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John L George
JOHN L. GEORGE, a prosperous farmer of Gilpin township, was born in Burrell
township, Armstrong Co., Pa., Oct. 5, 1859, being a son of John George and
grandson of Leonard George.Leonard George came from Westmoreland county, Pa., to Armstrong county
about 1830, settling in Burrell township, where he bought a farm which he
operated until his death, dying on his homestead. His remains are buried at
the Brick Church in Burrell township. The maiden name of his wife was Barbara
Gongaware, and she bore him children as follows: Jacob died in Plum Creek
township; Philip died in Gilpin township; Peter died in Plum Creek township;
John lives in Leechburg; Samuel died at Leechburg; Joseph lives in Indiana
county, Pa.; William died in Burrell township; Lewis is living in Plum Creek
township. Jacob, Philip, Peter and Lewis all served as soldiers during the
Civil war.John George, father of John L. George, was born in Burrell township April
10, 1832, and in early life was a farmer, but later became a stonemason,
working in Leechburg. He now lives retired. He married Barbara J. Shaffer,
daughter of John and Barbara (Sowers) Shaffer, and she passed away in May,
1909, and is buried in Evergreen cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. John George were the
parents of the following children: Margaret, wife of James Morrow; John L.;
Albert E.; William L.; Isaac E.; Herman M.; Edward E., deceased; and Helfrick
K., deceased.John L. George attended the schools of Bethel and Plum Creek townships, and
Leechburg and Elderton Academies, and for nine years taught school in
Armstrong county. For eight terms he was teaching in Gilpin township, and one
term in Plum Creek township. In 1882 he began farming. Setting to work to
improve his property, he has developed a very fine farm, which he devotes to
fruit growing and stock raising, having met with remarkable success in these
lines.On Sept. 13, 1882, Mr. George married Lydia A. Klingensmith, daughter of
Peter and Sarah A. (Shuster) Klingensmith. Mr. and Mrs. George have no
children of their own, but they reared a nephew, Ivan W. Ellenberger, now a
prosperous business man of Zanesville, O. In politics Mr. George is a
Democrat, and has served very acceptably as tax collector, school director for
six years, during which time he was president of the board, and justice of the
peace in Gilpin township for five years. For years he has been a consistent
member of the Forks Lutheran Church, and served on the building committees
when the new parsonage and churches were erected. He has been a member of the
church council for twenty-five years. For twenty-two years he has been a
teacher in the Sunday school, and for fourteen of these years was
superintendent, being well fitted to instruct the young and present Biblical
subjects in the way to impress them upon their minds.Source: Pages(s) 708, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed October 1998 by Neil G. Anderson for the Armstrong County Beers
Project
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