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Below is a family biography included in the book, Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan and Franklin, Nebraska published in 1890 by F. A. Battey & Company. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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GEORGE F. RACINE, the subject of this sketch, is one of the progressive young men of Phelps county. He was born in Williams county, Ohio, May 2, 1817. His father, Charles Racine, was a native of New York. He was a farmer and died in 1853. His mother, whose maiden name was Catherine Racine, is a native of France and is now living.
Mr. Racine has always cultivated habits of industry and economy. At the age of fifteen he began to learn the shoemaker’s trade, and after serving an apprenticeship of two years, continued to work at his trade till he was twenty-seven years old. In 1869 he came to Missouri and kept a shoe store at Gallatin, Davies county. He did a thriving business for about two years.
Mr. Racine was married April 14, 1870, at Stryker, Ohio, to Miss Adeline Kitzmiller, a native of Richland county, Ohio. She was born August 17, 1851. To this union have been born five children — Fred, born in Davies county, Mo., February 14, 1871; William, born in Carroll county, Mo., May 8, 1874; Albert born in Harrison county, Mo., August 8, 1878; Francis O., born in Phelps county, Nebr., December 27, 1883, and Josie born in Phelps county, Nebr., February 2, 1885.
Mr. Racine resided in various localities in Missouri until in the spring of 1879 he removed with his family to Phelps county, Nebr. He took a homestead on the northeast quarter of section 26, where he has since resided. He built a sod house and broke fifty-five acres of sod the first season. He is a careful, judicious farmer and has always raised good crops, his average yield being fully as high as any reported in the county. His homestead, which comprises one hundred and sixty acres, is now under a good state of cultivation and lies on a high elevation overlooking the surrounding country. Mr. Racine already has an established reputation as a breeder of fine Poland China hogs and he has now about seventy-five registered. He is also interesting himself in Short-horned cattle. He believes that the best is the cheapest, and thus far he has made it a point to secure the best.
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This family biography is one of the numerous biographies included in the book, Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan and Franklin, Nebraska published in 1890 by F. A. Battey & Company.
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