1st wife: Susan J Johnston
2nd wife: Kate E Chapman (1854-1938)
George M. Landon was born in Monroe, July 4, 1837, the son of Dr. George Landon, an old and highly respected physician of the city. He attended the public and private schools in Monroe, where he was prepared for college. He entered the University of Michigan in 1853, and was graduated therefrom in 1857.
He studied law in the offices of Ranney, Backus and Noble, in Cleveland, and Isaac P. Christiancy, of Monroe. His first law practice was in Grand Rapids, Michigan; removing to St. Joseph, Missouri, where he remained until the breaking out of the war of the rebellion, when he returned to Monroe, and entered his father's office of county treasurer; he received an appointment in the Fourth Regiment in 1862, and was mustered out of the volunteer service in 1865. He then entered the Chicago Theological Seminary, graduating in the spring of 1868. Entering the ministry, he occupied within a few years pulpits in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. Leaving the ministry in 1875, he returned to Monroe, and was appointed city attorney, later being elected as county prosecuting attorney. He practiced his profession in Monroe, and served as judge of probate. At the time of his death he was treasurer of the First Presbyterian church of Monroe.
Mr. Landon died very suddenly of heart failure, at his home in Monroe, on Monday evening, December 16,1912, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery on Thursday, December 19th. He is survived by his wife, Kate Chapman, a daughter Lucia, wife of Frank B. Warren of Lake Forest, Illinois; two brothers, Doctor Henry B. of Bay City, Michigan; and John E. of Monroe; and a son, Major Edwin, U. S. A. The Board of Supervisors, in session passed resolutions of respect, and the Monroe Bar Association took appropriate action.
2nd wife: Kate E Chapman (1854-1938)
George M. Landon was born in Monroe, July 4, 1837, the son of Dr. George Landon, an old and highly respected physician of the city. He attended the public and private schools in Monroe, where he was prepared for college. He entered the University of Michigan in 1853, and was graduated therefrom in 1857.
He studied law in the offices of Ranney, Backus and Noble, in Cleveland, and Isaac P. Christiancy, of Monroe. His first law practice was in Grand Rapids, Michigan; removing to St. Joseph, Missouri, where he remained until the breaking out of the war of the rebellion, when he returned to Monroe, and entered his father's office of county treasurer; he received an appointment in the Fourth Regiment in 1862, and was mustered out of the volunteer service in 1865. He then entered the Chicago Theological Seminary, graduating in the spring of 1868. Entering the ministry, he occupied within a few years pulpits in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. Leaving the ministry in 1875, he returned to Monroe, and was appointed city attorney, later being elected as county prosecuting attorney. He practiced his profession in Monroe, and served as judge of probate. At the time of his death he was treasurer of the First Presbyterian church of Monroe.
Mr. Landon died very suddenly of heart failure, at his home in Monroe, on Monday evening, December 16,1912, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery on Thursday, December 19th. He is survived by his wife, Kate Chapman, a daughter Lucia, wife of Frank B. Warren of Lake Forest, Illinois; two brothers, Doctor Henry B. of Bay City, Michigan; and John E. of Monroe; and a son, Major Edwin, U. S. A. The Board of Supervisors, in session passed resolutions of respect, and the Monroe Bar Association took appropriate action.
1st wife: Susan J Johnston
2nd wife: Kate E Chapman (1854-1938)
George M. Landon was born in Monroe, July 4, 1837, the son of Dr. George Landon, an old and highly respected physician of the city. He attended the public and private schools in Monroe, where he was prepared for college. He entered the University of Michigan in 1853, and was graduated therefrom in 1857.
He studied law in the offices of Ranney, Backus and Noble, in Cleveland, and Isaac P. Christiancy, of Monroe. His first law practice was in Grand Rapids, Michigan; removing to St. Joseph, Missouri, where he remained until the breaking out of the war of the rebellion, when he returned to Monroe, and entered his father's office of county treasurer; he received an appointment in the Fourth Regiment in 1862, and was mustered out of the volunteer service in 1865. He then entered the Chicago Theological Seminary, graduating in the spring of 1868. Entering the ministry, he occupied within a few years pulpits in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. Leaving the ministry in 1875, he returned to Monroe, and was appointed city attorney, later being elected as county prosecuting attorney. He practiced his profession in Monroe, and served as judge of probate. At the time of his death he was treasurer of the First Presbyterian church of Monroe.
Mr. Landon died very suddenly of heart failure, at his home in Monroe, on Monday evening, December 16,1912, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery on Thursday, December 19th. He is survived by his wife, Kate Chapman, a daughter Lucia, wife of Frank B. Warren of Lake Forest, Illinois; two brothers, Doctor Henry B. of Bay City, Michigan; and John E. of Monroe; and a son, Major Edwin, U. S. A. The Board of Supervisors, in session passed resolutions of respect, and the Monroe Bar Association took appropriate action.
2nd wife: Kate E Chapman (1854-1938)
George M. Landon was born in Monroe, July 4, 1837, the son of Dr. George Landon, an old and highly respected physician of the city. He attended the public and private schools in Monroe, where he was prepared for college. He entered the University of Michigan in 1853, and was graduated therefrom in 1857.
He studied law in the offices of Ranney, Backus and Noble, in Cleveland, and Isaac P. Christiancy, of Monroe. His first law practice was in Grand Rapids, Michigan; removing to St. Joseph, Missouri, where he remained until the breaking out of the war of the rebellion, when he returned to Monroe, and entered his father's office of county treasurer; he received an appointment in the Fourth Regiment in 1862, and was mustered out of the volunteer service in 1865. He then entered the Chicago Theological Seminary, graduating in the spring of 1868. Entering the ministry, he occupied within a few years pulpits in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. Leaving the ministry in 1875, he returned to Monroe, and was appointed city attorney, later being elected as county prosecuting attorney. He practiced his profession in Monroe, and served as judge of probate. At the time of his death he was treasurer of the First Presbyterian church of Monroe.
Mr. Landon died very suddenly of heart failure, at his home in Monroe, on Monday evening, December 16,1912, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery on Thursday, December 19th. He is survived by his wife, Kate Chapman, a daughter Lucia, wife of Frank B. Warren of Lake Forest, Illinois; two brothers, Doctor Henry B. of Bay City, Michigan; and John E. of Monroe; and a son, Major Edwin, U. S. A. The Board of Supervisors, in session passed resolutions of respect, and the Monroe Bar Association took appropriate action.
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