GEORGE WASHINGTON MINTON, a prominent and well-to-do lifelong farmer and stock raiser, of Morris township, is a native of the same, having been born January 4, 1817. His father, Philip Minton, who was a native of New Jersey, born October 6, 1782, came about the commencement of this century to Washington county, settling in Morris township, where he passed the remainder of his life, Indians and wild animals being at that time still numerous and troublesome. On January 21, 1803, he was married to Eunice Clutter, of Morrison township, by which union there were nine children, viz.: Rachel, Thaddeus, John, Sarah, Sophronia, Ruth, George Washington, Sarah Ann and Harriet, all of whom are now deceased except Sophronia and George Washington.
The subject of this memoir was married December 20, 1838, to Jane, daughter of Stephen Day, of Morris township, Greene Co., Penn., and the names and dates of birth of the children born to them are as follows: Sarah Philena, September 22, 1839; Bradley, July 25, 1842; Collins, October 30, 1845; Mary Edith, April 25, 1848; John, November 13, 1850; Stephen Minton, June 9, 1853; George Lowrie, May 22, 1856; Philip Leondus, May 29, 1858; Oliver Homer, April 29, 1859. Of these, Sarah Philena lives at home, unmarried; Bradley married Mattie Gere, of Lawrence county, Penn., who died April 25, 1889, and he then wedded Mary Anderson, of West Alexander (he is a druggist at Claysville); Collins married Miss Minerva Patterson, of Franklin township, this county, and after her death was united in marriage with Miss Mattie Grayble, of Akron, Ohio (he is a painter by trade); Mary Edith makes her home with her father, and is unmarried; John is a farmer in East Finley township, and is married to Sarah Rickey, of Richhill township, Greene Co, Penn.; Stephen is a farmer, and is married to Cora, daughter of Artemas Day, of Morris township; George Lowrie married Callie V. Webb, and after her death wedded Luella Doty (he lives in Nineveh, Greene Co., Penn., where he carries on a dry-goods store); Philip L. is married to Emma Sanders, and lives in Washington, this county; Oliver Homer lived only one year, dying April 29, 1860. The mother of this family departed this life December 20, 1888. Mr. Minton, in addition to carrying on general agriculture, has been considerably interested in stock raising, and at the present time has some ten horses on his place. He has been eminently successful, and is recognized as one of the best authorities on matters pertaining to agricultural pursuits. Politically he is a pronounced Democrat, one "dyed in the wool," and has served three years as school director.
Text taken from page 149 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).Transcribed April 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project.
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