1884–1951

Introduction

Born: De­cem­ber 31, 1884/5, Don­cas­ter, York­shire, Eng­land.

Died: Oc­to­ber 22, 1951, James­town, New York.

Biography

George was the hus­band of Eva Jane Jones.

A mi­nis­ter, he was as­so­ci­at­ed with a Me­tho­dist-con­nect­ed group called the Gos­pel Cru­sad­ers. He ran the Del­mar­va Camp, a Met­ho­dist camp that held Gos­pel meet­ings and re­viv­als.

He la­ter pas­tored Me­tho­dist church­es in Buf­fa­lo and Ro­ches­ter, New York.

As of 1926, he was liv­ing in Wilm­ing­ton, De­la­ware.

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