George H. Dech was born December 26, 1829, on the old homestead, where he was trained to the agricultural pursuits which had formed the occupation of his forefathers. His education was obtained in the public schools of his native township. With the lapse of time his ancestral home passed by inheritance into his hands. Under his management it is needless to say, the estate suffered no depreciation in any respect whatever, but rather increased in value, being conducted according to the most improved and scientific methods, maintained in a high state of cultivation, and rendered profitable in every sense of the word. He gave in all fifty years to the care of the homestead, which he then surrendered to his son and retired to his present abode, there to spend the remainder of his days actively, but somewhat less arduously than had formerly been his wont. Mr. Dech has never failed in the duties of a citizen, but has discharged all his political obligations in an earnest and disinterested spirit. His political principles have always been those of the Republican Party. He is an elder in the Lutheran church of Bath.

These acres, which were the birthplace and the lifelong abode of three generations of the Dech family, are now in the possession of one who represents a fourth generation, and when in the natural course of events they cease to be his, it is to be hoped that they will become the inheritance of still later representatives of the race.