"He was the oldest son of immigrant parents. He came to Deadwood when he was in the 4th grade. During his youth he had to work to earn enough money for food. He sold papers on the street and collected empty bottles to re-sell.
His father and mother often lived separately and he lived with his father in cities away from his mother and brothers.
For more than 50 years he has been self employed as a tailor, a clothing designer and cutter, he graduated from the American Gentleman School for Tailors in New York City.
His many interests include the history of the West in particular Western SD and the Black Hills. He is popular speaker to groups, in part because of the personal experiences he is able to intermingle with is historic tales.
A 30 year member of the Toastmasters he served two years on the International Board of Toastmasters . He now resides in Rapid City with his wife Nathelle."
From the Good Old Days in the Black Hills.
He had a two sons Kirk and Scott.

1920 census

1920 United States Federal Census about George Moses
Name: George Moses
Age: 8
Birth Year: abt 1912
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1920: Alliance, Box Butte, Nebraska
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: John Moses
Father's Birthplace: Serbia
Mother's Name: Mary Moses
Mother's Birthplace: Serbia
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
John Moses 50
Mary Moses 38
George Moses 8
John Moses 6
Sara Moses 3

1930 census
George Moses
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1913
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Race: White
Home in 1930: Deadwood, Lawrence, South Dakota
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: John Moses
Father's Birthplace: Syria
Mother's Name: Mary Moses
Mother's Birthplace: Syria
Household Members:
Name Age
John Moses 60
Mary Moses 50
George Moses 17
Kaiser Moses 14
Sarah Moses 12

1940 census
George Moses
Respondent: Yes
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1912
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1940: Deadwood, Lawrence, South Dakota
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Street: Forest Avenue
House Number: 61
Inferred Residence in 1935: Deadwood, Lawrence, South Dakota
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Citizenship: American Citizen born Abroad
Sheet Number: 7A
Occupation: Merchant (he was selling clothes)
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 40
Class of Worker: Working on own account
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
John Moses 70
Merry Moses 58
George Moses 28

Military Record
George Moses
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 8 Apr 1912
Death Date: 17 Jul 1995
SSN: 504324732
Branch 1: NAVY
Enlistment Date 1: 28 Mar 1944
Release Date 1: 15 Mar 1946


The family was Lebanese, Christian,or A-rabs as George referred to them. Poor people just trying to make a better life here. George's father worked for the Union PacificRR and they lived in Alliance- on the wrong side of the tracks, in a boxcar, if you can imagine the misery, and George grew up tough. When he got older he became a boxer, pretty light-weight. I don't remember what brought them to Deadwood.
When George grew up he needed a job and he asked Sidney Jacobs if he would teach him to be a tailor, and Sidney agreed. Sidney was a tough boss, but George learned a good and very useful trade.
He married Nathelle McMasters in Deadwood; Nat, as she was called, was of the family whose McMasters was the foreman at the Homestake.
They were Irish, but Nat always said she wore Orange, not green, on St. Patrick's Day. George joined the Navy and the family (they had at least one child, Scott, by then) moved east, to one of the naval bases on the east coast. Nat hated it because of all the snakes around the house.
George was in clothing supply, there's a term for that job, can one of you remember? When they came back to SD, George found them a house in the gap. Nat didn't like it much, but George made the decision.
She always said George did it his way. He opened a tailor shop on the main floor of the Harney Hotel, where his neighbor was Mox Poznansky, who had an insurance business there. George built a house of cinder block in a lovely neighborhood. Rapid Creek was in their backyard, and George loved to go fishing there in his spare time. Of course, when the creek flooded on that terrible night in 1972, their home was inundated, but everyone got out in time.
The creek ended up being George's nemesis, because that 4th of July weekend in 1995 when he went fishing, he collapsed and fell in the water. He didn't drown, but he lived for a few more weeks, unconscious the whole time. At his funeral Nat had them play, "I Did it My Way". And he did. He was an intelligent man, a good man, who led a very interesting life, and left the Black Hills richer for having been here.

Ann

Military Information: SK3, US NAVY