George Washington Cash
George Washington Cash (March 31, 1841 – May 6, 1912) was an American merchant for whom Cash Corner, in today's South Portland, Maine, is now named.

Life and career 
Cash was born to Stephen Cash and Elizabeth Palmer, both natives of Cape Elizabeth, Maine.

He was an apprentice with N. Hasty, a cooper in Portland. He was also a peddler of goods.

In 1864, Cash married Olivia A. Littlefield, with whom he had eleven children: Alice, Henry, Dwight, Herbert, Eleanor, Christena, Bessie, Georgia, Chester, Cathleen and Harold. At least four of them died in infancy.

In 1870, aged 29, he became a grocer at Cash Corner, in today's South Portland, Maine, which is named for him and his brother, fellow merchant A. J. Cash.

Death 
Cash died in 1912, aged 71. He was interred in Brown's Hill Cemetery in South Portland, beside his wife, who predeceased him by five years.

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1841 births
1912 deaths
People from South Portland, Maine
19th-century American merchants
Businesspeople from Maine