BIO: George W. HIMES, Cumberland County, PA
    
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    >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
    Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 60-61
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    GEORGE W. HIMES, secretary and treasurer of Rummel, Himes & Co., of
  Shippensburg, is one of the leading business men of that city. The business
  was established in 1888 with a capital stock of $50,000, and through the
  energy and executive ability of Mr. Himes has been built up to its present
  mammoth proportions. In addition to his connection with this concern Mr.
  Himes is a member of the People's Coal Co.; of Rummel, Himes & Co., fruit
  growers, and vice-president of the People's National Bank of Shippensburg,
  which financial institution was organized in August, 1903.
    George W. Himes is a native of Cumberland county, born in 1869, the only
  son of Rees C. and Cecilia H. (Himes) Himes. The father died in February,
  1904, at seventy-five years of age, leaving a large estate. His birth
  occurred in Gasconade, Mo., but he was reared in Cumberland county, and at
  sixteen went to Philadelphia where he was educated. In young manhood he
  returned to the Cumberland Valley, to take charge of his father's business,
  and here remained. He married Cecilia H. Himes, a native of Gap, Pa.,
  daughter of Rees C. and Sarah (Eckert) Himes, and she still survives, at the
  age of seventy years.
    George W. Himes, father of Rees C. Himes and grandfather of our subject,
  was born at Honeybrook, Chester county, Pa., in the old "Anthony Wayne
  Hotel," of which his father, Thomas Himes, was proprietor. Thomas Himes
  married Catherine Clemens. George W. Himes was reared at Honeybrook. He
  married Miss Johanna Sturgis, daughter of Dr. John Sturgis, of New Holland,
  Lancaster county, Pa., and after marriage went to what is now St. Louis, Mo.,
  making the entire trip out and back in a Conestoga wagon. For a time he owned
  and operated a sawmill on the present site of St. Louis, and his daughter
  Louisa E. was the first white child born in that section. Thence the family
  removed to Gasconade, Mo., where Mr. Himes also operated a sawmill. Later he
  returned to Pennsylvania, settling in Southampton township, Cum-
    
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  berland county, where he owned considerable property, comprising three good
  farms which are still in the possession of the only descendant of the family,
  George W. Himes, whose name introduces this sketch. Here he spent the greater
  part of his remaining days, and here his death occurred. However, he lived in
  Philadelphia for a time in order to give his family better educational
  advantages. Mr. Himes was always successful in the real estate business, and
  was an extensive owner of real estate in different parts of the country.
    After finishing the public school course George W. Himes, our subject,
  entered the Cumberland Valley State Normal, and still later took a course at
  a select school in Newark, N. J., where he completed his education.
    In 1893 Mr. Himes married Miss Annie Slaymaker, who was born at Gap, a
  sister of Dr. J. M. Slaymaker, who is now a resident and prominent physician
  at Gap. To Mr. and Mrs. Himes two children have been born, Cecilia and Rees
  S. Mr. and Mrs. Himes are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he is
  a member of the board of trustees, and he is also a member of the Y.M.C.A.,
  and very active in all the work of the church. Fraternally, he is a member of
  the Loyal Legion of America. The residence of the family is on North Normal
  avenue, in Shippensburg, and in addition to this valuable property Mr. Himes
  owns some very desirable city property and two good farms.