George Malosh was born on a farm near Mt. Tabor, Wisconsin in 1865. He came to Dakota Territory in 1884 settling near Flandreau, South Dakota. While in South Dakota he drove stage coach.

In 1892 he came to Barnes County to farm in the Sanborn-Eckelson area. He took over a claim someone else had given up. He told about coming to North Dakota from South Dakota, by team and wagon with a plow in the wagon and a cow tied behind the wagon. He said he could hardly get through Valley City as the mud was do deep in the river valley. He farmed until moving to Sanborn around 1900. He then worked for an oil company for many years but also kept his farm.

George married Alice Clark in Humboldt, Iowa, in 1899. Alice was born in Iowa in 1881.

George and Alice lived all their married life in Sanborn. George died in 1956 at the age of 91. Alice died in 1959 at the age of 78.

They were the parents of five children, as follows: Howard married Leona Noecker; Marjorie (Mrs. William White); Myrtle (Mrs. Charles White); Irene (Mrs. Ralph Krug - Mrs. Russell Moe) and Lyle.

Of these children Lyle is not living. He passed away in 1959. Howard is in Oregon, Myrtle in California, Marjorie in Valley City and Irene on a farm near Valley City.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 150