Bio of GEORGE, Dr. James Woodward (b.1869), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

JAMES WOODWARD GEORGE, M. D. - Vol III, pg 360-363
Dr. James Woodward George, a capable member of the medical profession whose
sterling qualities in other walks of life also contributed to the high standing
which was his in Minneapolis and to the warm regard which was uniformly tendered
him, was born in Rockford, Minnesota, June 29, 1869. His father was Guildford
Dudley George, a native of New Hampshire, whose forebears came from England
during colonial days. He was a mechanical engineer and, coming to Rockford in
1853, was not only one of the earliest settlers but one of the most prominent.
He served for two terms as treasurer of Wright county and for two terms
represented his district in the state senate. In 1855 he married Miss Mary
Herring Woodward, a descendant of the Herring family of early English history.
James Woodward George was the youngest of their six children.
Most of his early life James Woodward George spent in Rockford, where he
attended grammar school and enjoyed the out-of-door recreations of the village
boys, fishing and swimming in the Crow river and hunting in the surrounding
woods. Even at this age he showed the love of books and music which
characterized his later life. Completing the work of the village school, he came
to Minneapolis, where he graduated from the Central high school. In 1897 he
received the degree of Bachelor of Science at the University of Minnesota. The
following year was spent teaching mathematics at the East high school, but
teaching as a profession did not satisfy him and the next fall he entered the
College of Medicine of the University of Minnesota. He graduated in 1902.
Dr. George began his professional work in Nashwauk, Minnesota, where he was mine
surgeon until January, 1904, when he moved to Aitkin, Minnesota. In 1910 he
returned to Minneapolis. He was a Mason, a member of the Delta Upsilon and Nu
Sigma Nu fraternities, the Hennepin County, State and American Medical
societies, and for the past ten years a member of the medical staff of Abbott
Hospital. During December, 1917, he lectured on anaesthesia at the University
and in October, 1918, was appointed as assistant professor of surgery, resigning
in October, 1920. During the World war Dr. George was a member of the Medical
Reserve Corps and one of the examining board during the draft. He was distinctly
a family physician of the type always to be depended upon as friend and
counselor as well as medical advisor.
Brought up in the Presbyterian church, its tenets were early imprinted on his
character and so strongly influenced him that he did not feel at home in a
church of another denomination. At the time of his death he was an active member
of Stewart Memorial Presbyterian church. Always of a thoughtful, studious
disposition, Dr. George enjoyed books of many sorts, was keenly interested in
all mechanical inventions and achievements, and was a lover of the best in music
and the arts. Dr. John W. Powell, a Delta Upsilon brother and classmate, said of
him: "He was one of the truest men I have ever known. His clear-headed good
sense, his transparent sincerity, his straightforward moral earnestness, made
him a friend to depend on."
In 1903 he married Etta L. Nye, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Nye of
Minneapolis. Their four children, Lois, Dudley, Elizabeth and Robert, were born
in Aitkin, Minnesota.
Dr. George died suddenly, October 16, 1922. Besides his wife and children he is
survived by three sisters and a brother: Miss Mary George of Chelsea, Vermont;
Mrs. F. P. McQuillin of Aitkin, Minnesota; Mrs. J. L. Kearney of Jerome, Idaho;
and Arthur A. George of Minneapolis.