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Subject: [GEORGE-L] Joseph E. George, 14 Jul 1822, Mason County, WV
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:42:27 EST

History of the Great Kanawha Valley, Vol II, Page 49-50
Joseph E. George, representative of a pioneer family of Mason county, W. Va.,
was born in Arbuckle district of that county, July 14, 1822. His paternal
grandfather was Joseph George, born in Fauquier county, of Scotch descent. He
married Lydia Shumate of the same county and lineage, the union resulting in
the following children: William, Cumberland, Joseph, Whitson, Sallie and Ann.
William George, the father of our subject, was born in March, 1789. He was a
soldier of 1812 and immediately after the close of that war, in 1815, was
united in marriage with Nancy Eastham, who was born in 1793. The marriage
gave birth to the following children: Elizabeth, Andrew F. (deceased),
Joseph E., Margaret E., Lewis (deceased), Lucy E., Nancy C., Lydia S.
(deceased), Sallie B. (deceased), and Catherine S. The father, mother and the
two eldest children removed into the Kanawba valley in 1820 and located in
what is now Arbuckle district, just below Five Mile creek. There the parents
lived until their deaths, that of the father occurring in 1871 and the mother
in 1879. He was a minister of the gospel of the Missionary Baptist faith and
was the first of that belief to settle in what is now Mason county. Through
his ministry and individual efforts he was instrumental in founding the first
Baptist church in which the first organized Baptist society in the county
worshipped. This noteworthy event was consummated in 1821, the association
being significantly named Teay's Valley, and still maintains an existence.
Mr. George was their first pastor and preached for them during the course of
many arduous and eventful years. He was also the founder and first pastor of
the "Concord" Baptist church, and of another congregation in Arbuckle
district, which still continues as a reminder of his many valuable deeds in
the cause of religion. His oldest son, Andrew F. George, was a gallant
confederate soldier during the war and lived in Mason county until 1884, when
his death occurred. Joseph E. George, the only living son of the old pioneer
minister and settler of Mason county, now owns and occupies the homestead of
his parents and is one of the foremost farmers of the county. In 1868 he was
married to Miss Sallie A. Henderson who was born in Mason county, November 7,
1828. Mr. George and wife rank among the leading families of their community
and are highly respected by a wide circle of acquaintances.

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