George L. Brack was born on March 21, 1867, the son of George Brack and Malinda Youngkin in Wolf Creek, Grassy Township. When he was 3 years old, his father died and his mother remarried to Willis Hoover, a farmer, who also resided in Grassy Township. Raised on a farm by his step-father, his education was limited by the possibilities of common rural schooling until he reached 6th grade at the age of 13. At that age, George began earning his first money plowing fields using an ox in which he received 25 cents per day.
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