At the age of 14 George S Truman went to reside in Delaware Co.,Pa.,to learn the business of a farmer.After marriage he settled on the farm connected with the Sharon Boarding School,near Darby,removing thence to Wayside,in Upper Darby,the property of John Sellers,and thence to Loudoun Co.,Va.,where he took charge of the boarding department of the school founded by Samuel M Janney;but owing to the feeling then extsting in the South on the subject of slavery he remained but one year,when he returned to Penna.and for several years was engaged as farmer,teacher, clerk,etc.In 1870 he removed to Nebraska to accept a position as farmer at Santee Indian Agency,under the administration of Friends.Here he remained five years,when a change deprived him of his position and he removed to a farm which he had purchased in Platte Co.,which he has since made his home.For two years he represented his township in the county board;was township clerk eleven years and school director twenty years! .His wife was the most efficient and active agent in procuring the funds for the erection of the meeting house where Genoa Meeting is held, which is built on the corner of the home farm,and where Nebraska Half-year Meeting is held once in the year. visit"The George Smedley Homepage" http://smedley.lewis.home.att.net additional photos at http://smedley.george.home.att.net