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==Biography==

==Biography==

A native of Wilcox County] in southern [[Alabama]], George attended the since defunct Cumberland College in Princeton in western [[Kentucky]]. At Cumberland, he and a classmate,[John D. Watkins, became close friends and moved together to Louisiana to take teaching jobs. They subsequently became law partners and both served as [[district attorney]], state court judge, and state senator, dates of service for George unavailable. Both were also delegates to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1879.<ref name=watkinsbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57058148|title="Judge John D. Watkins" in ''Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana"|publisher=Southern Publishing Company|location=[[Chicago]] and [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]|date=1890|accessdate=March 24, 2015}}</ref><ref name=mindenmem/>

A native of Wilcox County in southern [[Alabama]], George attended the since defunct Cumberland College in Princeton in western [[Kentucky]]. At Cumberland, he and a classmate,[John D. Watkins, became close friends and moved together to Louisiana to take teaching jobs. They subsequently became law partners and both served as [[district attorney]], state court judge, and state senator, dates of service for George unavailable. Both were also delegates to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1879.<ref name=watkinsbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57058148|title="Judge John D. Watkins" in ''Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana"|publisher=Southern Publishing Company|location=[[Chicago]] and [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]|date=1890|accessdate=March 24, 2015}}</ref><ref name=mindenmem/>

   

   

George and Watkins briefly taught and served as principal of Minden Male Academy, one of the forerunners of Minden High School. Each engaged in the private study of law and soon left the field of education. When Watkins left Minden Male Academy to begin his legal career, George took over as principal. Many leading citizens studied at the academy, then located in Claiborne Parish before the creation in 1871 of Webster Parish. Alumni included Watkins's son, John T. Watkins, and John N. Sandlin, both eight-term members of Congress for Louisiana's 4th congressional district. Other alumni were Minden Mayors McIntyre H. Sandlin and A. M. Leary, and State Senator Thomas Wafer Fuller. Alumnus William G. Stewart, a pioneer farmer who lived in Webster Parish as a child prior to the [[American Civil War]],  was later president of the Webster Parish School Board, and the since defunct William G. Stewart Elementary Schoo] in west Minden was named in his honor. Minden Male Academy was financially supported by such families as the prominent local families, the Drakes, Drews, Crichtons, and Webbs.<ref name=mindenmem>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindenmemories.org/Parks%20and%20Highways.htm|title=The Impact of the Minden Male Academy|publisher=''Minden Press-Herald'' in mindenmemories.org|author=John A. Agan (Webster Parish official historian)|accessdate=March 24, 2015}}</ref>

George and Watkins briefly taught and served as principal of Minden Male Academy, one of the forerunners of Minden High School. Each engaged in the private study of law and soon left the field of education. When Watkins left Minden Male Academy to begin his legal career, George took over as principal. Many leading citizens studied at the academy, then located in Claiborne Parish before the creation in 1871 of Webster Parish. Alumni included Watkins's son, John T. Watkins, and John N. Sandlin, both eight-term members of Congress for Louisiana's 4th congressional district. Other alumni were Minden Mayors McIntyre H. Sandlin and A. M. Leary, and State Senator Thomas Wafer Fuller. Alumnus William G. Stewart, a pioneer farmer who lived in Webster Parish as a child prior to the [[American Civil War]],  was later president of the Webster Parish School Board, and the since defunct William G. Stewart Elementary Schoo] in west Minden was named in his honor. Minden Male Academy was financially supported by such families as the prominent local families, the Drakes, Drews, Crichtons, and Webbs.<ref name=mindenmem>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindenmemories.org/Parks%20and%20Highways.htm|title=The Impact of the Minden Male Academy|publisher=''Minden Press-Herald'' in mindenmemories.org|author=John A. Agan (Webster Parish official historian)|accessdate=March 24, 2015}}</ref>