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- Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, Part 1
By Newton Bateman, Knox County
George M. Strain, Reporter for the "Republican-Register"; Galesburg, where he was born march 4, 1873; educated in Knox College. His father, David Newton Strain, was born near Greenfield, Ohio; his mother, Sarah A. Strain, was born at Russelville, Ohio. On the paternal side, his great-grandparents were David and Nancy (Montgomery) Strain. His grandfather, James Strain was born in South Carolina; his grandmother was Martha Garrett Strain. On the maternal side, his great-grandparents were John and Sabra (Witter) Bassett; his grandparents were George Bassett, born in Benton Township, New York, and Nancy (Wilson), born in Russelville, Ohio.
After leaving the public schools, at the age of twelve, he worked for the O.T. Johnson Company for two years; attended Knox Academy three years; worked for Kellogg, Drake and Olson for three years; attended Knox College for three years, during which time he was special reporter for the Republican-Register, held a regular position as reporter on the same paper from Mun 1896 to AUgust 1989; attended Knox College for the senion year, and after graduation, returned to this former position on the Republican-Register.
His parents came to Galesburg in April 1865, having residing in the State from 1854. His father, D.N. Strain, was a grocer for twenty years, but is now retired. One brother, Orves B. Strain, returned from Germany in 1898, after a two years' course of study under a Blatchford fellowship from the Chicago Technological Seminary, and is now assistant pastor of the New England Congregational Church, Chicago. In religion, G.M. Strain is a Congregationalist. In politics he is a republican.
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