Descendants said as he lost a foot while on his way to a courting callo n Sylvia when the horse tripped and fell, smashing his foot. Heused 2 p rosthesis to walk, one during the day and a "stump foot" fornight trip s to the bathroom as the day one was too cumbersome to puton in a hurr y.
Their homeplace had been Daily property according to courthouserecords . Apparently it passed to son Paul, as that was where hedied, and the n to grandson, Dan. The house must have been grand inits day as it had 2 s tairways, a front one to the living room with abannister and a smaller o ne in the back.
Residences & events:
1920 Lancaster, Wabash Co, IL. The census said George was 28, Silva,2 2, and they had 2 toddlers: Jeradeen, 3, and Meril, 1. Sylvia'stwo b atchelor brothers lived with them, Joe, 35, and Alonzo, 30, asfarm han ds. George was a general farmer.
4/2/1930 Same place. At census time George W was 38, Sylvia E was 41a nd their children at that time were Geraldine M, 12, Merrel J, 11,Lois J , 8, Margaret, 3 yrs 1 mo, and Paul F, 9 mo. George was afarmer. Nex t door was Sylvia's sister, Ida and Harvey Spurling,followed by more S trine families.
4/15/1940 Rural Rd, Lancaster, Wabash Co, IL. In that census wereGeo rge Strine, 48, Sylvia, 51, with children Merrel J, 21, Margaret,12, p aul, 10, John, 8, and daughter Geraldine Huffman, 23. Georgewas a sel f-employed farmer, had worked 40 hours in the previous week,but they r ented the home which was the same one where they lived in1935. Next do or was Sylvia's sister Ida and Harvy Spurling.
He took over the farm of father-in-law, Josiah Daily.
