Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....McGeorge, T. H. 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   T. H. McGeorge, hardware, Covington, who is now one of the leading merchants
of Covington, is a native of Cincinnati. He came to Covington in 1855, and was
then but nineteen years old. He spent the time from 1852 until 1855 in the
cities of La Fayette and Indianapolis, Indiana, and Aurora, Illinois. The
principal part of this time he was engaged in railroading, and at one time was
known as the youngest engineer in the State of Indiana, he being only eighteen
years old. In 1855 Mr. McGeorge came to Covington to build a saw-mill and engage
in the manufacture and sale of lumber. This, however, he gave up after a time,
and began work in the foundry, in which he in a short time bought a half
interest. He continued interested in this line until about three years ago, when
he sold out to Mr. Dunkerly, since which time he has been engaged in the sale of
hardware and agricultural implements. In both branches of his trade he is now
doing an extensive business. In reaping machines alone, during the season of
1880, he made 123 sales. He buys all his goods for cash, and principally in
car-load lots. Mr. McGeorge has been twice married; first, in 1857, to Miss Anna
G. Stewart, and again, in 1878, to a Mrs. Crievling. His family consists of five
children, two boys and three girls.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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