James Dugger George

James Dugger George, farmer, jurist, and Texas state representative, was born in Sullivan County, Tennessee, on June 9, 1816, the son of James Jordan and Nancy (Dugger) George. George was raised in this vicinity, and he married Mary Ann Taylor there in 1841. It is not known whether this couple had children. George immigrated to Texas around 1857, settled in Grayson County, and established himself as a farmer. His first wife may have died as James George remarried on April 25, 1860, to Charlotte Jane Fry. This couple had eight children, including at least two sons and two daughters.

Around 1861 George relocated to Saint Jo, Montague County. In April 1867 George was identified by Reconstruction military authorities as a potential Unionist replacement for state officials being removed as a result of the March 1867 Reconstruction Act. In November George returned to Grayson County and was appointed as a judge. At this time he settled a farm near Lincoln Park. In 1870 George won election as representative for Grayson County to the Twelfth Texas Legislature. By the early 1900s George maintained a residence in Van Alstyne and was listed as a judge. He died in Grayson County on May 9, 1908, and was buried there at Cannon Cemetery.