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Bemis, George Pickering

journalist, business man, was born March 15, 1838, in Boston, Mass. He is a descendant of Timothy Pickering, of revolutionary fame. In 1861 he enlisted in the second battalion of Massachusetts light infantry, serving about seven months, after which he joined George Francis Train in London, where that gentleman was introducing street railways; and for over twenty years he was his private secretary.

He also became general manager and editor of the London American, the only American newspaper in Europe during the civil war. In 1892 he became mayor of Omaha, Neb., and received the re-election three successive times. During his entire term he defended the interests of the taxpayers, and saved them millions of dollars.