George K. Otis

1844 - 1908  (64 years)

• Name	George K. Otis  [1]
  Birth	11 Mar 1844	Wayne Co., Ohio, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Dec 1908	Hicksville, Defiance Co., Ohio, USA   [1]
  	Cause: apoplexy
  Notes	He spent his boyhood days on the farm and in the public schools of Milford Township. At the age of eighteen years, he and his brother, William, enlisted in the service of their country, joining Co. F, 11th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and entering the command of Gen. Rosecrans in his Kentucky campaign against Gen. Bragg. After a short military service on the field, following the battle of Franklin, KY, he was compelled because of ill health to retire from the service, and was appointed postmaster of Park Barracks, KY by Gen. Gilmore. After several months he again joined his company on the field, and again was compelled to retire because of sickness. He received an honorable discharge from the army June 11, 1863, after a service of less than one year, and returned to his home in Milford Township. Shortly afterward he entered a business college at Cleveland, OH and graduated in 1865; after which, for a short time he engaged in teaching school in Adams township. During his business career, he was engaged in farming, the drug business, dealing in agricultural implements, general merchandise, real estate, and other lines. During his latter days, he spent on his farm in Milford township in which he personally engaged in tilling the soil. In the many years of his residence in Hicksville, he was honored time after time by his fellow citizens by election to political office, having at different times held the offices of clerk, treasurer and trustee in the township. In 1894 he was appointed to the postmastership of Hicksville by President Cleveland, and held the office for the full term of four years.
  Person ID	I4778	Rumsey/Ballou Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2008

  
  

  Father	Merrill Otis,   b. 4 Mar 1820, Wayne Co., Ohio, USA d. 26 Jul 1890 (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Margaret Saltzman,   b. Wayne Co., Ohio, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	4 Mar 1841  [1]
  Family ID	F1733	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Hilbert,   b. 20 Sep 1846   d. 27 Nov 1883 (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	20 Mar 1867  [1]
  Children	1. Mary Della Comparette Otis,   b. 7 Oct 1872   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Judson D. Otis,   b. 20 Mar 1880   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1744	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2008

  
  

  Family 2	Winnie M. Corvick,   b. 14 Oct 1865   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	5 Apr 1885  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Vera C. Otis,   b. 17 Mar 1886   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Dr. Lloyd Melville Otis,   b. 28 Nov 1888, Hicksville, Defiance Co., Ohio, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1746	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2008

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 11 Mar 1844 - Wayne Co., Ohio, USA Death - Cause: apoplexy - 16 Dec 1908 - Hicksville, Defiance Co., Ohio, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S398] William A. Otis, A Memoir of the Otis Family, (no publisher).