George Edward Elwell, Jr., son of George E. and Mary A. [McKelvy] Elwell, was born in Bloomsburg. Pa., April 19, 1886. He graduated at the Bloomsburg Normal School in 1905, and at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., in 1909, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He was prominent in many of the college activities, and a member of the Delta Psi fraternity. On graduation he entered business with his father in the Columbian Printing House, and so continues. When the Bloomsburg Business Men's Association was organized he was one of its most active members, and was its secretary for three years, declining a reelection.
He is active in Masonry, having taken all the Scottish Rite degrees in Caldwell Consistory, has been president of the Craftsman Club, Eminent Commander of Crusade Commandery, Knights Templar, and Master of Washington Lodge. Since 1912 he has taught two classes a day in French at the Normal school. He is recognized as one of Bloomsburg's most estimable young men. On his mother’s side he is a great-grandson of William McKelvy and Caleb Barton, and grandson of I. W. McKelvy, all of whom were in their day among the most progressive and respected citizens of Columbia county. On Dec. 12, 1911, he was married to Miss Sara B. Milleisen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Milleisen, of Bloomsburg.
~ Historical and Biographical Annals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania, Volume II, Published by J. H. Beers & Company, 1915, Page 676.
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