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GEORGE H. TURPEN; merchant, Versailles. Henry, the father of George H., was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., on the l6th of November, 1775; he married Mary Hubbard, a native of Connecticut, born in Middletown, on the 16th of April, 1780; they resided in New York City for a period of eleven years, and in 1819, came to Ohio, locating in Warren Co., near Lebanon, where he remained till 1828, when he moved to Darke Co., locating in what was then called Hunter’s Settlement, four miles north of Greenville, which at that time was almost an entire wilderness; by perseverance, economy, integrity and hard labor, he opened out a nice farm; he raised a large family, and on the 10th of May, 1839, he departed this life, being 64 years old. Mary, his wife, died on the 13th of September, 1838. George H., the subject of this sketch, is a native of York State, born in the city of New York, on the 7th of October, 1813; came with his parents to Ohio, when he was only 6 years old; received his education in the common schools; Mr. Turpen is one of Darke Co.’s old pioneers, and has passed through the many struggles, trials, dangers and incidents so common to the pioneer of the West. He married Margaret White, who was born May 1, 1819; she died on the 26th of March, 1835; he celebrated his second marriage with Anna Pugh, who is a native of Ohio, born Sept. 26, 1816; he is the father of ten children, of whom five are living, viz.: John Henry, born Dec. 14, 1838; Mary Ann, born Sept. 30, 1840; Joseph Connel, born May 5, 1849; Ancel Hubbard, born Feb. 8, 1851; Lucy Bell, born Dec. 25, 1858; deceased— Sarah Amanda, William M., Cordelia C., Margaret, George Alonzo.