GEORGE W. LUELLEN is a grandson of Henry Luellen, who came from the banks of the Ocheeche river in "Old Virginia," to Amwell township, Washington Co., Penn., about 1783, and locating on the farm now owned by Grant Moninger, took up 200 acres of land. He was united in marriage with a Miss Barnet, of Washington county, and to their union were born three sons and four daughters: Asa, Luellen (deceased), Mrs. Betsey Slusher (deceased), Jessie (deceased), Reason (deceased), Polly (Mrs. Kearn), and Mrs. Millie Featherland (deceased). Mr. Luellen spent the rest of his life on the farm, and was successful in business. Reason Luellen, son of Hemy, was born in 1795, on the old home farm in Amwell township this county, where he passed his life, receiving a limited education in the schools of the period. He was married to Sarah Pettit, who bore him the following children: Charles, George W., Jonathan, Bowen (deceased),Henry and Andrew Jackson (the last named being deceased). The mother of these children dying, Mr. Luellen was united in marriage with a Miss Reynolds, and they had two children: Sarah (Mrs. Riggle), and Simon, who died in the army. Mr. Luellen devoted his life to farming, and owned a good farm of 180 acres in Amwell township, Washington county, also about three hundred and sixty acres in Iowa. He died on the old farm in 1858, in his sixty-third year. George W. Luellen was born in 1825 on the old homestead in Amwell township, Washington county, and remained at home until twenty-five years of age, receiving a common- school education. In 1850 he was married to Miss Rebecca Thompson, of Amwell township, who has borne him four children: Mary Ann (Mrs. Closser), Margaret Ellen (Mrs. Russell), Allison (deceased), and Emma (Mrs. Swart). Mr. Luellen has a good farm of 150 acres in Amwell township, and has been a busy and successful man. In politics he has always been a Democrat, and has held the office of road commissioner three terms, or nine years. Now sixty-seven years of age, he is a strong, healthy man, and has yet the promise of many useful and happy years to come.

Text taken from page 1327 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed February 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published February 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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