Download or read book Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by John Woolf Jordan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 2 (iii) George Leslie Vance, son of William and Martha (leslie) Vance, was born in Slippery Rock township, Lawrence county, Pennsyl vania, May 13, 1857. His education was acquired in the public school near his home, and he assisted his father on the farm during his spare hours. In April, 1881, he came to New Sewickley township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, to take charge of the one-hundred-acre farm here, and he became the owner of this and has lived here since that time. In 1889 he erected a large barn, and in 1903 a new modern farm house. He cultivates general produce, is also a stock raiser and to some extent runs a dairy and fruit farm. He is a man of great business ability, and is at the present time treasurer and director of the Brush Creek Valley Tele phone Company. He is a Prohibitionist in politics and has served twice as supervisor. He and his wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church, in which he has served as elder for a period of thirty years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.