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DEITZLER, George Washington, soldier, born in Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 30 November 1826; died near Tucson, Arizona, 11 April 1884. He received a common school education, removed to Kansas, and "grew up with the state." He was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives in 1857'8, and again in 1859'60, and during the former period was elected speaker. He was subsequently mayor of Lawrence, and treasurer of the University of Kansas. At the beginning of the war he was made colonel of the 1st regiment of Kansas volunteers. He was promoted to be brigadier general, 29 November 1862, but resigned in August of the year following. In 1864 he was commissioned major general of Kansas militia. Being thrown from a carriage killed him.
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