BIO: George B. UZZELL, Centre County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania: Including 
the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion: Containing 
Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Etc. 
Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1898.
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  GEORGE B. UZZELL. The subject of this history is one of the prominent 
citizens of Clarence, Centre county, and the owner and proprietor of 
the leading hotel of the place. A native of Centre county, he was born 
in Snow Shoe, May 10, 1863, and is a son of John G. Uzzell, a Welchman 
by birth. In 1843, the father accompanied his parents of their 
emigration from Wales to the United States, being at that time ten 
years of age. They located at Karthaus, Clearfield Co., Penn., where 
the grandfather obtained employment at the furnace.
  In 1854 John G. Uzzell came to Centre county, and at first engaged in 
blacksmithing in Snow Shoe, where in 1862 he erected a hotel, which is 
still in use. He is now principally interested in agricultural 
pursuits, and upon a tract of 500 acres in the Allegheny Mountains 
makes a specialty of raising deer, while the streams he has well 
stocked with fish. An enterprising, progressive man, he was one of the 
first to clear land in Snow Shoe township. He married Elizabeth Etters, 
born in Centre county, in 1838, and to them were born three sons: John, 
who died at the age of six years; George B., of this sketch; and James 
F., at home. George B. obtained a good practical education in the 
public schools of Centre county, and continued to assist his father in 
the work of the farm and in the hotel until 1893, when he purchased his 
present hotel in Clarence, and has since successfully conducted the 
same. The interests and comforts of his guests are the great objects 
that he is striving for, and no more genial and pleasant landlord can 
be found in a wide range of country. The house is well fitted up, is 
convenient and comfortable, and the cuisine is unexceptionable. 
  In May, 1886, at Snow Shoe, Mr. Uzzell was married to Miss Fannie 
Kramer, and five children were born to them: Bernice, who died of 
diphtheria, at the age of seven years; Elizabeth, who died at the age 
of two; Annie, who also died of diphtheria when two and one-half years 
old; James G., who is with his parents; and one who died unnamed. Mrs. 
Uzzell was born in Pine Glen, Centre county, June 24, 1866, a daughter 
of John H. and Rebecca J. (Fye) Kramer, natives of Penn's Valley, 
Centre county, the former born December 16, 1830, and the latter May 
27, 1841. They were married in Burnside township, same county, and 
became the parents of five children: Annie, wife of James Emerick, a 
hardware agent residing in Somerset county, Penn.; Carrie, wife of 
Edward Davis, a mine foreman of Clearfield county, Penn.; Fannie; 
Harry, a blacksmith of Holt Mines, Centre county; and Theodore, a 
railroad fireman of Clearfield. For a short time after their marriage, 
Mr. and Mrs. Kramer made their home in Clearfield county, and then 
returned to Centre county, where they are now living retired. By trade 
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father is a carpenter. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Uzzell, John 
and Margaret (Bowes) Fye, were natives of Ireland.
  Mr. Uzzell takes an active interest in civic societies, and is a 
prominent member of the Golden Eagle, the American Mechanics and the 
Odd Fellows fraternities, while politically he is a stanch adherent to 
the principles formulated by the Democratic party. He and his wife hold 
an enviable position in the social circles of the community where they 
make their home, and have many warm friends throughout the county.