Person:George Getty (2)

George Getty's father, Andrew is the son of George Getty and Polly Truax which means that George married his second cousin. Polly Truax is the sister of Mary Ellen's grandmother Juliet Truax.

On the marriage record to Mary Ellen, George declared he was 51 years old, divorced and a U.S. soldier. He made a career of soldiering, re-enlisting as necessary and at times living at the Plattsburg , N.Y. barricks. After Mary Ellen died he lived with Laura A. Wells, listing her as a servant. By 1930 George was an "inmate" at the U.S. Soldiers' Home in Washington D.C. In 1933 he authorized the removal of Mary Ellen to Washington's US Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery where they both can now be found on Find-A-Grave, he listed as a 1st Sgt.

1. ↑ Ward 6, in Clinton, New York, United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   Page 24.

   Single, Plattsburg Barricks, Enlisted man, Sargeant U.S. Army.

2. ↑ Franklin, Vermont, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   Sheet 14.

   No occupation,Laura A. Wells, age 45 listed as Servant.

3. ↑ Vermont, United States. Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954: Database with images. (FamilySearch. Citing Secretary of State. State Capitol Building, Montpelier.).

   Father:Andrew Getty, Mother:Weltha Alger

4. ↑ Washington, District of Columbia, United States. 1930 U. S. Census Population Schedule.

   Widowed, inmate at U.S. Soldiers' Home.

5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 Find A Grave.

   George W. Getty

6. ↑ 1858 birth of George Getty