GEORGE

EDWARD

LOUNSBURY

HE second Governor Lounsbury was born on May 7, 1838,

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in the town of Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York, where his father and mother were temporarily living. He was the fifth child of Nathan and Delia Scofield Lounsbury, and brother of ex-Governor Phineas C. Lounsbury. All of his immediate ancestors were natives of Stamford, and Governor Lounsbury was in reality a native of this state. His parents removed to Ridgefield when their son was less than a year old, and since that time he made the town his home. For over sixty years he resided in the farm house that his father owned before him. He attended the district school and received all the training that the ordinary country school was capable of in those days. When seventeen years of age the youth commenced to teach school, and followed the occupation three winters, working on his father's farm in summer and studying during his spare time. At the age of twenty, entirely self-prepared, Lounsbury entered Yale College, where he gained a reputation for being a thorough student.