| Life fact | Information |
|---|---|
| Full name | George Bowler Tullidge |
| Born | December 29, 1901, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Parents | Dr. George Bowler Tullidge and Catherine O’Donnell |
| Spouse | Anne Archer Hogshead |
| Children | George Bowler III, Thomas Hogshead, Archer Kilbourne, and Anne Bowler Tullidge |
| Primary residence | Staunton, Virginia, from 1925 |
| Principal roles | Insurance executive and president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Staunton |
| Religious affiliation | First Presbyterian Church of Staunton |
Genealogy of George Bowler Tullidge
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George Bowler Tullidge was born December 29, 1901, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a son of Dr. George Bowler Tullidge and Catherine O’Donnell.
On March 15, 1923, he married Anne Archer Hogshead, a daughter of Thomas Hogshead. Their children were George Bowler Tullidge III, Thomas Hogshead Tullidge, Archer Kilbourne Tullidge, and Anne Bowler Tullidge. Thomas married Florence Ellen Gray, a daughter of Garland Gray.
Family outline
George Bowler Tullidge
- Father: Dr. George Bowler Tullidge
- Mother: Catherine (O’Donnell) Tullidge
- Wife: Anne Archer Hogshead
- Children: George Bowler III, Thomas Hogshead, Archer Kilbourne, and Anne Bowler Tullidge
Source
This biography appeared in History of the Shenandoah Valley: Family and Personal Records, Volume III (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1952), pages 46-47.
Verbatim biography
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GEORGE BOWLER TULLIDGE—For slightly more than twenty-five years George Bowler Tullidge has figured prominently in the life of Staunton. A man of the present century by birth and ideas, he came to the city as a medical college graduate recently married, and from the first entered many phases of affairs in the community while rising to a place of importance with its business men, as head of his own insurance firm, an official of several companies, and more recently as president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Staunton.
Mr. Tullidge was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 29, 1901, son of Dr. George Bowler and Mrs. Catherine (O’Donnell) Tullidge, both of whom are deceased. After being graduated from Staunton Military Academy in 1919, he studied at Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, for nearly three years before transferring to the Medical College of Virginia, where he was graduated with the class of 1925, a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. In that same year he became a resident of Staunton, the manager of the Hogshead Drug Store, that even then was something of a local institution. As an undergraduate, Mr. Tullidge engaged in several campus activities, and was pledged to the Alpha Tau Omega and the Kappa Psi fraternities. His interest in education has never waned and he is especially concerned with the help of ambitious students to acquire a sound schooling and technical preparation for useful careers.
George B. Tullidge continued his pharmaceutical connection for only a few years before branching out in the insurance business, and has since made his name known over a wide territory as head of the Staunton Insurance Agency, dealing in almost all types of insurance, representing some of the largest companies in America. He is vice-president of the Staunton Livestock Market, and since 1937 has been a member of the board of directors of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, of the city. Of this institution he became vice-president in 1940, and on August 31, 1949, was elected president of the bank, a richly deserved promotion to responsibilities for which his former endeavors and experience fully qualified him. In municipal affairs he has been a councilman and promoter of progressive measures. He is a trustee of Staunton Military Academy; a director of the Young Men’s Christian Association, and long has been to the fore in the Boy Scout organization, in such capacities as member of the district camp committee, and other posts. Mr. Tullidge is associated with the Kiwanis Club, of which he is a past president; has served on the Staunton City Board of Health, and fraternally is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Free and Accepted Masons, a member of all the bodies of Masonry including the Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is an elder of the First Presbyterian Church of Staunton, a liberal contributor of his best energies and means to the advance of religious and charitable projects.
On March 15, 1923, George Bowler Tullidge married Anne Archer Hogshead, daughter of Thomas Hogshead, and member of old and prominent families of Staunton. She is a graduate of Baldwin School and Mary Baldwin College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. By right of eminent ancestry she is a member of the Colonial Dames. She is a member of the Augusta Garden Club, and was one of the organizers of Staunton Chapter of the United World Federalists. During World War II, she was a Grey Lady and was head supervisor of surgical dressings, and also served in the U.S.O., and canteen. Mr. and Mrs. Tullidge are the parents of the following children: 1. George Bowler, III, born January 22, 1924; educated at Staunton Military Academy, and while a student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, volunteered for service in World War II on January 11, 1943. He trained at Camp Croft, South Carolina, and Fort Benning and also at Alliance, Nebraska, and went overseas to Europe as a paratrooper in November, 1943, and lost his life in action during the invasion of Normandy on June 8, 1944. He lies buried in the National Cemetery at Cambridge, England. Enlisting as a private, he was promoted to the rank of sergeant of the 507th Parachute Infantry of the 82nd Airborne Division. During his school days he had been an Eagle Scout, member of the Cotillion Club; and greatly interested in athletics, had made many records as an expert swimmer. 2. Thomas Hogshead, born December 19, 1927, a graduate of Staunton Military Academy, and West Point Military Academy, class of 1950; he married Florence Ellen Gray of Waverly, Virginia, daughter of Garland Gray. 3. Archer Kilbourne, born March 24, 1930; a graduate of Staunton Military Academy, attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and is taking studies preparatory to entering the Christian ministry. 4. Anne Bowler, born March 16, 1946. All of the family attend the Presbyterian Church.