GEORGE W. STACEY, proprietor of a handsome glassware and china store in Monongahela, has become prominently identified with the interests o that town during his short residence within its limits, and is a most valued citizen. John Stacey, his father, was born in Cut Lambeth, London, England, and coming to America, when a young man, settled in Kentucky and followed the trade of a marble cutter. After remaining some time in that State, he came to Allegheny, Penn., where he died in 1858. His wife, Louisa, was the daughter of John Larcombe, also a native of England, who, before coming to America, married Mary Bird. They located at Burgettstown, Penn., but after a time moved to a permanent home at a place called Joseph’s Mills, W. Va. Their children, eight in number, were born as follows: Louisa (Mrs. Stacey), Charles, Martha, Jane, George, Levi, Virginia and Ann. The father was a staunch advocate of Democratic principles, and in religion was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He died at his home in 1879. The following named children were born to John and Louisa Stacey: George W., John W., Louisa and Deborah. George W. Stacey, the subject of this sketch, was born October 15, 1849, at Allegheny, Penn., where he was reared and educated. At the age of eighteen years he began working for a merchant, with whom he remained three years; then he embarked in the trading business, which he followed seventeen years in different portions of Pennsylvania. In 1890 he opened a glassware and china store in Monongahela, which is now one of the largest and most complete establishments of the kind in the Monongahela Valley. Politically he is an active Republican. He was married August 9, 1886, to Annie, daughter of John Freed, a resident of Beaver Falls, Penn., to whom one son was born.

Text taken from page 699 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed May 1997 by Dawna Trainor of Baltimore, MD as part of the Beers Project. Published June 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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