The Topeka Daily State Journal Wednesday May 1, 1918 William S. George Dies. William S. GEORGE, a Kansas pioneer died April 30, 1918, at 2 o'clock, in the afternoon at his rooms, 811 Quincy street. Mr. George was born November 26, 1838, in Cass county, Ill. He enlisted in Iowa in March 1864 in Company H, 36 Iowa volunteers, and saw service in Tennessee and Arkansas. He was mustered out of service in September 1865. In 1869 he came to Kansas and settled in Kilmer where he lived until the death of his wife in 1906, when he came to North Topeka, retiring from active work and making his home on the north side and with his sons in Colorado and Missouri. Mr. George was a familiar figure on the north side and had many friends, especially among children. He was seldom seen without many little ones at his side, and he will be greatly missed by them and by his older friends. He had been in poor health for the past three years and was taken suddenly ill March 10. He was a member of Blue Post No. 250, G.A.R. Mr. George is survived by four sons, Harvey B., of Marceline, Mo., M.L., J.H. and O.B., of Colorado. Funeral announcements later.