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George Wallace Stroud was born in September 1852, most likely on September 29 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.¹ He married Alvina G. Fischer on April 14, 1877, in Pope County, Illinois.² The couple had nine children between 1877 and 1900. Eight survived to be recorded in the 1900 census—all born in Kentucky: Lilian (March 1881), Charlotte (December 1883), Luona (May 1886), Willie (September 1888), Frederick (September 1890), George (March 1893), Charles (February 1895), and Clarice (November 1897).³

George resided in Livingston County, Kentucky, throughout his adult life. The 1900 census records the family in Ray Spring Voting Precinct, and the 1910 census places them in Magisterial District 5, both within Livingston County.^{4 5} George passed away in Livingston County on December 20, 1917. While his death certificate identifies his mother as Elizabeth Johnston, the father's name is not listed.⁶ He was interred the next day at Loves Chapel Cemetery (also known as Loves Cemetery), where his grave marker can still be found today.⁷

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¹ Kentucky Department of Health, Certificate of Death no. 33981 (1917), Livingston County, George W. Stroud, died 20 December 1917; "Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965," database and images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1222/ : accessed 22 January 2026) > Death Certificates, 1911-1965 > 1914-1918 > Film 7016201: All Counties > image 988; citing Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Microfilm #7016201.

² Pope County, Illinois, Marriage Book E: 2, license 78, George W. Stroud and Alvina G. Fischer, 14 April 1877, marriage license and certification; Pope County Clerk's Office, Golconda.

³ 1900 U.S. census, Livingston County, Kentucky, population schedule, Ray Spring Voting Precinct, p. 281-B (stamped), enumeration district (ED) 58, sheet 7-B, dwelling 130, family 133, George W. Stroud household;  imaged, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/ : accessed 23 January 2026) > Kentucky > Livingston > Ray Spring > District 0058 > image 14; citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 539.

⁴ Ibid.

⁵ 1910 U.S. census, Livingston County, Kentucky, population schedule, Magisterial District 5 (Part of), p. 95-B (stamped), enumeration district (ED) 106, sheet 4-B, dwelling 69, family 69, George W. Stroud household; imaged, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7884/ : accessed 21 October 2020) > Kentucky > Livingston > District 5 > District 0106 > image 8; citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 491.

⁶ Kentucky Department of Health, Certificate of Death no. 33981 (1917), Livingston County, George W. Stroud, died 20 December 1917; "Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965," database and images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1222/ : accessed 22 January 2026) > Death Certificates, 1911-1965 > 1914-1918 > Film 7016201: All Counties > image 988; citing Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Microfilm #7016201.

⁷ Find a Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50426842/george-wallace-stroud : viewed on 23 January 2026), "George Wallace Stroud" (1852–1917) memorial created by "U.S. Grave Walker," with grave marker image by Timothy Ward; citing Loves Cemetery, Livingston County, Kentucky.