Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

George S. HOUSE, attorney at law, Joliet; is a native of this State; he was born in Grundy 
Co., then a part of Cook Co., March 1, 1837; he is a son of Rodney HOUSE, one of the early 
settlers of Will Co., and now a resident of Joliet; he came with his parents to Joliet in 
infancy, and this city has been his home ever since; he prepared for college in Utica Academy, 
Oneida Co., N. Y., after which he entered Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., in 1856, 
graduating in 1860; he then pursued the study of law under Prof. Theodore W. DWIGHT, now of 
Columbia College, New York, receiving the degree of B. L. in 1862; returning to Joliet, he 
entered upon the practice of his profession, in which he still continues. He was married in 
1863 to Miss Virginia A. OSGOOD, daughter of the late Hon. Uri OSGOOD, of Joliet, and has 
five children.