Excerpt from History of Kane County, Ill, Vol. 2: Illustrated With Portraits and Views

He is a man of resourceful ability, who has not onlv successfully controlled a single line of activitv but has displayed that power of adjustment and even balance which has enabled him to capably manage varied interests. He seems to possess an almost intuitive perception as to the value of a business situa tion and his judgment in commercial and financial matters is rarely, if ever, at fault. In 1892 he largely assumed the management of the Old Second \'ational Bank in the capacity of vice president, and upon the death of his father, Alonzo George, in 1895, he succeeded to the presidency and has since been at the head of this institution. The bank is one of the strongest financial concerns in this part of the state, with a large clientage and extensive con sections. A general banking busmess is carried on and in the control of the house Mr. George manifests keen discrimination as well as the power of executive control. Manv other business interests which have had direct bear ing upon the upbuilding and welfare of this part of the state have received the benefit of his cooperation and direction. He is a director of the Aurora Cotton Mills, and manv of Aurora's manufacturing institutions. He is also prominently known as an importer and breeder of Hereford and other cattle and his landed possessions comprise about fifteen hundred acres of valuable farm lands in the vicinity of Aurora. His investments have been judiciously placed and from them he derives a substantial annual revenue.

On the 11th of October, 1887, occurred the marriage of Mr. George and \liss Alice Maude Lounsbury, a daughter of the Rev. E. W. Lounsbury, I). D., and Alice (carson) Lounsbury, of Jordan, New York. They have two children: Alice May, fifteen years of age; and Elizabeth Marcia, four vears of age.

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