Bio: William F. George :Pittsfield, Merrimack Co, New Hampshire

****************************************************************************
USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical
information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research
and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all
copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format
or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or
organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of
presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his
legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with
proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb
Archives to store the file permanently for free access.
http://www.usgwarchives.net.

Submitted by: Rick Giirtman  rickman@worldpath.net
Date: March 16, 2001
****************************************************************************

From the Book
'History of Pittsfield, N. H. in the Rebellion'
by H. L. Robinson, published 1893


WILLIAM F. GEORGE

was a blacksmith who occupied a shop on Park street. He was a superior
workman. Of his early life I have learned only a little, but believe that he
was a native of Sandown, N. H. He lived for a time in New York state, where
he learned his trade. He married, first, a Miss Batchelder of Chichester,
near Kelley's corner, and after her death he married a Widow Chestley, who
had a son Joseph, that was killed at Gettysburg. (See sketch of Joseph
Chestley.) George enlisted in Company F, Twelfth New Hampshire volunteers,
and served with the regiment until his discharge in 1865. He lived but a
short time after reaching home.

W. H. Blake of his company relates how cool Mr. George was under fire. At
the Battle of Fredericksburg, while the shells were flying over the river
and bursting all around him, George sat on a cracker box reading a
newspaper, taking no notice of the flying missiles.

One day he was engaged in shoeing a mule during a thunder shower. The
lightning struck the mule, killing him, and injuring Comrade George so that
he died from its effects after he returned home.