George L. Lore, born October 25, 1869, in South Fork Township, Pawnee County, Nebraska, served as the county clerk. Raised locally, Lore attended Iowa Normal College before spending ten years in DuBois, Nebraska. He moved to Pawnee City upon his election in 1901. Active in local politics, he was noted for his diligent and capable service. Lore married Katherine Atkinson, with whom he had two children, Eugene A. and Mildred T. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Methodist Church, embodying the best interests of Pawnee County.
George L. Lore, who has been serving as county clerk of Pawnee County, Nebraska, since his election in 1901, is one of the popular county officials and a resident of Pawnee City. He is a native son of the county, and has lived within its boundaries all his life, so that he deserves mention as well for his own honorable career as also for the fact that he is a son of a pioneer homesteader and long-established citizen of the state.
His father, John P. Lore, after a long and useful life, has retired from active business affairs and is now enjoying the fruits of his labors, being a retired resident of DuBois, Pawnee County. He was born in Wayne County, Ohio, where he was reared and educated. He afterward moved to Missouri, where he married Sarah A. Liggett. After their marriage, they left Missouri, and, with firm belief in the future of the then Territory of Nebraska as destined to become one of the great commonwealths of the Mississippi Valley, settled in South Fork Township, Pawnee County, where he took up a homestead and developed a fine farm from the prairie. He has been a Republican most of his life, and served acceptably as county commissioner for three years, and also held various other offices. Four children were born to himself and wife: Charles F., of Emporia, Kansas; Mrs. Alice Potts, of DuBois, Nebraska; George L.; and Mrs. Nellie Bailey, of Carroll, Nebraska.
George L. Lore was born in South Fork Township, Pawnee County, Nebraska, October 25, 1869. He was reared in the same locality, and enjoyed the advantages of a common school education, which was supplemented by a course at the Iowa Normal College. After he finished his scholastic career, he was for ten years located at DuBois, this county, but after election to the office of county clerk in 1901 he moved to Pawnee City. He has always taken an active part in local politics, and during his incumbency of the present office has discharged his duties faithfully, conscientiously, and ably, and has made friends among all classes of people.
In 1892 Mr. Lore was married to Miss Katherine Atkinson, a daughter of Albert G. and Mary Atkinson, who are now living retired in DuBois. Mr. and Mrs. Lore have two children, Eugene A. and Mildred T. Fraternally, Mr. Lore is a popular member of the Knights of Pythias, belonging to the local lodge, No. 94, and has served as a delegate to the general lodge on several occasions. He is a member of the Methodist church. Upright in principles, pleasant in manner, able and well-fitted for the duties of his office, Mr. Lore is justly regarded as a representative of the best interests of Pawnee County.
Source: Lewis Publishing Company, A Biographical and Genealogical History of Southeastern Nebraska, 2 volumes, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904.