| 1. | George W Colvig was born on 12 Nov 1848 in Parkville, Missouri; died on 19 May 1934 in Grants Pass, Oregon. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Between 1901-1903, Baranquilla, Columbia, South America; U.S. Consulant
Notes:
Oregon Republican League's "Republican League Register of Oregon", The Register Publishing Company, 1896, page 195.
COLVIG, GEORGE W., of Grant?s Pass, was born in Ray County, Mississippi, November 12, 1848, and came to Oregon in 1851, and has resided in Douglas and Josephine Counties continuously, going to Grant?s Pass in 1890. He is engaged in practicing law, having been admitted to the bar in 1889. Since 1874 he has been a delegate to county conventions in both counties almost continuously. He was elected a member of the legislature from Douglas County in 1876, 1878, 1880 and 1883, and was nominated for County Judge in 1884. In 1889 he was elected a member of the State Board of Railway Commissioners, and re-elected in 1891. He was a Justice of the Peace at Riddles two years, chairman of the county central committee and a delegate to the state conventions of 1890, 1892, and 1894.
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George married Mary C Dyer on 22 Sep 1972 in Cow Creek, Oregon. Mary (daughter of Thomas Jefferson Dyer and Jane Lovelady) was born in Mar 1852 in Missouri; died on 21 Jan 1942 in Josephine Co, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Jennie Colvig was born on 15 Jul 1873 in Oregon; died on 25 May 1936 in San Francisco, California.
- Adelaide E. Colvig was born on 10 Apr 1875 in Oregon; died on 18 Nov 1964 in San Francisco, California.
- Frederick Colvig was born on 18 Jan 1877; died on 8 Sep 1935.
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1848 - 1934 (85 years)