George Reddish
George Reddish, a native of Union County, Pa., was born January 23, 1820. When he was ten years old, his father was drowned in the Susquehanna River, and at fifteen, George started to work to help the family along. After four years’ work with one uncle and three years with another, he moved to Montgomery County, Pa., where he worked on the Philadelphia and Pottsville Railroad bridge over the Schuylkill, about four months. After boating for a time he returned to Union County, where he worked three years in a woollen mill. ln 1841 moved to Crawford County, where he worked one season and then came to Summit County, Ohio. In a few weeks he came to Sidney and engaged to some extent at his trade, and doing such other work as he could secure. In 1852 he went to California, but after nearly three years of rough experience returned to Sidney and began the butchering business, which he followed about three years. In 1844 he married Miss Rebecca Girrard, who bore him two children, named Joseph B. and Elizabeth S. On his return from California he was married to Miss E. M. Dott, who bore him six children. Mr. Reddish came to Sidney while it only gave the impression of rudeness and uninvitingness, but he lived to see it become an active village of concentrated industries and various institutions.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883