George J. Varney

George Jones Varney (1836–1901) was an American author and historian. He wrote several books, mainly on the history of New England states, including gazetteers of Massachusetts and Maine.

Life and career

Varney was born in Maine in 1836. In the 1870s, he was living in Brunswick, Maine, while a decade later he was writing in Boston.

He was a member of the Maine Historical Society.

Selected bibliography

Varney was the author of the following books:

• The Young People's History of Maine (1873)
• A Gazetteer of the State of Maine (1881)
• Acadia in the Revolution (1882)
• History of Thomaston, Maine (1886)
• A Brief History of Maine (1888)
• Gazetteer of Massachusetts (1890)
• The Story of Patriot's Day, Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775 (1895)
• The Story of Jonah (1897)

His 1881 work, Gazetteer of the State of Maine, was published by B. B. Russell in Cornhill, Boston.

A Brief History of Maine included the earlier Young People's History of Maine and six additional chapters, bridging the gap from 1842 to 1888.

Death

Varney died in 1901, aged 64 or 65.

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