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George Washington McConnel

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George Washington McConnel

Birth
Allerton, Wayne County, Iowa, USA
Death
30 Jul 1927 (aged 72)
Milton-Freewater, Umatilla County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Milton-Freewater, Umatilla County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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Block 2, Row 5
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George was born and raised in Iowa. It is thought he spent time in Idaho with older brother David as a boy during the 1860s before returning to Iowa. He married Mary Ellen McConnell (no relation) on Feb. 1, 1876 in Allerton, IA. They moved to Idaho in the fall of 1879 in the company of their first child, John R., and George's brother Charles' fiancee, Laura Kirby.

George and Mary homesteaded in the lower Boise River valley near several of his brothers, on McConnel Island. In 1890 they sold the last of their land there and claimed a new homestead very close to Parma. Around 1896 they moved to the foothills of Squaw Butte between Emmett and Sweet. In addition to farming, George also ran freight teams to the Owyhee County mining areas.

On July 12, 1893, GW was appointed constable for Canyon County by the County Commision as requested by petitioners in the Parma Precinct. He is known to have served until at least July of 1894.

George and Mary had nine children before Mary died in 1902. George then moved to near Milton-Freewater, Oregon, and in 1904 married Ada Shumway. George and Ada had one child, Ross Dale.

From Obituary:
Rancher in the Couse Creek district for the past quarter of a century; Came west in 1870 and located in Idaho; lived in Idaho for 32 years; Came to Oregon in 1902; His wife died in Idaho; 2nd marriage to Ada Shumway, who survives as does son, Ross and six sons of his first marriage who live in Idaho.
George was born and raised in Iowa. It is thought he spent time in Idaho with older brother David as a boy during the 1860s before returning to Iowa. He married Mary Ellen McConnell (no relation) on Feb. 1, 1876 in Allerton, IA. They moved to Idaho in the fall of 1879 in the company of their first child, John R., and George's brother Charles' fiancee, Laura Kirby.

George and Mary homesteaded in the lower Boise River valley near several of his brothers, on McConnel Island. In 1890 they sold the last of their land there and claimed a new homestead very close to Parma. Around 1896 they moved to the foothills of Squaw Butte between Emmett and Sweet. In addition to farming, George also ran freight teams to the Owyhee County mining areas.

On July 12, 1893, GW was appointed constable for Canyon County by the County Commision as requested by petitioners in the Parma Precinct. He is known to have served until at least July of 1894.

George and Mary had nine children before Mary died in 1902. George then moved to near Milton-Freewater, Oregon, and in 1904 married Ada Shumway. George and Ada had one child, Ross Dale.

From Obituary:
Rancher in the Couse Creek district for the past quarter of a century; Came west in 1870 and located in Idaho; lived in Idaho for 32 years; Came to Oregon in 1902; His wife died in Idaho; 2nd marriage to Ada Shumway, who survives as does son, Ross and six sons of his first marriage who live in Idaho.

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FATHER / GEORGE W. McCONNEL / 1854 1927

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