Avery-Hanson Genealogy - Person Sheet
Avery-Hanson Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameCol. George A. DE LA VERGNE 
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943Birth9 Aug 1839, Marietta, OH943
FatherGeorge Washington DE LA VERGNE (1800-1893)
MotherMary YATES (1798-1887)
Notes for Col. George A. DE LA VERGNE
Col. George came to Colorado Springs, CO about 1878 with his sister Catherine, and brother Edward when his father and mother moved to Colorado Springs to retire. 944
George had been a Colonel in the Eighth Tennessee Mounted, had been hit by a shell at Chickamagua and had served as judge of court-martial at Cleveland. In Colorado Springs, George managed his father’s estate, was elected a Colorado College trustee, read papers at the Phoenix Society on how to ripen tomatoes, and lent his distinguished name to the Board of Directors of mining companies. He platted a subdivision called Lihue, the name of a Sandwich Island town where his wife was born. In 1889, Colonel George set up a furniture store on South Tejon St., across from Seldomridge’s grain store. 1033
George had been a Colonel in the Eighth Tennessee Mounted, had been hit by a shell at Chickamagua and had served as judge of court-martial at Cleveland. In Colorado Springs, George managed his father’s estate, was elected a Colorado College trustee, read papers at the Phoenix Society on how to ripen tomatoes, and lent his distinguished name to the Board of Directors of mining companies. He platted a subdivision called Lihue, the name of a Sandwich Island town where his wife was born. In 1889, Colonel George set up a furniture store on South Tejon St., across from Seldomridge’s grain store. 1033