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Born in North Carolina, Wiley George enlisted in the Georgia militia at age 17 and fought in the War of 1812. He later lived in Georgia and Alabama and was married to Nancy Jones, who died in 1834, before coming to Texas in 1840. After settling in San Antonio and engaging in business for a time, he married Anna McConnell in Victoria in 1845. They moved to Port Lavaca in 1848 to live in a fine new home while George speculated in horses. He and Anna had one son, W.B. George, born in 1849. When Wiley George died in 1862, his estate was valued at $4,613.50, and he was buried in an unmarked grave in the Port Lavaca Cemetery.
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Port Lavaca, Texas · United States
