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GEORGE SPRINGER, farmer and stock-raiser, post office Moon, was born on the old homestead of his father, in Findlay township, June 28, 1841, a son of Joseph and Nancy (McMurtry) Springer, former of whom, was born on the old homestead farm where his father settled in 1795, and died in 1861; his widow died in 1887, aged eighty-two years; both were members of the U. P. Church at Clinton. She was a daughter of John McMurtry, who married, in Philadelphia, Miss Shippen. John McMurtry was a hotel keeper in Philadelphia, and settled on a farm In Findlay township, Allegheny county, where he and his wife died. They were members of the U. P. Church. Joseph Springer was a son of Matthias Springer, a native of Germany, who became one of the pioneers of what is now Findlay township. Joseph Springer and wife had six sons and four daughters, all of whom lived to be men and women. Of these, George, the fourth son and seventh child, is now living on the farm adjoining the old homestead in Findlay township. He was united in marriage, June 24, 1866, with Eliza J. Bruce, who was born near Sheffield, Beaver county, Pa., daughter of Jacob and Jane (Johnson) Bruce. Mr. and Mrs. Springer are members of the Presbyterian Church at Sharon. They have had six children, four sons living: J. Bruce, Charles A., Alonzo G. and Sidney C., all of whom reside on the farm with their parents except Charles A., who is a telegraph operator at Los Angeles, Cal. Mr. Springer ranks among the leading farmers, and is a representative of two of the oldest families in Allegheny county.