George Bunce Holt was born June 13, 1790 in Norfolk, Connecticut. As a young man George studied law, and in 1812 completed his legal course of study at the Litchfield Law School. In 1819, he moved to Dayton, Ohio which at that time was a small village. Holt was one of the first lawyers to open a law office in that city. For the next three years he published and edited the Miami Republican, and wrote many articles in favor of forming canals between the Ohio River and the Great Lakes. In 1824, Holt was elected to the state legislature and helped to pass the ad valorum system of taxation. He also helped to pass laws to start the Ohio canal system. He pursued agricultural interests and bred Short-Horn Durham cattle and served as the President of the Montgomery County Agricultural Society. He also served as the acting President of the Board of Health during the 1849 cholera epidemic in Ohio. In June of 1821 George married Mary Blodgett and the couple had three daughters. George Bunce Holt passed away on October 30, 1871. See his entry in The Litchfield Ledger.