Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....George, Eugene  1829 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

EUGENE GEORGE, whose pleasant home is situated upon section 12, Mundy Township,
enesee County, was born in Switzerland, December 19, 1829. His father, George
George, was a hatter by trade, and a soldier under Bonaparte and was present at
the burning of Moscow. He came to America in 1849, and his wife, Angeline, came
the year following. They made their home in Mundy Township. In 1853, she was
taken sick and died while on a visit to her daughter in Canada, and her husband
lived until 1877, when he passed from earth in Mundy Township.

  The six children of this family were all brought up in their native home and
came to this country with their parents. Our subject was the third in order of
age and was given the opportunity to learn in Switzerland the baker's trade from
his father who kept a bake shop for a while. This young man was one who had a
great desire to see world and understand the different ways of different people,
and he spent some time traveling through Switzerland to see the country and
learn the habits of the people.

  In April, 1849, young George left Switzerland for America, and landed in New
York in July of that year, having been fifty-seven days on the ocean, traveling
in a sailing vessel. Since coming to this country he has been a resident of
Mundy Township, with the exception of one season which he spent in Grand Rapids.

  May 31,1851, Mr. George married Harriet Ganson, of Mundy Township, a native of
New York State. Mr. George has been engaged in farming since coming to Mundy
Township, and he now has seventy acres of land upon which he has erected
excellent buildings. He formerly owned two hundred and twenty acres, but he has
divided much of his property with his sons. His four children are Theo J.,
Victor, Celina and Florence. The elder daughter is now the wife of Lyman T. Curtis.

  Our subject finds himself in sympathy with the leaders of the Democratic
party, and religiously he is a member of the Roman Catholic Church. Since coming
to this country he has ever cherished an interest in the affairs of his old home
and in 1879 he revisited Switzerland, going by the way of France, and made a six
months' trip for health and pleasure. His pleasant home and excellent farm
buildings are an ornament to the township, and his whole property bears the
marks of a systematic and thorough farmer.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892



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