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Robert J. George, D. D. S., was born in St. Helena Parish, La., but was reared in Franklin County, Miss., being taken there by his father, Joseph George, a native Louisianan, who was a participant in the battle of New Orleans, in the War of 1812. He was a farmer by occupation, and of Scotch-Irish descent. His mother was a Welsh lady, who reached the advanced age of one-hundred and ten years, dying in 1835. Robert J. George was reared in the State of Mississippi, obtaining a fair education, and although he was reared to the occupation of farming, he began the study of dentistry, in 1854, his preceptor being Dr. I. A. Smith of Lake Providence, La , originally of Maryland, afterward a professor of surgery, in the Baltimore Medical College. Dr. George graduated in dentistry, taking the degree of D. D. S., and in 1850 came to Arkansas; after the late war, he turned his attention to farming. He came to his present farm of 160 acres, in 1861, and now has forty acres under cultivation, a portion of which he devotes to cotton, the annual yield being one-half bale to the acre, the average corn crop being twenty-five bushels to the acre. In the fall of 1863 he enlisted in the Confederate service, and was with Price on his famous raid, the first engagement in which he participated being at Pilot Knob. Upon Price’s return he left the command to return home for clothing and supplies, but soon after heard of Lee’s surrender, and on this account remained there. He was married in November, 1860, to Miss Carrie Ladd, a daughter of Jordan Ladd of Ashley County, and to them the following children were born: Julius L. (who resides in this county, and is married to Lucy McGill), Emily (wife of W. S. Jackson), Linnie, May, Mattie, William D., James H., Florence, Laura, Alma and Joseph Ralph. Mr. and Mrs. George are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and he is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and is a Democrat, politically.