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GEORGE TEESE, farmer, post office Hulton, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1841, a son of William and Eliza (Lippencott) Teese. William was born in Ireland, and coming to Pittsburgh carried on coopering on Duquesne way; he died in 1850, aged sixty-five years; his wife was born in New Jersey, and died in 1887, aged eighty-five years. George Teese received his education at the Pittsburgh public schools and the Western University. In 1860 he began for himself, and learned the hardware trade with Logan & Gregg. In 1870 he opened a business of his own at Lawrenceville, continuing in same until Feb. 1, 1888, with good success. He sold out, and bought the Andrew Sands farm in Plum township. He enlisted in August, 1862, in Hampton’s Pittsburgh battery, and following week participated in the second battle of Bull run, followed by Antietam, Chancellorsville, South Mountain and Gettysburg. After the battle of Chancellorsville the battery was so small that it was united with Thompson’s Pittsburgh battery, and after the battle of Gettysburg Mr. Teese saw but little more active service; he was discharged in 1865. He married, in 1867, Fanny W. Young, who was born where the Allegheny cemetery is now located, the ground being a part of her father’s farm. Her father was one of the firm of Young & McCune, leather-merchants of Pittsburgh, and her grandfather, James, was one of the first justices of the peace in Pittsburgh. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Teese: Marion, Georgia L., George L. and Mary Francis, all at home. They are members of Verona Presbyterian Church. Mr. Teese is a republican, and a member of the Masonic Lodge and Chapter.