Background
Macbeth, George Alexander was born on October 29, 1845 in Urbana, Ohio, United States. Son of James Reed and Frances Ann (Bayard) Macbeth.
Macbeth, George Alexander was born on October 29, 1845 in Urbana, Ohio, United States. Son of James Reed and Frances Ann (Bayard) Macbeth.
Education common schools of Urbana.
Druggist, 1862-1872; manufacturer of glass, since 1872. President Macbeth-Evans Glass Company, Charleroi (Pennsylvania) Savings and Trust Company, First National Bank of Charleroi. Made first optical glass in America, 1891.
Awarded medals for exhibition of glass at Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 1876, Paris, Exposition, 1889.
Medal, Chicago Exposition, for 1st exhibition of optical glass made in America. Pennsylvania delegate to World’s Columbian Exposition President Pittsburgh Art Society.
Vice president Pittsburgh Academy Arts and Science. Life trustee Carnegie Free Library and chairman library committee since its formation.
Member of New Church (Swedenborgian). Independent in politics. Made the first lighthouse lenses made in the United States, increasing efficiency and conforming to modern sources of light.
Married Katharine Duff, 1880.