George A. Frey, born in Cincinatti Ohio, died at the age of thirty-eight years. He conducted a cigar manufactory and was also a trunk manufacturer. In 1860 he removed from Ohio to St. Louis, Missouri, and the following year he enlisted in the Fourth Missouri Cavalry as a member of Company 1. thus serving until the close of the war. He joined the army as a private; but was promoted through successive ranks until he attained that of major. He participated in the battle of Missionary Ridge and other important engagements and was mustered out at the close of the war at St. Louis. In one battle be received a gunshot wound, which caused him to lose part of his hand. In 1864 he was captured by the rebel troops, spent eleven months in Andersonville prison and came out almost a physical wreck, but by careful nursing and attention he finally recovered his health. When the war was ended and he was mustered out of the service he turned his attention to the manufacture of cigars in St. Louis, where he remained until 1866, when he removed to Cincinnati. Ohio, spending about a year there. He then returned to St. Louis, and in 1870 he came to Hillsboro, where he established a cigar factory which he conducted with good success up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1876. In his fraternal relations he was an odd fellow and politically was a Republican. He married Miss Clara Benkler, a daughter of John Benkler, a native of Germany in which country he served as a judge. Both he and his wife died in the fatherland. Mrs. Frey was born near Bremen. Germany, in 1839, and is now living in Hillsboro with a daughter. She was a most devoted wife and mother and made many sacrifices for her children after her husband's death. She holds membership with the Lutheran church and her entire life has been in consistent harmony with her profession. Unto Mr. and Mrs. George A. Frey were born four children: Jacob, of this review; Katie, the wife of John O. Miller; George, who was a member of Company E, Fifth Illinois Infantry, and served in the Spanish-American war, after which he returned home and re-enlisted for service in the Philippines, where his death occurred in August, 1902, when he was twenty-four years of age, his remains, however, being interred in the cemetery at Hillsboro; and Ida F., who is the wife of George Dunn.