Senior, George

GEORGE SENIOR.

Dorsetshire, England, was the stronghold of the Senior family, from which locality William Senior, with his wife and twelve children, came to the United States in 1830. Mr. Senior, whose birth occurred in 1785, was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Harvey, and to this union were born children,— William, John, Elizabeth, Sarah, George, Thomas, Christopher, Ann, Edward, Joseph, Louisa, and Henry. Mr. and Mrs. Senior removed, to Montgomery, where the death of the former occurred in 1863, while his wife survived until 1880, and died in her ninety-third year. The birth of their son George, the subject of this biographical sketch, took place during the year 1814, in the town of Stower, Dorsetshire, England, from whence he embarked with his parents for American shores.

He settled first in Duchess County, where farming occupations engaged his attention during his early years. His advent to Montgomery was made in 1844, where he at once embarked in mercantile enterprises. From that period until his retirement from active business Mr. Senior was assiduously devoted to the interests of an increasing trade.

He was in 1842 married to Miss Mary A., daughter of Robert Lawson, of Duchess County, and has children,— William, Augustus, Mary E., Sarah F., George Edward, John L., and James Renwick, of whom Sarah F. is deceased, Mary E. is Mrs. Cornelius D. Hawkins, of Montgomery, J. Renwick is a resident of New York, John L. is in Kansas, Augustus in Newburgh, and William and George E. merchants in Montgomery. Mr. Senior is a Republican in politics, though an energetic business life has left little time for participation in public affairs. He has been a director of the Montgomery and Erie Railroad since its organization. In his religious belief he is a Presbyterian, and a member of the church in Montgomery, of which he is a trustee. Mrs. Senior and all the children are also consistent members of the church.