Collection of George A. Custer material. 1877-1916.

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Collection of George A. Custer material. 1877-1916.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29981858

Collection contains newspaper clippings, articles and typewritten copies of articles. Material was collected by Charles N. Kessler.

1 box (20 items) ; 39 x 27 x 8 cm.

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7281343

University of California, Los Angeles

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Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876

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Custer's paternal ancestors, Paulus and Gertrude Küster, came to the North American English colonies around 1693 from the Rhineland in Germany, probably among thousands of Palatines whose passage was arranged by the English government to gain settlers in New York and Pennsylvania. According to family letters, Custer was named after George Armstrong, a minister, in his devout mother's hope that her son might join the clergy. Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, to Emanuel Henry Custer (1806...