Later Life
After returning from the nation’s capitol, he settled on his farm with his wife Fanny. She was the sister of Meek’s Native American wife Virginia, and George and Fanny would have three children. Ebbert was one of the first purchasers of town lots in Hillsboro, Oregon, along with Ralph Wilcox, David T. Lenox, Alvin T. Smith, and others in the early 1850s. His land claim in Washington County was adjacent to what became the town of Orenco, Oregon, and is the site of much of the Orenco Station development in Hillsboro. George Ebbert died on October 1, 1890, and was buried at the West Union Baptist Church Cemetery in West Union, Oregon. The Washington County Museum has a George Ebbert Society.
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