George Edward Bardeen Sr. (10 Nov 1850 – 26 Jan 1924[1]), a long-time resident of Otsego, Michigan, USA, was a businessman and state-level politician.
[5] He signed Negro league baseball pitching star Andrew Rube Foster, who had just been released from the Chicago Union Giants following a performance slump, to play for him that season.
Foster's performance in Otsego led to his being signed the following season by the Philadelphia Cuban X-Giants.
He married first in 1871 to Abbie Harriet Carder (1853–1910), daughter of Edwin Alexander & Sarah Anne (Green) Carder, and second in 1911 to Florence B. Geib (1877–1949), daughter of John Jacob and Sarah Elizabeth (Feller) Geib.
Abbie bore him a daughter, Margery (29 May 1872 – 23 Mar 1924), whom he pre-deceased by only 2 months, and two sons, Ralph Howard (1881–1883) and George Edward Bardeen Jr. (1888–1963).