GEORGE MASSINGALE
108 YEARS, 7 MONTHS, 27 DAYS OLD
Born in Alabama in 1817; his mother's given name is CAROLINE
GEORGE MASSINGALE insisted that his family's African home was Ethiopia.
Before moving to Galveston, GEORGE MASSINGALE was a blacksmith in Bellville, Austin County, Texas
A widower; died at the home of his daughter, Sally Massingale Turner, with bronchial pneumonia
Texas Death Certificate Number: 43070
HISTORICAL NOTE:
This article appeared in the GALVESTON DAILY NEWS on December 7, 1925, page 1, and again on the Editorial Page of the same newspaper on December 7, 1975 under the title: 50 YEARS AGO
DEC. 7, 1925
GEORGE MASSINGALE, 108 years old, died Saturday night at the residence of his daughter, 1013 Broadway. Massingale came to Texas 98 years ago when it was a province belonging to the Mexican Empire. He later witnessed the War for Independence and the Annexation of Texas into the United States
FAMILY NOTE:
GEORGE MASSINGALE and his son, McDuff "Mack" Massingale are referred to as Ethiopian on some documents
When George Massingale came to the region, the Constitution of Coahuila and Texas was the law of the land
http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/constitcoatex.htm
Research by Elmerine Allen Whitfield Bell (great-great granddaughter)
108 YEARS, 7 MONTHS, 27 DAYS OLD
Born in Alabama in 1817; his mother's given name is CAROLINE
GEORGE MASSINGALE insisted that his family's African home was Ethiopia.
Before moving to Galveston, GEORGE MASSINGALE was a blacksmith in Bellville, Austin County, Texas
A widower; died at the home of his daughter, Sally Massingale Turner, with bronchial pneumonia
Texas Death Certificate Number: 43070
HISTORICAL NOTE:
This article appeared in the GALVESTON DAILY NEWS on December 7, 1925, page 1, and again on the Editorial Page of the same newspaper on December 7, 1975 under the title: 50 YEARS AGO
DEC. 7, 1925
GEORGE MASSINGALE, 108 years old, died Saturday night at the residence of his daughter, 1013 Broadway. Massingale came to Texas 98 years ago when it was a province belonging to the Mexican Empire. He later witnessed the War for Independence and the Annexation of Texas into the United States
FAMILY NOTE:
GEORGE MASSINGALE and his son, McDuff "Mack" Massingale are referred to as Ethiopian on some documents
When George Massingale came to the region, the Constitution of Coahuila and Texas was the law of the land
http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/constitcoatex.htm
Research by Elmerine Allen Whitfield Bell (great-great granddaughter)
GEORGE MASSINGALE
108 YEARS, 7 MONTHS, 27 DAYS OLD
Born in Alabama in 1817; his mother's given name is CAROLINE
GEORGE MASSINGALE insisted that his family's African home was Ethiopia.
Before moving to Galveston, GEORGE MASSINGALE was a blacksmith in Bellville, Austin County, Texas
A widower; died at the home of his daughter, Sally Massingale Turner, with bronchial pneumonia
Texas Death Certificate Number: 43070
HISTORICAL NOTE:
This article appeared in the GALVESTON DAILY NEWS on December 7, 1925, page 1, and again on the Editorial Page of the same newspaper on December 7, 1975 under the title: 50 YEARS AGO
DEC. 7, 1925
GEORGE MASSINGALE, 108 years old, died Saturday night at the residence of his daughter, 1013 Broadway. Massingale came to Texas 98 years ago when it was a province belonging to the Mexican Empire. He later witnessed the War for Independence and the Annexation of Texas into the United States
FAMILY NOTE:
GEORGE MASSINGALE and his son, McDuff "Mack" Massingale are referred to as Ethiopian on some documents
When George Massingale came to the region, the Constitution of Coahuila and Texas was the law of the land
http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/constitcoatex.htm
Research by Elmerine Allen Whitfield Bell (great-great granddaughter)
108 YEARS, 7 MONTHS, 27 DAYS OLD
Born in Alabama in 1817; his mother's given name is CAROLINE
GEORGE MASSINGALE insisted that his family's African home was Ethiopia.
Before moving to Galveston, GEORGE MASSINGALE was a blacksmith in Bellville, Austin County, Texas
A widower; died at the home of his daughter, Sally Massingale Turner, with bronchial pneumonia
Texas Death Certificate Number: 43070
HISTORICAL NOTE:
This article appeared in the GALVESTON DAILY NEWS on December 7, 1925, page 1, and again on the Editorial Page of the same newspaper on December 7, 1975 under the title: 50 YEARS AGO
DEC. 7, 1925
GEORGE MASSINGALE, 108 years old, died Saturday night at the residence of his daughter, 1013 Broadway. Massingale came to Texas 98 years ago when it was a province belonging to the Mexican Empire. He later witnessed the War for Independence and the Annexation of Texas into the United States
FAMILY NOTE:
GEORGE MASSINGALE and his son, McDuff "Mack" Massingale are referred to as Ethiopian on some documents
When George Massingale came to the region, the Constitution of Coahuila and Texas was the law of the land
http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/constitcoatex.htm
Research by Elmerine Allen Whitfield Bell (great-great granddaughter)
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