70 years old.
The Times-Picayune.
Sunday, November 12, 1899
Page 9
NECROLOGY.
Judge A. B. George.
[Special to the Picayune.]
Shreveport, La., Nov. 11. - Judge A. B. George, died at 1 o'clock to-day at the residence of his brother-in-law, Colonel S. J. Ward. He was in his 71st year. He died of heart disease.
Judge George was born in Alabama; he resided in Minden, where he taught school, and was married in 1861. He filled the position of district attorney and was state senator and a member of the constitutional convention of 1879. He has filled two terms as judge of the circuit court of appeals. He was of gentle disposition, but firm and manly in all things. His character was above reproach, and throughout his long and useful career there was no stain or shadow on his good name. Judge George will be buried Sunday afternoon.
The Shreveport Times.
Sunday, November 12, 1899
Page 8
A NOTED JURIST PASSES AWAY.
The Death of Judge A. B. George Occurred at 1:15 p.m. Yesterday.
Judge A. B. George, aged 70, died at the home of Col. S. J. Ward at 1:15 yesterday of heart failure. The funeral will occur from the residence of Col. Ward, 723 Jordan street, at 3 p. m. to-day the Rev. J. S. Felix officiating. Interment in the old cemetery.
Deceased, though native of Alabama, has spent the large portion of his life in Louisiana, where he has taken a prominent part in shaping the destinies of this commonwealth. For two terms he was a member of the state senate, and for sixteen years was judge of the circuit court of appeals of this district. He was also a member of the constitutional convention of 1879. In 1883 during his term as circuit judge, he moved to Shreveport and lived here seven years, leaving at the expiration of his term to take up life on his plantation in Natchitoches parish. There he lived until the death of his wife, nearly a year ago, when he again returned to Shreveport and made his home with his brother-in-law, Col. S. J. Ward. He has been feeble for some time and for the past sixteen years the venerable judge has never allowed a summer to pass that did not find him at his favorite resort at Green Lake, Wis., where he was always greatly benefited in health.
His last illness dates from last Sunday, when he was attacked while attending divine services. Since then he gradually declined until death occurred yesterday. The only near relatives of the deceased who survive him are his nephews, Hon. A. J. Murff of Benton, Capt. N. B. Murff of this city, and A. B. Murff of Haughton. The deceased was a brother of the well known Dr. George of Enterprise, Miss., whose death occurred about six months ago.
Judge George was known throughout the state as an able jurist and a man whose force of mind and strength of character were proverbial. In the trying days of reconstruction and in the years which followed, he served his state with long terms in both the legislative and judicial branches of the government lending invaluable assistance in the stupendous task of bringing order out of chaos. Strong in mind and pure in character, his friends will love to venerate him as a typical southern gentleman of the old school.
The Times-Picayune.
Sunday, November 12, 1899
Page 9
NECROLOGY.
Judge A. B. George.
[Special to the Picayune.]
Shreveport, La., Nov. 11. - Judge A. B. George, died at 1 o'clock to-day at the residence of his brother-in-law, Colonel S. J. Ward. He was in his 71st year. He died of heart disease.
Judge George was born in Alabama; he resided in Minden, where he taught school, and was married in 1861. He filled the position of district attorney and was state senator and a member of the constitutional convention of 1879. He has filled two terms as judge of the circuit court of appeals. He was of gentle disposition, but firm and manly in all things. His character was above reproach, and throughout his long and useful career there was no stain or shadow on his good name. Judge George will be buried Sunday afternoon.
The Shreveport Times.
Sunday, November 12, 1899
Page 8
A NOTED JURIST PASSES AWAY.
The Death of Judge A. B. George Occurred at 1:15 p.m. Yesterday.
Judge A. B. George, aged 70, died at the home of Col. S. J. Ward at 1:15 yesterday of heart failure. The funeral will occur from the residence of Col. Ward, 723 Jordan street, at 3 p. m. to-day the Rev. J. S. Felix officiating. Interment in the old cemetery.
Deceased, though native of Alabama, has spent the large portion of his life in Louisiana, where he has taken a prominent part in shaping the destinies of this commonwealth. For two terms he was a member of the state senate, and for sixteen years was judge of the circuit court of appeals of this district. He was also a member of the constitutional convention of 1879. In 1883 during his term as circuit judge, he moved to Shreveport and lived here seven years, leaving at the expiration of his term to take up life on his plantation in Natchitoches parish. There he lived until the death of his wife, nearly a year ago, when he again returned to Shreveport and made his home with his brother-in-law, Col. S. J. Ward. He has been feeble for some time and for the past sixteen years the venerable judge has never allowed a summer to pass that did not find him at his favorite resort at Green Lake, Wis., where he was always greatly benefited in health.
His last illness dates from last Sunday, when he was attacked while attending divine services. Since then he gradually declined until death occurred yesterday. The only near relatives of the deceased who survive him are his nephews, Hon. A. J. Murff of Benton, Capt. N. B. Murff of this city, and A. B. Murff of Haughton. The deceased was a brother of the well known Dr. George of Enterprise, Miss., whose death occurred about six months ago.
Judge George was known throughout the state as an able jurist and a man whose force of mind and strength of character were proverbial. In the trying days of reconstruction and in the years which followed, he served his state with long terms in both the legislative and judicial branches of the government lending invaluable assistance in the stupendous task of bringing order out of chaos. Strong in mind and pure in character, his friends will love to venerate him as a typical southern gentleman of the old school.
70 years old.
The Times-Picayune.
Sunday, November 12, 1899
Page 9
NECROLOGY.
Judge A. B. George.
[Special to the Picayune.]
Shreveport, La., Nov. 11. - Judge A. B. George, died at 1 o'clock to-day at the residence of his brother-in-law, Colonel S. J. Ward. He was in his 71st year. He died of heart disease.
Judge George was born in Alabama; he resided in Minden, where he taught school, and was married in 1861. He filled the position of district attorney and was state senator and a member of the constitutional convention of 1879. He has filled two terms as judge of the circuit court of appeals. He was of gentle disposition, but firm and manly in all things. His character was above reproach, and throughout his long and useful career there was no stain or shadow on his good name. Judge George will be buried Sunday afternoon.
The Shreveport Times.
Sunday, November 12, 1899
Page 8
A NOTED JURIST PASSES AWAY.
The Death of Judge A. B. George Occurred at 1:15 p.m. Yesterday.
Judge A. B. George, aged 70, died at the home of Col. S. J. Ward at 1:15 yesterday of heart failure. The funeral will occur from the residence of Col. Ward, 723 Jordan street, at 3 p. m. to-day the Rev. J. S. Felix officiating. Interment in the old cemetery.
Deceased, though native of Alabama, has spent the large portion of his life in Louisiana, where he has taken a prominent part in shaping the destinies of this commonwealth. For two terms he was a member of the state senate, and for sixteen years was judge of the circuit court of appeals of this district. He was also a member of the constitutional convention of 1879. In 1883 during his term as circuit judge, he moved to Shreveport and lived here seven years, leaving at the expiration of his term to take up life on his plantation in Natchitoches parish. There he lived until the death of his wife, nearly a year ago, when he again returned to Shreveport and made his home with his brother-in-law, Col. S. J. Ward. He has been feeble for some time and for the past sixteen years the venerable judge has never allowed a summer to pass that did not find him at his favorite resort at Green Lake, Wis., where he was always greatly benefited in health.
His last illness dates from last Sunday, when he was attacked while attending divine services. Since then he gradually declined until death occurred yesterday. The only near relatives of the deceased who survive him are his nephews, Hon. A. J. Murff of Benton, Capt. N. B. Murff of this city, and A. B. Murff of Haughton. The deceased was a brother of the well known Dr. George of Enterprise, Miss., whose death occurred about six months ago.
Judge George was known throughout the state as an able jurist and a man whose force of mind and strength of character were proverbial. In the trying days of reconstruction and in the years which followed, he served his state with long terms in both the legislative and judicial branches of the government lending invaluable assistance in the stupendous task of bringing order out of chaos. Strong in mind and pure in character, his friends will love to venerate him as a typical southern gentleman of the old school.
The Times-Picayune.
Sunday, November 12, 1899
Page 9
NECROLOGY.
Judge A. B. George.
[Special to the Picayune.]
Shreveport, La., Nov. 11. - Judge A. B. George, died at 1 o'clock to-day at the residence of his brother-in-law, Colonel S. J. Ward. He was in his 71st year. He died of heart disease.
Judge George was born in Alabama; he resided in Minden, where he taught school, and was married in 1861. He filled the position of district attorney and was state senator and a member of the constitutional convention of 1879. He has filled two terms as judge of the circuit court of appeals. He was of gentle disposition, but firm and manly in all things. His character was above reproach, and throughout his long and useful career there was no stain or shadow on his good name. Judge George will be buried Sunday afternoon.
The Shreveport Times.
Sunday, November 12, 1899
Page 8
A NOTED JURIST PASSES AWAY.
The Death of Judge A. B. George Occurred at 1:15 p.m. Yesterday.
Judge A. B. George, aged 70, died at the home of Col. S. J. Ward at 1:15 yesterday of heart failure. The funeral will occur from the residence of Col. Ward, 723 Jordan street, at 3 p. m. to-day the Rev. J. S. Felix officiating. Interment in the old cemetery.
Deceased, though native of Alabama, has spent the large portion of his life in Louisiana, where he has taken a prominent part in shaping the destinies of this commonwealth. For two terms he was a member of the state senate, and for sixteen years was judge of the circuit court of appeals of this district. He was also a member of the constitutional convention of 1879. In 1883 during his term as circuit judge, he moved to Shreveport and lived here seven years, leaving at the expiration of his term to take up life on his plantation in Natchitoches parish. There he lived until the death of his wife, nearly a year ago, when he again returned to Shreveport and made his home with his brother-in-law, Col. S. J. Ward. He has been feeble for some time and for the past sixteen years the venerable judge has never allowed a summer to pass that did not find him at his favorite resort at Green Lake, Wis., where he was always greatly benefited in health.
His last illness dates from last Sunday, when he was attacked while attending divine services. Since then he gradually declined until death occurred yesterday. The only near relatives of the deceased who survive him are his nephews, Hon. A. J. Murff of Benton, Capt. N. B. Murff of this city, and A. B. Murff of Haughton. The deceased was a brother of the well known Dr. George of Enterprise, Miss., whose death occurred about six months ago.
Judge George was known throughout the state as an able jurist and a man whose force of mind and strength of character were proverbial. In the trying days of reconstruction and in the years which followed, he served his state with long terms in both the legislative and judicial branches of the government lending invaluable assistance in the stupendous task of bringing order out of chaos. Strong in mind and pure in character, his friends will love to venerate him as a typical southern gentleman of the old school.
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