He was born in the old colonial house of Dr.Dewey, December 26, 1837.
George was a good specimen of the mischievous, high-spirited and roystering youngster, who would go to any pains and run any risk for the sake of the fun it afforded.

This propensity was carried to such an extent that the youth earned the name of being a "bad boy," and there is no use of pretending he did not deserve the reputation.

He gave his parents and neighbors a good deal of anxiety, and Dr.Dewey, who knew how to be stern as well as kind, was compelled more than once to interpose his authority in a way that no lad is likely to forget.
Dr.Dewey was a man of deep religious convictions.

In middle life he gave up the practice of medicine and founded the National Life Insurance Company, to whose interests he devoted his time and ability, and met with a good degree of success.

George was gifted by nature with rugged health, high spirits and indomitable pluck and fearlessness.