OBIT: George CALDER, 1897, Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA

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DEATH OF GEO. CALDER

A WELL KNOWN CITIZEN FOR YEARS
PROMINENT IN BUSINESS.

Founded the Fulton and Allandale Cotton Mills.

George Calder, one of Lancaster's prominent citizens, died at his residence, No. 
221 East Orange street, at 6 o'clock on Thursday evening.  He was in failing 
health for two years, and confined to the house for two months.  The cause of 
death was dropsy and kidney trouble.

He was born on May 28, 1830, in Boston, and was the oldest son of George and 
Martha Calder.  His father was a prominent business man in this city in the 
forties, and in the INTELLIGENCER of May 28, 1844, appears the advertisement of 
the father of this sketch announcing that "The splendid new iron steamboat 
Conestoga is now running with regularity and great dispatch between Lancaster 
and Philadelphia, and will take freight either way at very reduced rates."

The subject of this sketch removed with his parents to New York when a child, 
afterwards to Montevideo, South America, and then to Lancaster.  When eighteen 
years old he went to California and after residing there a short time he came 
back to Lancaster and has since resided here.  He was for several years in the 
employ of his father, who had charge of and ran steamboats from Graeff's landing 
to Philadelphia, as noted in the above advertisement.

In 1866 he built the Fulton cotton mill at North Duke and Lemon street and with 
William M. Wiley, operated it until Mr. Wiley's death.  He continued the 
business individually until 1889.  In 1892 he started the Allandale cotton mill 
at Chestnut and Plum streets and this mill was operated until 1885 (NOTE:  Dates 
typed as in newspaper).  He was also the owner of a cotton mill in Harrisburg, 
which he operated for ten years.  He was for fifteen years the proprietor of a 
dye house on South Water street, which was operated in connection with his 
mills.

Mr. Calder was a mechanical genius, and for the past few years he was engaged in 
the manufacture of a patented cash register.

He was a prominent member of St. James' church, and was a vestryman for several 
years.

His wife and the following children survive:  Nellie, wife of Stewart Walker, of 
Lynchburg, Va.; George H., employed at Best's machine shops; Willia, Edward, 
Stewart W. and Miss Mary, at home.  His mother also survives and one brother, 
Frank L. Calder, and one sister, Miss Emily Calder.


IN ANOTHER SECTION OF THE PAPER:

DEATHS

CALDER. – In this city, on the 11th inst., George Calder, in the 69th year of his 
age.

Funeral services at St. James' Episcopal church on Monday morning at 11 o'clock.  
Interment private.



Lancaster Intelligencer, Friday, March 12, 1897