Another one of the oldest and first pioneers has passed away. Grandma George died in this city at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. A. J. Rounds, Wednesday morning, June 1st, 1910. Elizabeth S. Thurston was born in Genesee County, New York, on the 24th day of July, 1828. She crossed the plains and came to Oregon in 1845. She was married to Abel George on June 24, 1849, continuing her residence in Oregon for forty years, when she left that state and came to Ferndale, in the year 1889. There were six children born to Mr. and Mrs. George, of whom Mrs. A. J. Rounds is the sole survivor.
Deceased was among the first to plant the flag on the Pacific Coast. She had spent 65 years of pioneer life in the great Northwest. Wild and weird and full of hardships, dangers and deprivations were the early days of her life on this coast. The memoirs of her life if properly kept would form an interesting page in the history of our country. After 83 years of devotion to duty this estimable old lady passed to the beyond in a painless death, caused by senile decay. The funeral took place Thursday. It was largely attended, and the interment was at Enterprise Cemetery.
