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GEORGE F. ADYE, B. S., M. D., of Troy, Ind., was born in Jamestown, N. Y., March 11, 1837, being the youngest of seven children, born to the marriage of Auer Adye and Laura Witcher, natives of Vermont. The father who was a practical farmer and miller, located in Dubois County in 1839, living in that and Pike Counties until 1844. In that year he located in Spencer County and bought the mill, afterward known as the “Priest Mill” near St. Meinrad, which he successfully operated until his death, December 1, 1845. The mother died at the residence of a son in Iowa, March 6, 1875, at the age of seventy-four. Dr. Adye was reared at home, but spent a part of his time with an elder brother who had a store at Adyeville, Perry County. He there clerked in the store, and a portion of the time managed the flat-boats on the river. At the age of eighteen, he had received but little education, and not feeling satisfied with his acquirements, entered school, where he paid his own board and tuition. By hard study he succeeded in preparing himself for college, and in 1858 entered the sophomore class of the Indiana University, from which institution he graduated in July, 1860. He then taught school and read medicine until October 1, 1868, when he entered the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, and graduated in 1865. He practiced his profession at Newtonville, until 1869, when he entered the Electic Medical College at Cincinnati and graduated the following year. He resumed his practice and continued at the same place until 1883, when he came to Troy. He is one of the most successful practitioners of the county, and has accumulated considerable property. February 26, 1861, he married Elizabeth Dugan, by whom he is the father of eight children. Those living are Flora B., Ida M., Clarence H., Grace E. and Maud. Mr. Adye is a Republican, a Mason and he and wife are members of the Baptist Church.