I've been trying out a GenealogyBank subscription and found an additional mention of George H Solifelt in one of the newspapers images. The paragraph about George contains an amazing amount of information considering it is only 3 sentences long.
The Details
- George H Solifelt(58) & wife(32)
- Passed thru Columbus Saturday(Nov 22nd or 29th)
- They were traveling from Pittsburgh to western KS
- They claim to have friends in KS
- They are entirely destitute & plan to take the trip on charity passes
- County Infirmary directors gave them train tickets good as far as London OH
This wife would be Mary who is enumerated with him in the 1900 Census in Granville, Mifflin Co., Pennsylvania(E.D. 135 Sheet 3B). He sides steps the questions about a wife multiple times in his application for a pension and pension increases. This is likely the one he married in TX and who was born in Mississippi. His 1st wife, Kate divorced him by publication and her death which occurred about a year prior was covered in a number of newspapers. Presumably George and Mary didn't make it out to Kansas. They leave a paper trail in Fort Smith Arkansas and later he and Tennie after Henry F Hill's death do end up in KS. There is evidence to suggest that Mary was still alive and in Ft Smith(AR) at least until 1926. George and Tennie came to Iola, KS in April of 1909.
I need to make a timeline.
Source:
“Brevities,” Columbus(Ohio) Evening Dispatch, 29 Nov 1902, p. 7, col. 7; digital image, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/ : accessed 17 Apr 2023).
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| Trip from Pittsburgh to Columbus(OH) and on to London OH Note that this example is shown using present day roads. |
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