Transcribed by Larry Fearneyhough
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All the years of his life George W. Hogan has lived in Scott county and it is here that he has formed the close friendships - the endearing ties which bind him to the noble and good. Throughout the length and breadth of Scott county live those who have honored Mr. Hogan and who, in turn, have found him both a gentleman and a friend. He is the youngest son of James and Permelia A. (Chrisman) Hogan, and was born June 9, 1865. He is one of a family of ten children, four of whom are dead; two daughters and four sons yet remaining. His father was born in County Tiperary, Ireland, in 1814, and came to this country in 1832, coming almost directly to Morgan county and stopping at or near, Jacksonville. For two years he worked for Mr. Dunlap, and while there was married, at Jacksonville, to Miss Permelia A. Chrisman, daughter of Mr. and Mr. Peter Chrisman, natives of Kentucky. After his marriage he moved to Geneva, a small town at that time situated on the state road about a half-mile west of the present Morgan-Scott county line, but long since numbered among the things of the past.
George W. Hogan worked on the farm and was educated, in part, in the schools of Chapin, but he took one term at the Chaddock college, Quincy, Illinois. He is a democrat, and being a bright young man was elected by the people of his precinct as district commissioner. This office he held five years; two years being required to fill out the unexpired term of the late Daniel Lynch, and three years the full term to which he was subsequently elected. In 1898 he made the race and was elected sheriff of Scott county, serving faithfully for four years. Then he was nominated and elected to the office of assessor and treasurer, which office he is now filling.
September 18, 1901, Mr. Hogan was married to Miss Maude Redshaw, youngest daughter of Stephen and Mary (Johnson) Redshaw, of near Merritt.
Mr. Hogan is quite a popular gentleman. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen and Knights of Pythias and stands high in those orders. His common every day life is along the lines of charity, benevolence and good fellowship and as the years come and go he is ever the same accommodating, obliging gentleman.