Hancock County OhArchives Biographies.....George, Edward 1850 - 
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Author: Warner & Beers (1886)

   EDWARD GEORGE, M.D., Van Buren, born in Mercer County. Penn., March 18, 1850,
is the eldest son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Harlow) George, natives,
respectively, of Pennsylvania and Germany, and who came to this county in 1855,
where they still reside. They have two children: Dr. Edward George and Louisa
(wife of Orrin A. Ballard, of Findlay). Jonathan George, a carpenter by trade,
is the son of John George, who was a soldier in the war of 1812. Dr. Edward
George received his education in this county, and in early life clerked in a
store. He commenced the study of medicine in 1872, under Drs. T. & T. C.
Ballard, of Benton Ridge, Ohio, and took his first course in the medical
department of the Michigan University in 1873-74; in 1875-76 he attended the
Butler University, at Indianapolis, Ind., graduating therefrom February 25,
1876. In May of the same year he located in Van Buren, where he has since
enjoyed an extensive practice. He was united in marriage, September 30, 1875,
with Esther Whisler, daughter of Samuel Whisler, a merchant of Benton Ridge. The
Doctor is a Republican in politics. He has filled the office of mayor of Van
Buren. He united with the Presbyterian Church in January, 1882, and was elected
and has served as Sabbath-school superintendent four years in succession, up to
the present time.

Additional Comments:
Book Title: History Of Hancock County
Allen Township


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