JOHN J. GEORGE, farmer and stock raiser, Mt. Pleasant township, was born February 5, 1847, in Columbiana county, Ohio, a son of David H. and Christiana J. (George) George. His paternal grandfather was Judge Thomas George, who married Jane Hunter, and she died many years ago. He was married the second time, and passed away in August, 1873. David H. George, a son of Judge Thomas George, was born in 1813, in Jefferson county, Ohio. In 1839 he was married to Christiana J. George, who was born in 1819, in Mt. Pleasant township, Washington county, Penn., a daughter of Jacob and Isabella (Berry) George, both of Washington county, Penn. Jacob George was a Covenanter originally, and then joined the United Presbyterian Church, in which he was a ruling elder. He died November 29, 1880. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. David H. George settled in Columbiana county, Ohio, and children were born to them as follows: J. Newton (deceased in March, 1880), Thos. P. (living in McDonald, Penn.), William K. (yet living in Columbiana county, Ohio), John J. (whose name opens this sketch), Robert E. (living on the old homestead), Bella J. (wife of Rev. S. J. Kyle, a minister of Cambridge, Washington Co., N. Y.), and Margaret T. (who died unmarried December 6, 1861, in Ohio). The parents were formerly members of the Associate Reformed Church, then united with the U. P. Society. The father was an active member of the Whig and Republican parties, and an ardent Abolitionist. He died December 16, 1861, in Ohio, where his widow is yet residing. David H. George had eleven brothers and sisters, all now deceased except two brothers and one sister; his wife had one brother and two sisters, of whom the brother and one sister are dead. John J. George was educated in the district schools of his birthplace. In 1874 he came to a farm in Mt. Pleasant township, Washington Co., Penn., and March 3, 1881, was married to Miss A. Emma, who was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., only daughter of John and Nancy Lindsay, natives of Ireland, who came to America many years ago, locating in Pittsburgh, Penn., where the father is yet living; the mother died in 1877. Mr. and Mrs. John J. George have resided all their married life on the farm of 137 acres which belongs to Mrs. C. T. George, and they own (adjoining the property) sixty-two acres of land which contains a producing oil-well. Mr. George is an active member of the Republican party. He and his wife are members of the Centre U. P. Church at Midway, in which he is a ruling elder. They have an adopted daughter, Bertha B.

Text taken from page 1027 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed March 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published March 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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