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Among the very successful farmers - the really progressive ones - of Scott county is George E. Husband. He is the son of Robert and Fanny (Copley) Husband, and was born near Oxville, in Scott county, June 12, 1846. His parents were natives of England, coming from Yorkshire, and emigrated to this country in 1842. Their home was in Oxville precinct, where Judge Husband owned 480 acres of land. He died in 1870, at the age of fifty-six years. Fanny (Copley) Husband died in 1862.

October 29, 1872, George E. Husband and Miss Nancy E. Dimmit, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Dimmit of Pike county, were married. She was born October 9, 1853. Her father was a native of Ohio and was of Welsh ancestry. He was born in 1822 and came to Illinois in an early day. Her mother was born in England in 1823, and came to this country when she was ten years of age and settled in Pike county, Illinois. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Husband has been blessed with six children. Death has been an unwelcome visitor at their home and three of their children have been taken. Their names are: Ashley D., Arthur and Irwin G. Those living are: Fannie G., Nina and Ora B.

Mr. Husband was reared upon the farm near Oxville and in his earlier years received a substantial education at the public and subscription schools. Neatness and order seem to have been cardinal virtues with him and he early manifested an eye for beauty. He is a splendid farmer and has an elegant farm about four miles from Bluffs. He takes great pride in his home and has devoted considerable attention to keeping things neat and tidy about the place, while he is constantly adding to its beauty by every means he can command.

George Husband is loved by his neighbors, and is popular with the people at large, on account of the many noble traits of character he possesses. He has won unstinted praise for his honesty and fair dealings, while the special characteristics of intelligence and charity stamp him as worthy to be called a noble citizen - an honored son of an honest man.