Dr. George Dunkin McCormick
Dr. George Dunkin McCormick, of Wamsleyville, is of Scotch-Irish descent, his maternal grandfather having been born in Scotland and his paternal grandfather, Hugh McCormick, in Ireland. He is a son of Charles McCormick and Rebecca McCall, and was born October 5, 1845, at White Oak, Adams County. His parents located afterwards at Locust Grove, where our subject attended the Public schools, and ground tan bark at the old tannery there during vacation. He attended Miami Medical College and afterwards Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, and began the practice of medicine at Wamsleyville, where he has since been located, in 1872. In 1876, March 3, he was united in marriage to Miss Emma E. Wamsley, daughter of S. B. and Anna Freeman Wamsley, and there was born to this union a son, Edgar E. McCormick, March 22, 1878. He is now one of the bright and active teachers of Adams County.
Dr. McCormick stands in the foremost ranks among the physicians of Adams County, and as a citizen is held in the highest esteem by all who know him. He is a member of the Christian Union Church, and of Wamsleyville Lodge, No. 653, I. O. O. F. In politics, he is a Democrat of the Jeffersonian type, believing in a "government of the people, by the people and for the people." One who has known the Doctor intimately for years says of him: "A more refined and courteous gentleman than Dr. McCormick would be hard to find."
From "History of Adams County, Ohio from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time" - by Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers - West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B. Stivers - 1900