Ed spent winter months making quilts. During World War II he worked at the Fred Harvey Creamery in Newton. Ed farmed until age 89.
(Bio written by his oldest daughter and condensed by his second daughter.)
The family returned to Illinois and he worked on the Butterfield farm near Marseilles for five years. Later he became a machinist with the Adams Manufacturing Plant, which made such implements as the SANDWICH cornshellers. This company later was bought out by JOHN DEERE in Moline.
He met Estella Bernice Gallaher in a Baptist Church orchestra. They were married at Marseilles on April 6, 1910. There he directed the Marseilles band and also played with Charles Hendrich’s band in Ottawa, the county seat of LaSalle County. He played clarinet and saxophone in Ray Johnson’s dance orchestra. After working at the Adams plant, he became a postal clerk and later farmed north of town. He volunteered (during W W I) and spent 8 months in France in the postal service, where he froze his feet while sorting mail in the railroad cars at the foot of the Alps. After returning home when the war ended in 1918, he continued farming.
In 1922 the family moved to Corning, Kansas, and lived on a farm east of town. Ed started a band, where he directed with his E-flat clarinet, and bands in the neighboring towns of Goff and Wetmore. The Ten Eycks had a family orchestra which played at church and school programs. During family orchestra practice one paid attention—“or else !”
In 1936 the family moved to Walton where Ed continued farming, raising animals (especially enjoying his sheep) and large gardens with strawberries in abundance. Ed spent winter months making quilts. During World War II he worked at the Fred Harvey Creamery in Newton. Ed farmed until age 89.
(Bio written by his oldest daughter and condensed by his second daughter.)
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