GEORGE HUNTINGTON, born April 9, 1850, in East Hampton, L.I.; married, October 6, 1874, in Pomeroy, OH, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Martin and Katherine P. (Horton) Heckard. She was born September 30, 1850, in Pomeroy, OH. He is a physician, and a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of NY, in 1871.

He is the author of a paper on "Chorea," which he read before the Meigs and Mason Academy of Medicine in 1872, and which was published in the Medical and Surgical Reporter. This paper described a peculiar form of hereditary chorea existing in Long Island, NY, which has since attracted much attention, both at home and abroad, and which has been designated by the name of "Huntington Chorea."

He lived in La Grangeville, NY, in 1874, Asheville, NC, from 1901 to 1902, Hopewell Junction, NY, from 1903 to 1914 when they removed to Cairo, NY. They are Episcopalians.

CHILDREN, BORN IN LA GRANGEVILLE, NY

1. KATHERINE, born July 27, 1875; married, June 6, 1899, in Islip, L.I., Moultrie Brailsford, son of Joseph Hall Waring, and Mary (Freer) Hutchinson. He was born March 31, 1871, in Summerville, SC. Mr. Hutchinson is in the traffic dept. of a Steamship Line, and lived in Atlanta, GA, from 1897 to 1900, in Augusta, GA, from 1900 to 1903, and since 1903 in Summerville, SC. They are Presbyterians, and the parents of ABEL HUNTINGTON, born September 1, 1900, in Augusta, GA.
2. CHARLES GARDINER, born July 1, 1878; married, December 12, 1906, in Brooklyn, NY, Marjorie, dauthter of Robert and Mary (Bannister) Stewart. She was born February 24, 1879 in Brooklyn, NY. He graduated from the Polytec Institute of Brooklyn, as B.S. in 1899. He is now with the Western Banknote and Engraving Company. He lived in La Grangeville, NY, to March 1900, Elizabeth, N.J., to February 1901, Brooklyn, N.Y., to December 1903, Summerville, SC, to June 1907, and is now living in Chicago, IL. They are Episcopalians, and the parents of ELIZABETH, born December 1, 1908, and CHARLES GARDINER II, born February 19, 1913.
3. ABEL, born June 5, 1880, and died December 22, 1891, in the Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled, in NY City.
4. ELIZABETH, born November 27, 1881 ; lives at Hopewell Junction, NY.
5. EDWIN HORTON, born October 22, 1883; lived at Hopewell Junction, NY. He graduated from Albany Medical College in May, 1914, and in 1915 was practicing in Cairo, NY.
6. ELEANOR, born September 27,1885; lives at Hopewell Junction, NY.

Sketch (with slight modifications) taken from 1915 Genealogical Memoir published by the Huntington Family Association.
Dr. George Huntington is H.N. 1.2.4.10.6.4.4

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A Few of of Many, Many, Sites Mentioning Dr. George Huntington

• About Huntington's Disease (John Hopkins U.)
• Dr. George Huntington (1850 -1916) (U. of Illinois, Dept. of Neurology)
• Dr. George Sumner Huntington and the Disease Bearing His Name (HDSA - NE Ohio Chapter) A nice biography!
• Guild NHS Trust -- A Genetic Timebomb (NHS Confederation - UK)
• Hereditary Disease Foundation -- ALL IN THE FAMILY (Hereditary Disease Foundation)
• Huntington Background (U. of Pittsburgh)
• History of Huntington's Disease (North Dakota State U.)
• How Did Genetic Counceling Come to Be? (U. of Pittsburgh)
• Huntington's Disease (Mass. Gen. Hosp. / Harvard U.)
• Huntington's Disease (Family Internet)
• Huntington's Disease (Huntington's Disease Assoc. - S. Africa)
• HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE -- Research Highlights (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
• Neuriolgia.Asuncion Martinez (La Asociación de Corea de Huntington Española -- Spain)