- George, born in Kentucky in 1800; married Polly McKinney; George was a man of limited education but of superior natural talent ; he took an active part in the Anti-Slavery movement, also was a strong advocate of temperance; he was a good speaker and stood very high in his community. He came to this county at an early day and remained a number of years, afterward moving to Iowa, where, during the late war, he recruited a company of men called Gray Beards, as they were all over military age; he was elected Captain and served three years in the war, and lived to return to Iowa where he afterward died.
