Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Tracy, George S 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

George S. Tracy, of the firm of Galt & Tracy, manufacturers of farm machinery, 
Sterling, was born in Norwich, Mass., June 28, 1829. His father, John Tracy, 
was a mechanic, of whom he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner. His 
mother's maiden name was Betsey Dimock. Mr. Tracy came to Sterling in 1857, 
and became a member of the firm of Cook & Co., in the manufacture of sash and 
doors, which relation was sustained until 1863. Having bought out his 
partners, he at this date merged his business with that of Thomas A. Galt, 
since which time they have carried on a good trade, employing usually 200 to 
250 hands. Mr. T. is also a stockholder in the Sterling Manufacturing Company, 
which was the old establishment he took of Cook & Co. Mr. Tracy was married in 
Camden, Me., Sept. 7, 1863, to Miss Helen M., daughter of Nathaniel and Eliza 
Hosmer, and a native of Camden. They have had three children, all born in 
Sterling, viz.: Susan, Frank and Edith. Frank is attending the scientific 
department of an institution of learning at East Hampton, Mass.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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