A successful farmer and representative citizen of Penn township, where he owns 305 acres of excellent land, which lies two and one-fourth miles southeast of Grampian, Pa. He was born on the same farm where his father and grandfather were born.

George C. Passmore attended school in his youth in Penn, Pike and Ferguson townships, and went to work at lumbering for some years trying his strength in making lumber and his skill in rafting it down the river. For a short time following his marriage he lived in Bell township (Clearfield County) and then settled on his present farm in Penn township, where he carries on farming and stock raising.

In 1850 Mr. Passmore was married to Miss Elizabeth Rice, who was born in Lycoming county, Pa., July 28, 1834, a daughter of William and Nancy Rice. She lost her parents in infancy. To Mr. and Mrs. Passmore five children have been born, namely: William; Allen, who is deceased; Viola, who is the wife of George Bowman, of DuBois, and they have two children - William and Lizzie; George McClelland (McClellan), who married Matilda Happer (Hepfer), a daughter of Simon Happer (Hepfer), and they have four children - Sherman, Berna (Mirna/Myrna), Olive, Helen, and Irwin, who married Maude Sankey, lives in California and they have two children.

In politics Mr. Passmore is a Democrat and being a man of high standing in his neighborhood, has frequently been elected to local offices and has served acceptably as school director, treasurer, assessor and road supervisor.2004
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This source indicates George’s birth date as 8 November 1830.762