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N. B. GEORGE, grocer, was born in Giles county, Tenn., Oct. 21, 1832. His father, David C. George, was a native of the Blue-grass State, and was born in 1796, and died in Cedar county, Mo., in the summer of 1863; his mother, Nancy K. (Bass) George, was a native of Tennessee, born in 1808. When about four years of age our subject came with his parents to Missouri, locating on a farm in Jackson county. There young George engaged in agricultural pursuits, and attended the common schools, acquiring a liberal education. In the summer of 1858 he went into the mercantile business at Oak Grove, continuing this for some time. He enlisted in September, 1862, in Company C, Second Missouri Cavalry, Colonel Hays commanding, and served until the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Newtonia, Prairie Grove, Helena, Jenkins’ Ferry, and others of considerable importance; was given a lieutenancy at Washington, Ark,, and at Fulton, same state, was promoted to first lieutenant of his company; was mustered out at Shreveport, La., June 15, 1865, and returned to Missouri, stopping for a time in Lafayette county, and then to the farm in Jackson county. He remained there until June following, and then went to Pleasant Hill, Cass county, and engaged for about eleven years in the mercantile business; came to Joplin in March, 1877, and embarked in his present business. Mr. George was married in Jackson county, Mo., Feb. 1, 1856, to Miss Martha, daughter of John P. and Elizabeth (Birdwell) Webb, of that county. Mrs. George was born March 14, 1833, and died May 13, 1858. They had one child, John D., born Nov. 19, 1854. Our subject was again married Oct. 4, 1860, in Cass county, to Miss Sarah E., daughter of Jeremiah and Eliza Tanner, of that county, but natives of Tennessee. Mrs. G. was born in Cass county, Mo., April 10, 1844. From this union there are two children, Nellie B., born Nov. 9, 1870, and Walter, born Dec. 8, 1877.