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GEORGE WASHINGTON LONERBAUGH, butcher, Wilkinsburg, is the eldest child of Jacob Lonerbaugh (now a resident of Indiana township, this county), by his first wife, Sarah Jane (McConaha) Lonerbaugh. The latter died in 1850, when her second child, James Edmond, was two weeks old, and James followed her in 1872. George W. Lonerbaugh was born in Indiana township, Nov. 9, 1848. His grandfather came from Germany, and died in Philadelphia, where his son Jacob was born. Jacob became a butcher, and settled in Indiana township. In August, 1861, he entered Co. B, 63d regiment, P. V. I, and served as assistant commissary-sergeant till the close of the war. He then went on a farm, and is now engaged in the wholesale stock business. Our subject early began to assist his father, and became an expert butcher. On reaching his majority he established a meat market in Wilkinsburg, and has been almost continuously in the business since. In 1887 he built the shop he occupies, on Wood street, and he owns a residence on Ross street. He is associated with the S. of V., Jr. O. U. A. M., I. O. O. F., two insurance societies, and, with his wife, attends the services of the M. E. Church; politically he has always been a republican. Jan. 19, 1869, Mr. Lonerbaugh married Miss Mary Fair, a native of Allegheny City, daughter of Samuel and Isabella Fair, of Ireland, and following are the names of their children: George Fair, Lawrence Washington (deceased) and Myrtle May.