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Obit For George Wesley McIntosh
Headline George W. McIntosh Dies: Pioneer County Dairyman
Text George Wesley McIntosh, 94, pioneer county resident and one of the county's first dairymen, died Wednesday afternoon at his home near Monett after a sickness of five months. He had been an invalid because of losing his eyesight following a case of influenza in 1910.

Mr. McIntosh was born on February 12, 1860, in Pittsburgh, Pa., and came to Barry County with his parents to settle in the Gunter community at the age of 12 years. He lived here for a number of years and still owned the place at the time of his death.

He was united in marriage to Miss Alice Louise Wallen in 1882 at the Waldensian Presbyterian Church to be one of the first to be performed in the church. She preceded him in death 1897. He was an old member of the Kings Prairie Union Church, which is no longer in existence.

Surviving are two sons, Otis McIntosh of the home and Homer McIntosh of the home: a daughter, Mrs. Maude Carlin, of Monett, and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth McComas of Shell Brook, Saskatchewan, Canada and a grandchild and great-grandchild.

Mr. McIntosh brought the first herd of registered Holsteins to the county in the 1890s to engage in the dairy business in a systematic way. He had a contract with the Fred Harvey System, operating eating houses on the Frisco, to supply them with milk and was there when the first Frisco train pulled into town.

Funeral services were conducted at the Mercer Funeral Chapel in Monett, with Rev. L. N. Bartlesmyer officiating. Burial was in the IOOF Cemetery.
Research note: George's wife Alice died in 1937 not 1897 as stated in the obituary. Obituary was obtained from The State Historical Society of Missouri.
Newspaper or Funeral Home Cassville Democrat
Date Dec. 22, 1954
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Submitted by Stan McKay