Crego, George H



DIED: 19241107
AGED: 81
DEATH LOCATION: Redwood City

OCCUPATION: Farmer
MEMBER OF: GAR

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CURRENT EVENTS:
  • 1845 Texas annexed into U.S.
  • 1846 Mexican-American War
  • 1849 California Gold Rush
  • 1850 California became the 31st State
  • 1860 The Pony Express
  • 1861 Abraham Lincoln elected President
  • 1861 American Civil War
  • 1865 Abraham Lincoln assassinated
  • 1866 Ku Klux Klan
  • 1869 National Woman Suffrage Assoc.
  • 1871 The Great Chicago Fire
  • 1876 Telephones (Alexander Graham Bell)
  • 1876 Baseball's National League
  • 1877 Phonograph (Thomas Edison)
  • 1879 Light Bulb (Thomas Edison)
  • 1901 Teddy Roosevelt elected President
  • 1903 First powered flight (Wright Brothers)
  • 1906 The San Francisco Earthquake
  • 1912 The Titanic sank
  • 1920 Prohibition begins
  • 1920 Women get to vote
  • 1920 The Roaring 20's

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GEORGE H. CREGO

Redwood City Standard

Nov. 13, 1924

Veteran of Civil War passes away.

George H. Crego, 84, a veteran of the Civil War, passed away at his home on Nevada Street, Redwood Highlands, last Thursday evening. The resident of this city for the past eight years. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Luzianna Crego and the following children: Escha R., Charles O., Myron J., and Arthur J. Crego. A brother, Myron E. Crego and a sister, Mrs. Annie McKensler, also survive.

The funeral was held Saturday morning from the chapel of the James Crowe Co, Rev. R.J. Currie of the First Congregational Church conducting the services. Internment was in Union Cemetery.

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