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George W. Clute

Birth	:	12 Aug 1839 Wyoming County, New York, USA
Death	:	25 Feb 1912 Kings County, California, USA
Burial	:	Hanford Cemetery, Hanford, Kings County, USA
Coordinate	:	36.3222008, -119.6355972
Description	:	The owner of three eighty-acre improved stock and dairy farms in Kings county, George W. Clute is a representative of that class of men who embody good birth, fair educational advantages and the perseverance and determination to succeed in any occupation and community to which nature and destiny have assigned them. His practical, progressive and industrious habits as a farmer and stock-raiser have been evidenced in other directions during his long and meritorious career, and were conspicuous when he donned a soldier's uniform and took his place beside the defenders of his cause. Born in Wyoming county, N. Y., August... Read More	The owner of three eighty-acre improved stock and dairy farms in Kings county, George W. Clute is a representative of that class of men who embody good birth, fair educational advantages and the perseverance and determination to succeed in any occupation and community to which nature and destiny have assigned them. His practical, progressive and industrious habits as a farmer and stock-raiser have been evidenced in other directions during his long and meritorious career, and were conspicuous when he donned a soldier's uniform and took his place beside the defenders of his cause. Born in Wyoming county, N. Y., August 12, 1839, he is descended on both sides of his family from soldiers of the war of 1812, and his maternal grandfather, John H. Jones, was a paymaster in that momentous struggle. This sire owned a large tract of land in New York, and lived there until his death. His daughter, Harriet, the mother of George W. Clute, was born in New York, and died in Christian county, Ill., at the age of eighty-five years. Her father was a native of Virginia, and her uncle was captured, and presumably murdered, by the Indians. William Clute, the father of George W., was born in New York state, where he farmed and engaged in trading with the Indians at Schenectady. He served with distinction in the war of 1812, and died at the age of seventy-five years. Three brothers, one of whom was his father, came from Holland to America before the Revolutionary war. At the outbreak of the Civil war George W. Clute was farming in Wyoming county, N. Y., and at the age of twenty-two had acquired a comfortable competence. He left his home to enlist August 6, 1862, in Company A, One Hundred and Thirtieth New York Volunteer Infantry, and was later transferred to the First New York Dragoons. He arose to the grade of sergeant, and followed the fortunes of one of the bravest bands of men who defended the Union cause. The First Dragoons started out with fourteen hundred and sixty-four men, of whom four hundred and sixty-one were killed, one hundred and thirty-one died of disease, and thirty-three died in prison. The heaviest loss falling to any cavalry regiment during the entire service was sustained at Todd's Tavern. Mr. Clute was twice wounded, a flesh wound in the side and a gunshot wound in the right foot, and after receiving them he lay on the field unattended for two days, having been fighting four days in succession. This occurred May 8, 1864, and he was laid up in the hospital at Alexandria, Ya., four months, and was then discharged from further service in the Army of the Potomac. Returning to his home in New York, Mr. Clute recovered from his trying experiences, and then went to Illinois, where he became foreman of construction on a railroad for three years. He next spent a year in McHenry county, then rented a farm in Christian county, that state, for three years. In 1876 he came to California and settled on railroad land for a short time in Tulare, now Kings county, later purchasing eighty acres in his present neighborhood, which he unexpect- edly found was mortgaged for $1,100. He was obliged to pay the mortgage, and set about improving his farm, remaining on it until purchasing his present ranch of eighty acres in 1898. He is engaged in dairying and stock-raising, and has many fine improvements on his farms. He is public-spirited and enterprising, and interested in local politics, being an active member of the Republican party, and serving its welfare in many ways. For the past twenty-five years he has been a member of the county central committee, attending many county and state conventions. He is active in the affairs of the Grand Army of the Republic, and is a member and past commander of McPherson Post No. 51. Mr. Clute contributed time and labor to the digging of the ditches of his section, and at one time was superintendent of construction. In 1871 he married Edna Dodge, a native of McHenry county, Ill., and has five living children: William E., who is renting one of his father's farms in Kings county; Charles D., who is renting the homestead of eighty acres; Elmer, an employee in the freight department of the Southern Pacific Railroad in Hanford; and Edith and Harriet at home. Grace, the second oldest child, died at the age of twenty-six. Clute has hewn a creditable career out of the rude possibilities of the far west, and is deserving of the universal esteem of his fellowmen. Source: History of the state of California and biographical record of the San Joaquin Valley, California. An historical story of the state's marvelous growth from its earliest settlement to the present time. Prof. James Miller Guinn , A. M. The Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago 1905

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George W. Clute's memorial is located at: Hanford Cemetery, Hanford, Kings County, USA.
When did George W. Clute death?
George W. Clute death on 25 Feb 1912 in Kings County, California, USA
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Latitude: 36.3222008
Longitude: -119.6355972

Family Members:

Spouse

Edna Augusta Dodge Clute

(1850 - 1934)

Children

(1872 - 1941)

(1876 - 1902)

(1877 - 1963)

(1879 - 1957)

Edith Edna Clute Collins

(1880 - 1936)

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