Biographical Sketch of George W. Britain, Greene County, Missouri, Pond 
Creek Township

>From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western
Historical Company, 1883.

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This gentleman is the son of John and Catherine (Hensley) Britain, and
was born in McMinn County, Tenn., June 20, 1827.  His parents were nat-
ives of that State.  His father was a soldier of the War of 1812, and
his grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.  In 1836 his
parents moved to Greene County, Mo., where his mother died in 1837, and
in 1838 his father moved to Bates County, Mo.  In 1840 his father died,
while on a trip back to this county, so George was left an orphan at 
the age of thirteen years.  The children were brought back to this
county, and George was bound out to Royal Hazelton, then of Brookline
township.  When twenty-one years of age he was offered eighty acres of
land for one hundred dollars, which he took, and upon which he has 
since resided.  He now owns over fourteen hundred acres of land, besid-
es giving a thousand acres to his children.  He is next to the largest
farmer in the county, and the largest tax payer in Pond Creek township.
He is a liberal, enterprising citizen, and his hand is ever ready to
help the deserving.  Starting in life as a "bound boy" his rise to
wealth, position, and honorable and useful citizenship is almost with-
out a parallel, and is a fine example to those who have energy and 
determination.  During the war he served for a year in Capt. Redfearn's
company of militia.  He has been a member of the Methodist church for 
over thirty years.  Mr. Britain was married in 1849 to Miss Betsy Ann,
daughter of Alexander and Margaret Bailey, of this county, formerly of
Tennessee.  Their union has been blest with nine children, eight of 
whom are living, viz.: Marcus F., John W., Eli H., Melissa A., James A.,
Sarah E., Albert A., and Amanda B.

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