George W. Huntington

As printed in 1902

GEORGE W. HUNTINGTON.

George W. Huntington, a resident farmer of Mad River township, was born November 15, 1839, in Springfield, upon a farm owned by his father. His maternal grandfather was Hugh Kirkpatrick, one of the earliest residents of the city of Springfield. He took up his above there when the present metropolitan city was but a village, and it became his home in 1811, his house standing in the southwestern portion of the city. William Huntington, the father of our subject, was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, June 15, 1800, a son of Nathaniel Huntington, whose birth occurred either in Vermont or Connecticut. After arriving at years of maturity he married Martha Kirkpatrick, who was born December 9, 1808, in Flemingsburg, Kentucky, and was a daughter of Hugh and Rachel (Kelley) Kirkpatrick. In June, 1835, William Huntington came to Ohio with his mother and her family. From that time until his death he remained a resident of Clark county. He passed away near Springfield on the 18th of December, 1886, having long survived his wife, who died on the 17th of May, 1862. In their family were five children, namely, George W., of this review; Ann, the wife of Arthur Forbes, by whom she has four children; Hugh, who married

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Hannah Pierce and has six children; Samuel, who was the twin brother of Hugh and died at the age of twenty months; and Rachel, the wife of Edwin McClintock.

The father left his farm in Springfield when our subject was about fifteen years of age and bought another farm farther from the town. The family lived upon that place until our subject was about twenty-five years of age, when the father purchased the farm upon which George W. Huntington is now It remained the home of William — Huntington for three years, after which he removed to Springfield, where he died.

George W. Huntington was reared under the parental roof in the usual manner of farmer lads of the period. His educational privileges were those afforded by the country public schools, and in the fields he worked from the time of early spring planting until after the crops were harvested in the In 1870 he was united in manage to Mrs. Anna Hill, a widow, and a daughter of Charles and Catherine (Snyder) Swaney, in whose family were the following children: Anna, Charles, Emma, Ella and Rachel. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Huntington were born three sons: Willie, born June 15, 1871, died five days later. Clifford, born January 12, 1873, has engaged in school teaching and is now a student in. the State University. For five years he was employed as a teacher in the high school at Fairfield. He was graduated in Antioch College with the class of 1896, at which time the degree of Bachelor of Science was conferred upon him. In 1902 he was graduated in the State University with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy and he took a fellowship in economics. Elmer, born February 3, 1876, died November 6, 1880.

Mr. Huntington was reared in the politiautumn.

cal faith of the Republican party, casting his first/presidential vote for Lincoln in 1864, and now gives his support to the Prohibition party. He has never been an office seeker, but was a candidate on the Prohibition ticket for county sheriff. He represents one of the old families of the county and is well known as a worthy and representative citizen of this portion of Ohio.

As printed in A Biographical Record of Clark County Ohio (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.