George Eugene Eager (1859 – August 21, 1919) was the U.S. Consul in Barmen, Germany from 1907 to 1917 during World War I.[1]

George Eugene Eager on October 31, 1916, aboard the Noordam

Biography

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He was born on March 15, 1859, in Enfield, Massachusetts, to Clarissa Adaline and John Davis Eager. His siblings were Frederic Cutting Eager, Edwin Louis Eager, and William Eager. He married Ruth Fides Spalding on June 11, 1900, in Norwich, Connecticut.

He was the U.S. Consul in Barmen, Germany, from 1914 to 1917 during World War I.[2]

He died on August 21, 1919, in Chicago.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "George Eugene Eager". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2015-03-19.
  2. ^ "Illinois Man Confirmed". The Huntington Herald. March 30, 1906. Retrieved 2015-03-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "George E. Eager Dies, U.S. Consul". Chicago Tribune. August 22, 1919.