In the death of Rev. George P. Rich of Boring, last week, at Molalla, where he had been holding services, there passed a well
known minister and veteran of the Civil War. Friday, November 13, while on the way to church he was stricken with paralysis and
died the following Monday. He was born August 16, 1847, in Crawford County, Illinois, and received his education in the public
schools of that state. He enlisted in the Union Army and served with credit in a number of engagements, being discharged at
Nashville, Tenn., at the close of the war. march 29, 1865, he was married to Miss Nancy Hickey, and they came to Oregon by way
of California in 1875, arriving in May of that year. Shortly afterwards he took up a homestead in the eastern part of Clackamas
County, on which he resided till death. He began preaching in 1873 and was engaged in evangelistic work when stricken. He is
survived by his widow and eight children. The funeral was held Monday, and the interment was in Damascus Cemetery.