NISBET, GEORGE WHITFIELD, is one of the successful general farmers and stock breeders of Cass County. As a man he is proving in his every day life that industry and integrity pay and that the farmers of this region have fine opportunities to advance themselves if they follow in the same paths. Mr. Nisbet was born in Virginia Precinct September 19, 1875, a son of William and Elizabeth (Massey) Nisbet, the former a native of Preble County, O., and the latter of Brown County, Ill.

Growing up on the home farm property, Mr. Nisbet attended the schools of his district, and the Virginia High school, and assisted his father until his marriage, which took place on April 12, 1905, when he was united by Rev. Brown, of Jacksonville, to Celia Woodward, born at Winchester, Ill., February 14, 1878, a daughter of E. D. Clinton and Mary (Petefish) Woodward, natives of Cass County, Ill. One daughter, Mary Elizabeth, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Nisbet, on June 2, 1906.

After his marriage Mr. Nisbet went on his brother's farm east of Virginia, and there spent three years, during which period he build a modern farm house upon an eighty acre farm he owned in Virginia Precinct. When this was completed, he moved into it, in 1908, and operates this farm with forty acres more located three miles northwest of his homestead, which he also owns. On these properties he carries on general farming and raises Poland-China hogs, shorthorn and Hereford cattle and draught and road horses. Additionally he raises stock on 400 acres near Virginia, a farm that is owned by Mrs. Nisbet, who also owns 160 acres south of Virginia, together with several properties in Virginia.

In his religious views, Mr. Nisbet is a Presbyterian. Politically he is a democrat, and has served as a school director for three years. A man of purpose, he has steadily forged ahead, and is recognized as an excellent representative of the progressive agriculturists of Cass County.