Military Service:
Summer of 1863, enlisted in Co. K, 61st PA VOL INF.
Married:
Oct. 21, 1869, St. Louis Co., MO. to
Doretta Puellmann, dau. of Louis Puellmann
GEORGE W. BORLAND, a highly honored and valued Union veteran of the Civil War, an enterprising farmer and stockman of Deepwater township, is a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. Borland was born October 22, 1841 in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, a son of James and Margaret (Barr) Borland, who were natives of Allegheny county and Jefferson county, Pennsylvania, respectively. James Borland was born in 1818 and died in January, 1891. Margaret (Barr) Borland was born in 1821 and died in 1904. Both parents died in their native state. Mrs. Borland was laid to rest in a burial ground in Ross township, Allegheny county, located near Pittsburg.
In the public schools of Pennsylvania, George W. Borland received a good common school education. He enlisted in the Civil War in 1863 and served with Company K, Sixty-first Pennsylvania Infantry, taking part in about twenty-five engagements. Mr. Borland was in the battles of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864; Spottsylvania Court House, May 8 to 21, 1864; Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864; and with Sheridan in the Shenandoah valley. From the Rapidan to the James river, Grant’s list of casualties in the campaign of The Wilderness was fifty-four thousand nine hundred twenty-nine men. Lee lost probably nineteen thousand. Mr. Borland was mustered out and honorably discharged at Braddock Barracks in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1865.
In April, 1866, George W. Borland left Pennsylvania and came to Missouri, where he located on a farm in St. Louis county. He was a resident of that county for thirteen years before coming to Bates county, Missouri in February, 1879. At that time, Mr. Borland purchased the Slayback farm, which comprised two hundred acres of land located one mile west of Spruce in Deepwater township. Since, he has added to his holdings and now the Borland place embraces two hundred seventy-one acres of choice land in Bates county, forty acres of which are "bottom land" and the remainder upland. Mr. Borland has himself placed upon the farm every tree and building now there. The improvements, which are of the very best, include a nice residence, a house of seven rooms, two and a half stories, built in 1879 and remodeled in 1890; a barn, 32 x 60 feet in dimensions, constructed of a native timber, a general-purpose building, built in 1891; a feeder; a tenant house; and four splendid wells and an excellent cistern. The Borland place is one of the most attractive rural homes in the township and one of the finest stock farms in the county. Mr. Borland had more than one hundred acres of land in corn this past season of 1917. He recalls that when he and his family came to Bates county in 1879 they were obliged to travel a distance of ten miles across the prairie weekly to Butler to obtain their mail. Now, their mail is delivered daily at their door. In 1879, there was no store at Spruce. Within a few years after the Borlands settled in Bates county, Mr. Smith opened the first mercantile establishment at that place.
The marriage of George W. Borland and Doretta Puellman[n] was solemnized October 21, 1869 in St. Louis county, Missouri. Mrs. Borland is a native of St. Louis county, a daughter of Lewis and Doretta Puellman[n], who emigrated from Germany to the United States and settled in St. Louis county, Missouri, about 1837. One sister of Doretta (Puellman[n]) Borland is now living, Johanna, the wife of James Collins, of St. Louis county, Missouri. Mr. Collins was born in Ohio near Ravenna. To George W. and Doretta Borland have been born four children: Joseph A., who married Mary E. Cumpton and they reside on a farm in Deepwater township; George W., Jr., who died December 8, 1906 and is buried in White cemetery in Bates county; Margaret Jane, deceased, the wife of W.E. Dickison, of Deepwater township; and Cora Belle, who is at home with her parents, the sunshine and comfort of her father’s household and her mother’s invaluable helper.
Throughout his long life of three score years and seventeen George W. Borland has discharged the duties of citizenship with the same loyalty and zeal which characterized him on Southern battlefields when he followed the Stars and Stripes to victory. He has endeavored to live up to the highest ideals of manhood, to discharge with fidelity and honor all obligations incumbent upon him and he is well worthy of the universal respect and confidence accorded him by his fellowmen.
History of Bates County, Missouri, by W.O. Atkeson, (1918). Transcribed by Kim Mohler.
Sources:
1."Deepwater Township." The History of Cass and Bates County, Missouri. National Historical Co, St. Joseph, Mo. 1883. p. 1100, 1255. Repository: Memorial Holder's Personal Library.
2.History of Bates County, Missouri. By W. O. Atkeson, Historical Publishing Co, Topeka, KS , 1918. p. 636-7. Retrieved from website: archive.org
3.White Cemetery
4. Joseph Anderson Borland Mo. Death Certificate #31967
From the Bates County Democrat, Thursday, March 9, 1922 - "George W. Borland, an old and highly respected farmer and stockman of Deepwater Township, died at the Borland home Thursday morning at 4:00 o'clock. Mr. Borland was over 80 years old. George W. Borland was born in Pennsylvania, October 22, 1841 where he grew to young manhood. It was there he received his common school education and in 1862 enlisted in Company K, Sixty-first Pennsylvania Infantry with which he served in five of the major engagements. In 1866 he came to Missouri and settled on a farm in St. Louis County and in 1879 came to Bates County, settling in Deepwater Township, where he had since resided. In 1869 he was united in marriage to Miss Doretta Puellman[n] and to this union were born four children, two of whom survive. Funeral services were conducted at the home Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and interment made in White Cemetery."
Summer of 1863, enlisted in Co. K, 61st PA VOL INF.
Married:
Oct. 21, 1869, St. Louis Co., MO. to
Doretta Puellmann, dau. of Louis Puellmann
GEORGE W. BORLAND, a highly honored and valued Union veteran of the Civil War, an enterprising farmer and stockman of Deepwater township, is a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. Borland was born October 22, 1841 in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, a son of James and Margaret (Barr) Borland, who were natives of Allegheny county and Jefferson county, Pennsylvania, respectively. James Borland was born in 1818 and died in January, 1891. Margaret (Barr) Borland was born in 1821 and died in 1904. Both parents died in their native state. Mrs. Borland was laid to rest in a burial ground in Ross township, Allegheny county, located near Pittsburg.
In the public schools of Pennsylvania, George W. Borland received a good common school education. He enlisted in the Civil War in 1863 and served with Company K, Sixty-first Pennsylvania Infantry, taking part in about twenty-five engagements. Mr. Borland was in the battles of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864; Spottsylvania Court House, May 8 to 21, 1864; Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864; and with Sheridan in the Shenandoah valley. From the Rapidan to the James river, Grant’s list of casualties in the campaign of The Wilderness was fifty-four thousand nine hundred twenty-nine men. Lee lost probably nineteen thousand. Mr. Borland was mustered out and honorably discharged at Braddock Barracks in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1865.
In April, 1866, George W. Borland left Pennsylvania and came to Missouri, where he located on a farm in St. Louis county. He was a resident of that county for thirteen years before coming to Bates county, Missouri in February, 1879. At that time, Mr. Borland purchased the Slayback farm, which comprised two hundred acres of land located one mile west of Spruce in Deepwater township. Since, he has added to his holdings and now the Borland place embraces two hundred seventy-one acres of choice land in Bates county, forty acres of which are "bottom land" and the remainder upland. Mr. Borland has himself placed upon the farm every tree and building now there. The improvements, which are of the very best, include a nice residence, a house of seven rooms, two and a half stories, built in 1879 and remodeled in 1890; a barn, 32 x 60 feet in dimensions, constructed of a native timber, a general-purpose building, built in 1891; a feeder; a tenant house; and four splendid wells and an excellent cistern. The Borland place is one of the most attractive rural homes in the township and one of the finest stock farms in the county. Mr. Borland had more than one hundred acres of land in corn this past season of 1917. He recalls that when he and his family came to Bates county in 1879 they were obliged to travel a distance of ten miles across the prairie weekly to Butler to obtain their mail. Now, their mail is delivered daily at their door. In 1879, there was no store at Spruce. Within a few years after the Borlands settled in Bates county, Mr. Smith opened the first mercantile establishment at that place.
The marriage of George W. Borland and Doretta Puellman[n] was solemnized October 21, 1869 in St. Louis county, Missouri. Mrs. Borland is a native of St. Louis county, a daughter of Lewis and Doretta Puellman[n], who emigrated from Germany to the United States and settled in St. Louis county, Missouri, about 1837. One sister of Doretta (Puellman[n]) Borland is now living, Johanna, the wife of James Collins, of St. Louis county, Missouri. Mr. Collins was born in Ohio near Ravenna. To George W. and Doretta Borland have been born four children: Joseph A., who married Mary E. Cumpton and they reside on a farm in Deepwater township; George W., Jr., who died December 8, 1906 and is buried in White cemetery in Bates county; Margaret Jane, deceased, the wife of W.E. Dickison, of Deepwater township; and Cora Belle, who is at home with her parents, the sunshine and comfort of her father’s household and her mother’s invaluable helper.
Throughout his long life of three score years and seventeen George W. Borland has discharged the duties of citizenship with the same loyalty and zeal which characterized him on Southern battlefields when he followed the Stars and Stripes to victory. He has endeavored to live up to the highest ideals of manhood, to discharge with fidelity and honor all obligations incumbent upon him and he is well worthy of the universal respect and confidence accorded him by his fellowmen.
History of Bates County, Missouri, by W.O. Atkeson, (1918). Transcribed by Kim Mohler.
Sources:
1."Deepwater Township." The History of Cass and Bates County, Missouri. National Historical Co, St. Joseph, Mo. 1883. p. 1100, 1255. Repository: Memorial Holder's Personal Library.
2.History of Bates County, Missouri. By W. O. Atkeson, Historical Publishing Co, Topeka, KS , 1918. p. 636-7. Retrieved from website: archive.org
3.White Cemetery
4. Joseph Anderson Borland Mo. Death Certificate #31967
From the Bates County Democrat, Thursday, March 9, 1922 - "George W. Borland, an old and highly respected farmer and stockman of Deepwater Township, died at the Borland home Thursday morning at 4:00 o'clock. Mr. Borland was over 80 years old. George W. Borland was born in Pennsylvania, October 22, 1841 where he grew to young manhood. It was there he received his common school education and in 1862 enlisted in Company K, Sixty-first Pennsylvania Infantry with which he served in five of the major engagements. In 1866 he came to Missouri and settled on a farm in St. Louis County and in 1879 came to Bates County, settling in Deepwater Township, where he had since resided. In 1869 he was united in marriage to Miss Doretta Puellman[n] and to this union were born four children, two of whom survive. Funeral services were conducted at the home Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and interment made in White Cemetery."
Military Service:
Summer of 1863, enlisted in Co. K, 61st PA VOL INF.
Married:
Oct. 21, 1869, St. Louis Co., MO. to
Doretta Puellmann, dau. of Louis Puellmann
GEORGE W. BORLAND, a highly honored and valued Union veteran of the Civil War, an enterprising farmer and stockman of Deepwater township, is a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. Borland was born October 22, 1841 in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, a son of James and Margaret (Barr) Borland, who were natives of Allegheny county and Jefferson county, Pennsylvania, respectively. James Borland was born in 1818 and died in January, 1891. Margaret (Barr) Borland was born in 1821 and died in 1904. Both parents died in their native state. Mrs. Borland was laid to rest in a burial ground in Ross township, Allegheny county, located near Pittsburg.
In the public schools of Pennsylvania, George W. Borland received a good common school education. He enlisted in the Civil War in 1863 and served with Company K, Sixty-first Pennsylvania Infantry, taking part in about twenty-five engagements. Mr. Borland was in the battles of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864; Spottsylvania Court House, May 8 to 21, 1864; Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864; and with Sheridan in the Shenandoah valley. From the Rapidan to the James river, Grant’s list of casualties in the campaign of The Wilderness was fifty-four thousand nine hundred twenty-nine men. Lee lost probably nineteen thousand. Mr. Borland was mustered out and honorably discharged at Braddock Barracks in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1865.
In April, 1866, George W. Borland left Pennsylvania and came to Missouri, where he located on a farm in St. Louis county. He was a resident of that county for thirteen years before coming to Bates county, Missouri in February, 1879. At that time, Mr. Borland purchased the Slayback farm, which comprised two hundred acres of land located one mile west of Spruce in Deepwater township. Since, he has added to his holdings and now the Borland place embraces two hundred seventy-one acres of choice land in Bates county, forty acres of which are "bottom land" and the remainder upland. Mr. Borland has himself placed upon the farm every tree and building now there. The improvements, which are of the very best, include a nice residence, a house of seven rooms, two and a half stories, built in 1879 and remodeled in 1890; a barn, 32 x 60 feet in dimensions, constructed of a native timber, a general-purpose building, built in 1891; a feeder; a tenant house; and four splendid wells and an excellent cistern. The Borland place is one of the most attractive rural homes in the township and one of the finest stock farms in the county. Mr. Borland had more than one hundred acres of land in corn this past season of 1917. He recalls that when he and his family came to Bates county in 1879 they were obliged to travel a distance of ten miles across the prairie weekly to Butler to obtain their mail. Now, their mail is delivered daily at their door. In 1879, there was no store at Spruce. Within a few years after the Borlands settled in Bates county, Mr. Smith opened the first mercantile establishment at that place.
The marriage of George W. Borland and Doretta Puellman[n] was solemnized October 21, 1869 in St. Louis county, Missouri. Mrs. Borland is a native of St. Louis county, a daughter of Lewis and Doretta Puellman[n], who emigrated from Germany to the United States and settled in St. Louis county, Missouri, about 1837. One sister of Doretta (Puellman[n]) Borland is now living, Johanna, the wife of James Collins, of St. Louis county, Missouri. Mr. Collins was born in Ohio near Ravenna. To George W. and Doretta Borland have been born four children: Joseph A., who married Mary E. Cumpton and they reside on a farm in Deepwater township; George W., Jr., who died December 8, 1906 and is buried in White cemetery in Bates county; Margaret Jane, deceased, the wife of W.E. Dickison, of Deepwater township; and Cora Belle, who is at home with her parents, the sunshine and comfort of her father’s household and her mother’s invaluable helper.
Throughout his long life of three score years and seventeen George W. Borland has discharged the duties of citizenship with the same loyalty and zeal which characterized him on Southern battlefields when he followed the Stars and Stripes to victory. He has endeavored to live up to the highest ideals of manhood, to discharge with fidelity and honor all obligations incumbent upon him and he is well worthy of the universal respect and confidence accorded him by his fellowmen.
History of Bates County, Missouri, by W.O. Atkeson, (1918). Transcribed by Kim Mohler.
Sources:
1."Deepwater Township." The History of Cass and Bates County, Missouri. National Historical Co, St. Joseph, Mo. 1883. p. 1100, 1255. Repository: Memorial Holder's Personal Library.
2.History of Bates County, Missouri. By W. O. Atkeson, Historical Publishing Co, Topeka, KS , 1918. p. 636-7. Retrieved from website: archive.org
3.White Cemetery
4. Joseph Anderson Borland Mo. Death Certificate #31967
From the Bates County Democrat, Thursday, March 9, 1922 - "George W. Borland, an old and highly respected farmer and stockman of Deepwater Township, died at the Borland home Thursday morning at 4:00 o'clock. Mr. Borland was over 80 years old. George W. Borland was born in Pennsylvania, October 22, 1841 where he grew to young manhood. It was there he received his common school education and in 1862 enlisted in Company K, Sixty-first Pennsylvania Infantry with which he served in five of the major engagements. In 1866 he came to Missouri and settled on a farm in St. Louis County and in 1879 came to Bates County, settling in Deepwater Township, where he had since resided. In 1869 he was united in marriage to Miss Doretta Puellman[n] and to this union were born four children, two of whom survive. Funeral services were conducted at the home Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and interment made in White Cemetery."
Summer of 1863, enlisted in Co. K, 61st PA VOL INF.
Married:
Oct. 21, 1869, St. Louis Co., MO. to
Doretta Puellmann, dau. of Louis Puellmann
GEORGE W. BORLAND, a highly honored and valued Union veteran of the Civil War, an enterprising farmer and stockman of Deepwater township, is a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. Borland was born October 22, 1841 in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, a son of James and Margaret (Barr) Borland, who were natives of Allegheny county and Jefferson county, Pennsylvania, respectively. James Borland was born in 1818 and died in January, 1891. Margaret (Barr) Borland was born in 1821 and died in 1904. Both parents died in their native state. Mrs. Borland was laid to rest in a burial ground in Ross township, Allegheny county, located near Pittsburg.
In the public schools of Pennsylvania, George W. Borland received a good common school education. He enlisted in the Civil War in 1863 and served with Company K, Sixty-first Pennsylvania Infantry, taking part in about twenty-five engagements. Mr. Borland was in the battles of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864; Spottsylvania Court House, May 8 to 21, 1864; Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864; and with Sheridan in the Shenandoah valley. From the Rapidan to the James river, Grant’s list of casualties in the campaign of The Wilderness was fifty-four thousand nine hundred twenty-nine men. Lee lost probably nineteen thousand. Mr. Borland was mustered out and honorably discharged at Braddock Barracks in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1865.
In April, 1866, George W. Borland left Pennsylvania and came to Missouri, where he located on a farm in St. Louis county. He was a resident of that county for thirteen years before coming to Bates county, Missouri in February, 1879. At that time, Mr. Borland purchased the Slayback farm, which comprised two hundred acres of land located one mile west of Spruce in Deepwater township. Since, he has added to his holdings and now the Borland place embraces two hundred seventy-one acres of choice land in Bates county, forty acres of which are "bottom land" and the remainder upland. Mr. Borland has himself placed upon the farm every tree and building now there. The improvements, which are of the very best, include a nice residence, a house of seven rooms, two and a half stories, built in 1879 and remodeled in 1890; a barn, 32 x 60 feet in dimensions, constructed of a native timber, a general-purpose building, built in 1891; a feeder; a tenant house; and four splendid wells and an excellent cistern. The Borland place is one of the most attractive rural homes in the township and one of the finest stock farms in the county. Mr. Borland had more than one hundred acres of land in corn this past season of 1917. He recalls that when he and his family came to Bates county in 1879 they were obliged to travel a distance of ten miles across the prairie weekly to Butler to obtain their mail. Now, their mail is delivered daily at their door. In 1879, there was no store at Spruce. Within a few years after the Borlands settled in Bates county, Mr. Smith opened the first mercantile establishment at that place.
The marriage of George W. Borland and Doretta Puellman[n] was solemnized October 21, 1869 in St. Louis county, Missouri. Mrs. Borland is a native of St. Louis county, a daughter of Lewis and Doretta Puellman[n], who emigrated from Germany to the United States and settled in St. Louis county, Missouri, about 1837. One sister of Doretta (Puellman[n]) Borland is now living, Johanna, the wife of James Collins, of St. Louis county, Missouri. Mr. Collins was born in Ohio near Ravenna. To George W. and Doretta Borland have been born four children: Joseph A., who married Mary E. Cumpton and they reside on a farm in Deepwater township; George W., Jr., who died December 8, 1906 and is buried in White cemetery in Bates county; Margaret Jane, deceased, the wife of W.E. Dickison, of Deepwater township; and Cora Belle, who is at home with her parents, the sunshine and comfort of her father’s household and her mother’s invaluable helper.
Throughout his long life of three score years and seventeen George W. Borland has discharged the duties of citizenship with the same loyalty and zeal which characterized him on Southern battlefields when he followed the Stars and Stripes to victory. He has endeavored to live up to the highest ideals of manhood, to discharge with fidelity and honor all obligations incumbent upon him and he is well worthy of the universal respect and confidence accorded him by his fellowmen.
History of Bates County, Missouri, by W.O. Atkeson, (1918). Transcribed by Kim Mohler.
Sources:
1."Deepwater Township." The History of Cass and Bates County, Missouri. National Historical Co, St. Joseph, Mo. 1883. p. 1100, 1255. Repository: Memorial Holder's Personal Library.
2.History of Bates County, Missouri. By W. O. Atkeson, Historical Publishing Co, Topeka, KS , 1918. p. 636-7. Retrieved from website: archive.org
3.White Cemetery
4. Joseph Anderson Borland Mo. Death Certificate #31967
From the Bates County Democrat, Thursday, March 9, 1922 - "George W. Borland, an old and highly respected farmer and stockman of Deepwater Township, died at the Borland home Thursday morning at 4:00 o'clock. Mr. Borland was over 80 years old. George W. Borland was born in Pennsylvania, October 22, 1841 where he grew to young manhood. It was there he received his common school education and in 1862 enlisted in Company K, Sixty-first Pennsylvania Infantry with which he served in five of the major engagements. In 1866 he came to Missouri and settled on a farm in St. Louis County and in 1879 came to Bates County, settling in Deepwater Township, where he had since resided. In 1869 he was united in marriage to Miss Doretta Puellman[n] and to this union were born four children, two of whom survive. Funeral services were conducted at the home Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and interment made in White Cemetery."
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