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Obit For George Washington Seth
Headline McDowell News
Text McDowell News: G. W. Seth who formerly lived here died at Joplin and was buried at Calton Cemetery.
Research Note: His death certificate states that he was married and a retired farmer. The stone reads death year as 1910, but both the death certificate and the obit read 1911. George Washington Seth was born Dec. 7, 1846 died Feb. 7, 1911 in Jasper Co., Missouri. Son of George Washington and Mahala Seth. His wife was Martha Virginia (Hudson) Seth, born Dec. 1858 in MO. Their children were: Isaac F., Mary Jane (Mrs. Ethel Marbut), Maggie, George W. Jr., Thursa, Maude, Naoma, and Dewey Seth.

Notes of J. Seth at findagrave.com: George W. Seth Jr.'s father died when he was just four years old and his mother Mahala died when he was approximately six or seven years old. He told his children he remembered an older brother named Isaac and remembered an older sister named Thurza that took care of him for some time after his mother died. George W. Seth ended up in an orphanage in Wichita Falls, Texas at least this is what was passed down. He became a cowboy on the Chisom Trail in Texas in the 1870's and was suppose to have served with the Texas Confederates as a boy during the civil war. He married to an unknown female before he married Martha Hudson. His first wife died in child birth and the child died as well. Someone in the family has a baby dress that George's first wife made for her unborn baby. I guess after they both died George kept the baby dress. George met Martha Hudson while working with her father John F. Hudson. They married in 1879 in Texas and soon moved with John Hudson to Green County, Missouri. George did not remember much about his mother and father. George W. Seth Jr. worked in the coal mines around Monett, Missouri for many years. His wife told my grandfather this caused his death. He died of Pneumonia due to the weakened lungs caused by the coal mines.
Newspaper Cassville Republican
Date Thursday, Feb. 16, 1911
Death Cert Link Death Certificate
Resource State Historical Society of MO Microfilm
Submitted by Donna Cooper
Note: J. Seth