George E. Filley

The first attorney-at-law and notary public of Kingman at a young age and ran his own Real Estate and Insurance Agency.

He was born December 3rd, 1852 at St. Louis County in Missouri. He died at age 59 on July 8th, 1912 and was buried at Masonic Memorial Park in Tumwater, Washington.

According to William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas 1883:

"GEORGE E. FILLEY, editor, was born in St. Louis, Mo., December 3, 1852. His father was a native of Hartford, Conn., and his mother of Lansingburg, N. Y. Lived ten years in Missouri, but early in the war the family was compelled to leave the State on account of the pronounced Union principles of George's father. From Missouri, the family moved to Chicago, where they remained until the close of the war, when they moved to Lawrence, Kan., where they resided eight years, going from there to Burlingame. The education of George E. commenced in the public schools, going from them to Baker University, at Baldwin City, Kan., next to the State University at Lawrence, finishing at Asbury University, Greencastle, Ind. In 1875, he entered the law office of William Thomson, at Burlingame, Kan., and read and studied law under his direction. He was admitted to practice at the bar in August 1877, and immediately thereafter moved to Kingman. In March 1878, he was appointed Postmaster and held the office until April 1883. In March 1881, he purchased the Kingman County Citizen, which he still continues to edit and publish. On December 3, 1879, he was married, at Kingman, Kan., to Miss Lou J. Frazier."