This photo appears to be attached to the wrong person. The photo is of George A. Clotfelter. The biography is for George Lee Clotfelter, who died 17 years before the Spanish-American War.
Find-A-Grave memorial 45338884 is for Dr. George Abner Clotfelter (1867 - 1924), who appears to be the man in the photo.
George Abner Clotfelter was born on June 22, 1867 in Hillsboro, Montgomery County, Illinois United States, and died at age 57 years old on November 11, 1924 in Hillsboro. George Clotfelter was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Hillsboro. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George Abner Clotfelter.
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...
Did you know medics, doctors and nurses used to prescribe narcotics as treatment?
Radium water, cough syrup made of alcohol, marijuana, and morphine, cocaine toothache drops for children, snake oil - medicine has changed quite a bit in the past 100 years or so, as has the way that ...
Discover the faces and images of the Spanish-American War through captivating photographs.
The Spanish-American War was a military conflict fought between the United States and Spain in 1898. The conflict was sparked by American intervention in Cuba's struggle for independence from Spain, w...
I love antique photographs. In addition to sharing old photos of my family, I am also going through my collection of "antique store people". They've been sitting in a storage tub in my back room much too long and maybe some of their families will be able to find them here.
If I'm able to identify the people in the photo, I upload it not only to AncientFaces, but also to Ancestry, FamilySearch, and Find-A-Grave. If the person in the picture is a military veteran, the photo also goes on Fold3. I figure that the more places I upload these pictures, the greater the chance that a relative will be able to find them.