Greenbrier County, West Virginia DESCENDANTS OF JOHN GEORGE. This biography was submitted by Sandy Spradling, E-mail address: This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 165-166 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN GEORGE. Powhatan A. George, the well known druggist of Ronceverte, is a son of John A. George and grandson of John George, who was born in the Blue Sulphur district April 19, 1803, and died May 27, 185-, killed by a vicious horse. His wife was Margaret Miller. She was born in Summers county, March 28, 1811. She died May 6, 1862. John A. George was born September 9, 1842, and owned a large farm in the Blue Sulphur district. He married Elizabeth B. Miller, of Sumners county, May 26, 1868, and to them were born eleven children Norma C., April 4, 1869; Maude V., January 10, 1871; Powhatan A., December 14, 1872; Bertha M., December 27, 1874; Clarence T., January 8, 1877; Arthur H., December 18, 1878; John G., August 31, 1881; Homer Houston, March 29, 1883; Clarice E., December 31, 1884; Dorothy M., February, 1887; Helen, July 14, 1889. John George served in the war between the States in Company B, Twenty-sixth Virginia battalion, Edgar's bridage, Confederate service. He served from 1862 until the end of the war. He was in the battles of Fayetteville, New Market, Cold Harbor, Thorofare Gap, Winchester, Cedar Creek, and other minor engagements. The wife of Mr. George was born in Green Sulphur district, Summers county, January 2, 1850. She was a daughter of A. Alexander and Eliza (Hickman) Miller. Her father was born in Summers county, January 7, 1818, and her mother in Monroe county, May 18, 1821. She died November 9, 1866. Powhatan A. George remained with his parents until twenty-one years old, and he then took a course in pharmacy at Ada, Ohio, receiving his degree of Ph. G. in 1896. In the year following he located in Ronceverte and at first clerked in the drug store for H. B. Moore. In 1900, he purchased a half interest in the store with G. A. Miller. Under his own management and chief ownership, he has done an extensive business since that time. Mr. George is also identified with other large interests in Ronceverte. He is vice-president of the First National Bank of Ronceverte and is also a director in the Ronceverte Lumber Company. June 23, 1904, Mr. George married Miss Ethel Nickel, daughter of C. C. Nickel and Rose Bud Nickel, Nickells Mill, Monroe county. One child is the fruit of this union. Charles Alexander George, born February 15, 1911.