BIOGRAPHY: Robert L. GEORGE, Cambria County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by David Monahan. USGENWEB ARCHIVES (tm) NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information are included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ ____________________________________________________________ From Wiley, Samuel T., ed. Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Union Publishing Co., 1896, p. 449-50 ____________________________________________________________ Robert L. GEORGE Robert L. George was reared at his native place and received a collegiate education, attending, first, St. Francis college, at Loretto, and then entering St. Vincent College, at Latrobe, Westmoreland county, from which noted institution he was graduated in 1867. Leaving college, he read law with judge Robert L. Johnson, of this county, was admitted to the bar in November, 1870, and practiced for two years at Gallitzin, which he then left to locate at North Platte, in the State of Nebraska. After two years spent in the West, Mr. George returned to Cambria county, and was engaged in the general mercantile business at Lilly up to 1887. In that year he retired from the mercantile business and came back to Gallitzin, where he resumed the active practice of his profession, which has engaged nearly all of his time since. In June, 1880, Mr. George was united in marriage with Rose Storm, a daughter of Elias Storm, of Summit, this county. Mr. and Mrs. George have an adopted daughter named Winifred. Mr. George is a member of the Catholic church. He was unfortunate in losing his left arm in a saw-mill, June 14, 1864, when only sixteen years of age. Mr. George is neat and tasteful, has a pleasant home, and possesses many friends. He practices in the courts of Cambria and adjoining counties, is a careful, experienced, and successful lawyer, and has a good practice.