BIO: George FOREMAN, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, pages 380-381.
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  GEORGE FOREMAN, Aughwick Mills, Huntingdon county, Pa., is a native 
of Franklin county, a son of George and Elizabeth (Ziegler) Foreman. He 
was born May 4, 1853. He is of Irish and German descent, his paternal 
grandfather having been a native of Ireland, and his maternal 
grandfather of Germany. Both emigrated to this country; the former, who 
was a blacksmith, settled in Huntingdon county, and the latter, a 
tanner, in Franklin county, Pa. Mr. George Foreman, father of George, 
was a farmer, and at one time was a supervisor of his township. His 
wife, the daughter of Isaac Ziegler, was born in Franklin county. Their 
children are: Amanda (Mrs. Isaac Taylor); Matilda (Mrs. Lewis 
Bollinger); Annie (Mrs. William Hawn); Alice (Mrs. L. Reck); Charlotte 
(Mrs. Pete Buckley); George; John; and Simon. The father died March 9, 
1888, aged sixty-three; but the mother is still with her children, in 
comfortable health, though at an advanced age.
  The education of George Foreman was begun in Franklin county, and 
completed in Huntingdon county, when he was eighteen years old. Until 
he was twenty, he worked at farming; at that time, he began to learn 
carpentry. After serving a three years' apprenticeship, he began work 
for himself, and has continued in the same occupation up to the present 
time, with the exception of a few years given to milling. Mr. Foreman 
is a Democrat. He is an active member of the Knights of the Maccabees.
  George Foreman was married in 1884, to Lydia, daughter of Ephraim and 
Elizabeth Hampton. They have five children: Bertha (Mrs. Asbury Neval); 
Eva (Mrs. Thomas Bodine); Alice E.; Caroline; and Luella. Mrs. 
Foreman's father was engaged as a general laborer. Mr. and Mrs. Hampton 
had a family of fourteen children, of whom four are now living: Lewis; 
Richard; Ephraim; and Lydia (Mrs. Foreman). Mr. and Mrs. Hampton are 
both deceased.