When a biographer encounters theduty of describing, in the abstract, acharacter which demands greater elaborationin order to do it reasonable justice,he must be excused for the roughnessof the outlines, which, with theproper shadings thrown in, would givehis descriptive picture more satisfactoryapproximation to its required fidelity.In the present instance limitation ofspace, and partial opportunity to gleanmatters of fact and incident suitable forbiographical record, justify the claimon the reader for such excuse. In sofar as details are given, however, theywill be found correct.

John Hatch George, son of JohnGeorge, Esq., and Mary Hatch, hiswife by a second marriage, was born inthe house in Concord, N. H., now theColonel’s residence in that city, on thetwentieth day of November, 1824, andis now, therefore, in his fifty-fifth year.The native place of his father was Hopkinton,but from his early manhood untilthe period of his death he was a residentin Concord, where he held thecommon respect of the citizens as aman of great energy and of unalloyedintegrity. He died in 1843. MaryHatch, mother of the subject of thissketch, survived her husband fouryears. She was a daughter of Samuel195Hatch, Esq., of Greenland. Of thesame family were the father of Hon.Albert R. Hatch of Portsmouth, andthe mother of John S. H. Frink, Esq.,both of whom stand high in professionaland political relations in New Hampshire—worthydescendants of a worthyancestry, noted for great native abilities,honesty, industry and perseverance.

The boyhood of Col. George, ascontemporaries say, was unmarked byany special indication of that decideddescription which sometimes heralds aboy’s preference for a life pursuit. Hewas slow neither at learning or at play.If he had a prevailing passion it wasfor the possession and care of domesticanimals, on which he lavished greatwealth of kindness, a quality which hasgrown with his growth and strengthenedwith his strength. His farm manageris authority for the opinion that“he would kill his animals with kindnesswere they so unfortunate as tohave his constant personal attendance.”His love for rural pursuits was a hereditament,and also clings to him with increasingvigor unto this day.

He was educated at the publicschools in Concord, and was fitted forcollege at the Old Academy in thatcity. He entered as a student at196Dartmouth college in 1840, withouthaving any special profession in futureview, and deported himself with creditwhile there. When his father died,some three years afterward, he had toresign his college course, but his graduatingdegree, and that of Master ofArts, was subsequently conferred onhim by the Faculty of Dartmouth.

It was fortunate for him, and largelyalso due to the promising charact

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