George Thomas Rist

George T., son of John H. Rist, was born in Connellsvlle, March 17, 1864. He was educated in the public schools. His first employment was a brakeman on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, later being advanced to conductor. After twelve years' service he left that company and for three years was conductor on the Pennsylvania railroad. He then for the next ten years was in the employ of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie, making his home in West Newton, Pennsylvania. In 1899 he returned to the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, and until 1910 held the position of conductor. In 1910 he left the company, and has since been night watchman at Broad Ford for Overholt & Company. In 1909 he was appointed deputy sheriff of Fayette county, and is now holding both the last named positions. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Order of Railway Conductors.

James Hadden, Genealogical and personal history of Fayette county Pennsylvania, Volume 2, p 396