| George McClellan Bilger "George M. Bilger was born at Curwensville, Clearfield county, September 15, 1861; was entered as a law student with William C. Arnold, esq., of Curwensville, in 1883, while attending the Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., and was admitted to the bar of the county March 22, 1886. Since October, 1886, Mr. Bilger has been located at Coalport." [Lewis Cass Aldrich, History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania 255 (New York: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887)] [We learned that Bilger was an attorney around the turn of the century in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, and the author of a book of poems, by way of a news article in the The Progress (Clearfield, Pennsylvania), Dec. 14, 1968.] __________________________________________________________ "GEORGE M. BILGER, attorney at law and a leading member of the Clearfield bar, was born at Curwensville, Pa., September 15, 1861. His parents were Jacob and Hannah (Gray) Bigler. The father for many years was extensively engaged in the lumber industry. George M. Bilger was educated at Curwensville and graduated from the High School in 1878 and from Dickinson College in 1883. He then turned his attention to the study of law being accepted as a student by Hon. W. C. Arnold, and in March, 1886, was admitted to the Clearfield county bar and subsequently to the Allegheny county bar. His practice has been general in character and his success has been such as to place his name among the foremost attorneys of Clearfield. He is in hearty accord with the Democratic party and has done loyal work for the cause. Mr. Bilger was married to Miss Annella Furguson, a daughter of William B. Furguson, and they have three children. Mr. Bilger and family reside at No. 412 E. Market street, Clearfield, Pa. For a number of years he has been active in the Masonic fraternity, and has devoted considerable of his time to literary work." Roland D. Swoope, Jr., From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens 475 (Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911) Poetry Geo. M. Bilger, Poems and Near-poems (Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania: Press of the Spirit Publishing Co., 1912) |
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