George Warner ALTIZER

Male 1878 - 1949  (70 years)


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  • Name George Warner ALTIZER 
    Born 03 Jul 1878  Morgan Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 12 Jun 1949  Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co. CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Sweetwater Cemetery, Sweetwater, Nolan Co. TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • FIRST 100 YEARS NOLAN COUNTY TEXAS:

      GEORGE WARNER ALTIZER
      Page 92

      The marriage of George Warner Altizer and Bertha Taylor in Cherokee, Texas, in 1898, began a chapter in Nolan County history that is still being written.

      After the birth of their first child, a son, they decided to leave San Saba County and move to West Texas. After a long wagon ride of several days, they settled in Hylton, where their daughter was born and where G. W. carried the mail. He rode horseback into Sweetwater daily, becoming the sole contact between the pioneers of Hylton and the outside world. One day, he returned from his route to find his daughter seriously ill. Before he could fetch a doctor, miles away, his two-year-old baby, Deloris, had died. The next night his daughter, Lerline was born.

      In 1903, he moved to Roscoe where he began moving houses with Gus Martin by mule team. In 1904, he moved to Sweetwater where he went into the house moving business for himself and built his home, where, a year later, his son, Buster, was born. He bought the first Orient depot and moved it to his home place to use as a tool house. It is still in use. In 1906, another daughter, Callie, and in 1914, another daughter, Doris, were born.

      His wife, Bertha, was a member of a small group of Christians who were meeting in each other's homes or any place available, so G. W. donated the land for a small church building where they met for a few years. They speedily grew in number, badly needing a larger building, so G. W. moved it for them to the corner of Fourth and Elm Streets, where they built a large building and where it stands today (now Fourth & Elm Church of Christ).

      In 1935, Bertha Altizer died and in 1949, G. W. Altizer died. Both were buried in Sweetwater Cemetery.

      Their homeplace in Sweetwater is still occupied and enjoyed by part of their family who love Sweetwater and are helping it grow.

      By Callie Altizer Seago
    Person ID I16517  Master File
    Last Modified 10 Oct 2012 

    Father Thomas ALTIZER,   b. 16 Nov 1855, Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1939, Sutton Co. TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Sarah Jane Gates,   b. 27 Sep 1855, Morgan Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1933, San Saba Co. TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 08 Jan 1876  Morgan Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8504  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bertha Taylor,   b. 1882, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 May 1935, Sweetwater, Nolan Co. TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Children 
     1. William Thomas ALTIZER,   b. 15 Jun 1898, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 May 1975, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. Deloris ALTIZER,   b. 26 Oct 1899, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Oct 1901, Nolan Co. TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     3. Lerline ALTIZER,   b. ca 1901, Nolan Co. TX Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Buster ALTIZER,   b. 1904, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1987, Clark Co. NV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     5. Callie ALTIZER,   b. 1906, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Doris ALTIZER,   b. 1918, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 9 Oct 2012 
    Family ID F8505  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart