Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 1 December 2004

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GEORGE DYNES, retired farmer; P. O. Lebanon. Among the present aged residents of Lebanon is George Dynes, who was born in Fleming Co., Ky., March 6, 1803; his father was a native of Maryland, and emigrated to Kentucky at an earlier day. When 4 years of age, in 1807, he accompanied his parents to Ross Co., Ohio, and, after residing there about one year, came to Warren County, where he has ever since resided; his early education was such as could be obtained from Webster's Speller and the usual facilities of the pioneer schools; he remembers well the soldiers mustering for the war of 1812, and other scenes impressed on his boyhood mind. In 1825, he moved to Clark Co., Ohio; on the 11th of February, 1824, he married Eliza Corlis, who was a native of New Jersey; the ceremony was performed on a farm about three miles above Lebanon; they raised a family of three boys and three girls, one of whom, Catharine, is dead, and the others, named respectively Chambers, Lydia, Elizabeth A., Samuel and Edwin, are still living, some in this county, and others remote; his wife died in 1847. March 10, 1852, he married his present wife, Catharine Matthews, a native of Warren County, and there are no children by this marriage. In May, 1866, Mr. Dynes and wife moved to Lebanon, and they now live a life of comfort and ease, retired from active business cares in a cozy homestead on Columbus avenue. Mr. Dynes has always been