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The L'Anse Sentinel
Saturday, January 24, 1914


                         AGED RED MAN PASSES AWAY
                         
              BENJAMIN GEORGE, one of the oldest pioneer residents
            of Baraga county, died Tuesday morning at his home in
            the M. E. Mission at the age of one hundred and one
            years.
              He was born in 1812 near the present city of Marquette
            and at an early date came to this section, which has
            since been his home. He was a devout member of the Metho-
            dist Episcopal church and early assisted in converting
            his brother Indians to this faith. To live over a cen-
            tury is a distinction that but few share, and MR. GEORGE
            has seen many changes come over this district. He has
            seen the bringing in of the railroad, telephone, tele-
            graph, the auto and many other improvements, and has
            seen the giving way of the wigwam to the palatial homes
            and fertile fields of our prosperous settlers.
              Funeral services were held yesterday morning from the
            M. E. Mission church, Rev. G. P. DAVEY officiating, in-
            terment being in the Indian burial ground at Pinery,
            beside the body of his wife, who died only a few weeks
            ago.
            
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