Henry Hosic George and Sarah Brown

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Husband Henry Hosic George ¹

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           Born: 20 Feb 1833 - Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH 1
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         Father: Henry Hosic George (1800-1875) 2
         Mother: Maria Dolman (1802-1849) 2

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       Marriage: 1865 3

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   Other Spouse: Ella M. Martin (      -      ) 3

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Wife Sarah Brown ³

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Children

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1 M McCleod Melville George ³

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2 F Nettie M. George ³

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         Spouse: Frank Agnew (      -      ) 3

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3 F Mary Jane George ³

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         Spouse: Walter McCarrol (      -      ) 3

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4 F Margaret Elizabeth George ⁴

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           Born:  - Cedarville, Greene Co, OH
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         Spouse: Frederick W. Ransom (1872-      ) 4
           Marr: 13 Sep 1894 4

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5 M William Henry George ³

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General Notes: Husband - Henry Hosic George

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He began acquiring his excellent education in the public schools of the county of his birth, also attending those of Adams county, Ohio, later entering Geneva College, at Northwood, Ohio, whence he was graduated in the class of 1853. After receiving his diploma from this institution he was offered the chair of languages, a tribute to the success with which his studies there had been pursued, and for two years taught in that college. In 1858 he entered the ministry of the Covenanter Church, becoming pastor of a church on Clinton street, Cincinnati, Ohio, the synod of the church calling him to the presidency of his alma mater in 1872. After he had gathered about him a talented and able faculty and had started the mechanism of the college at full speed under the new administration, he turned his attention to a matter that had impressed him when he was first connected with the school in an official capacity\emdash the advisability of moving the college to another place. To this project he gave careful and long consideration, finally deciding upon College Hill, a suburb of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, as an ideal site. The change was begun in 1879 and completed in 1880, the new conditions being much more advantageous than the old, more effective work resulting therefrom. At this time the enrollment of the college was one hundred, a fifty per cent. increase having been recorded since the institution was housed in its new surroundings. Another of Mr. George's achievements was the endowing of the college, $200,000 being devoted to this purpose, by means of which the equipment of the college was vastly improved, a point benefiting both pupils and instructors, since with the handicap of insufficient materials neither could obtain the best results, even from the most honest labor. In 1890 he paid the penalty that Nature exacts from all who disregard physical limitations, and was compelled to resign from the presidency of Geneva College. Two years of rest followed, in which the abused nerves, muscles, and tissues, remarshaled their defeated forces, and when he was once more restored to health and strength he entered the lecture field, his engagements carrying him to nearly every state in the Union. This he continued for fifteen years, at the end of that time identifying himself with the National Reform Movement, in which he remained until 1906. In the latter year he retired. During his active career he was a contributor to several periodicals, his written work carrying the same tone of conviction that characterized his addresses.

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General Notes: Wife - Sarah Brown

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from Cincinnati, OH

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 146.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 145.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 147.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 144.