PASFIELD, GEORGE, was born October, 1792, in London, England. His parents came to America when he was a child and settled in Philadelphia, where they both soon died of yellow fever, leaving their son George without a relative in America. By his own exertions, he obtained a good practical education, and learned a trade which he did not long pursue, and afterwards went to Matanzas, Cuba, as agent for a shipping house. He remained there some time, but the climate not agreeing with him, returned to Philadelphia, where he invested in real estate, and bought an interest in a nail mill. The results were unfortunate. He came to Cincinnati, about 1817, and engaged in shipping pork and flour from that point and Louisville, on flat boats, for New Orleans. Later he established himself in the grocery business, at Paris, Bourbon county, Ky., and continued packing pork and shipping. He was married in Paris, Jan. 5, 1821, to Mary Forden, sister of John Forden. See his name. She was born Oct. 22, 1805, in Hagerstown, Md. Mr. and Mrs. Pasfield moved to Springfield, Ill., in the spring of 1821, where one child--

GEORGE, was born Nov. 30, 1831. He studied medecine, and graduated at St. Louis Medical College, in the class of 1855-'6. Dr. George Pasfield was married Sept. 19, 1866, at Mechanicsburg, Ill., to Hathaway Pickrell. They have two children, EMMA and GEORGE L., and live in Springfield, Ill. Dr. Pasfield is not practicing his profession.

George Pasfield was an enterprising and successful merchant, and was a member of the town board of Springfield before the city organization. He was one of the signers of the fifty thousand dollar note to secure the location of the capital at Springfield, and was one of the first to commence business on the State House square, doing much in the way of building to improve the city. He died, Nov. 9, 1869, and his widow lives with her son, Dr. George Pasfield, in Springfield, Illinois.