George Eyre

1838-1916

George Eyre (Hare) (1838-1916) was born 9 Apr. 1838 in Dowsby, Lincolnshire, England. He was the son of James Eyre and Ann Naylor. He married Rebecca Hopkin in 1861 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He was baptized 22 Nov. 1854. He prayed at a meeting attended by Wilford on 7 Dec. 1883 in Minersville, Beaver Co., Utah Territory, and, while serving as a Bishop, signed mission call responses sent to President Woodruff between 1895 and 1898. He died in 1916 and was buried in Lyman, Uinta Co., Wyoming.

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