father was a steam fitter there in 1868. George worked as a newsboy in Boston and told the story of selling many copies of the "Boston Gazette" on the day when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. George would have been about eight years old at that time. George homesteaded and built a small house on the northwest quarter section, three miles north and one mile east of what is now Altus, Oklahoma. George and his wife, Minnie Mable Reid, worked hard and prospered. They purchased property two miles further east and built a larger house, more modern and with more room. Minnie died in childbirth in 1912, but with the help of the older children, George was able to keep the family together and educated the children. In the early years they attended the nearby "White" schoolhouse. Later, they went to school in Altus. In later years, George bought an orange grove in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and made several trips there. It was on one of his return trips that he died of an acute heart attack in New Braunfels,Texas.
father was a steam fitter there in 1868. George worked as a newsboy in Boston and told the story of selling many copies of the "Boston Gazette" on the day when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. George would have been about eight years old at that time. George homesteaded and built a small house on the northwest quarter section, three miles north and one mile east of what is now Altus, Oklahoma. George and his wife, Minnie Mable Reid, worked hard and prospered. They purchased property two miles further east and built a larger house, more modern and with more room. Minnie died in childbirth in 1912, but with the help of the older children, George was able to keep the family together and educated the children. In the early years they attended the nearby "White" schoolhouse. Later, they went to school in Altus. In later years, George bought an orange grove in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and made several trips there. It was on one of his return trips that he died of an acute heart attack in New Braunfels,Texas.
Family Members
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Blanche Harvey Brogdon
1895–1953
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Henrietta Harvey Townsend
1897–1983
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Thomas Fenton Harvey
1898–1910
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Arthur W Harvey
1900–1978
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George Freeman Harvey
1902–1988
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Margaret Mae "Maggie" Harvey Rollins
1904–1990
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Clarence C. Harvey
1906–1981
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Jennie Jane Harvey
1908–1928
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Robert Reid Harvey
1910–1960
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Infant Harvey
1912–1912
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