GEORGE L. DUBOIS, a representative citizen and general farmer of Washington Township, residing on a valuable farm of eighty-seven acres, which is owned by his mother, Mrs. Laura Ann (Howe) DuBois, was born in Spring Creek Township, Miami County, Ohio, November 5, 1872, and is a son of William T. and Laura Ann (Howe) DuBois.

William T. DuBois was born near Franklin, Ohio, and died at Piqua, February 26, 1902. He was a son of William DuBois, who bought a farm in Washington Township, on the Clayton turnpike, on which he died. William T. DuBois spent his life in Miami County. He married Laura Ann Howe, a daughter of Alexander Howe, who was a farmer and also at one time captain of a canal boat. Mrs. DuBois was born at Piqua, where she still resides. They had three children, namely: William, residing at Piqua , where he is assistant cashier of the Piqua Savings Bank; and Alexander and George I, both of Washington Township. In the latter's boyhood, William T. DuBois and wife moved to Washington Township, where he owned three firms aggregating 217 acres and was one of the leading men for a number of years. In June 1901, he retired from active life and moved to Piqua, where he resided until his death in the following February.

George L. DuBois was reared and educated mainly in Washington Township and has devoted his entire mature life to agricultural pursuits. The farm on which he resides is situated four miles west of Piqua, on the old Piqua-Carrington road. It is a valuable tract of land and under the careful management of Mr. DuBois produces abundantly: After marriage he settled on the homestead with his parents. In 1895 Mr. DuBois married Miss Annie Wetzel, who is a sister of the wife of his brother Alexander and a daughter of John and Caroline (Thoma) Wetzel. The parents of Mrs. DuBois were both born and reared in Germany and came to America on the same steamer, being married a year later. Mr. Wetzel still survives and resides in Washington Township, but his wife died October 18, 1886. They had seven children as follows: Charles, who died when aged one year; Frances, who is the wife of George Bausman, of Washington Township; Mary, who is the wife of Harley Mowery, of Piqua; Lewis, who resides in Washington Township; Lena, who is the wife of Alexander DuBois, and Charles, a twin brother, who lives in Washington, Township, and Annie, who is the wife of George L. DuBois. Mr. and Mrs. DuBois have one son, Stanley Edgar. They are members of the Christian Church. He belongs to the order of Knights of Pythias, having passed all the chairs in Stillwater Lodge at Covington, Ohio.