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Gift of George Bruno, 2012.496.6, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, No Know ...
Sally Maria Geer
Gift of George Bruno, 2012.496.6, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, No Known Copyright

Sally Maria Geer

American, 1808 - 1873
BiographySally Maria Geer was born on 5 May 1808 in Norwich, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Wheeler Geer (1773-1854) and Sally Roath (1777-1850). She had nine siblings: Oliver Geer (1800-1831), Elizabeth Geer (1802-1875), Erastus Geer (1803-1878), George William Geer (1806-1886), William Wheeler Geer (1810-1847), Levi Orson Merrels Geer (1812-1851), Jeremiah Cleveland Geer (1815-1894), Henry Branch Geer (1818-1846), and Martha Alma Geer (1821-1822).

She married Captain Edward Smith (1803-1872) on 8 January 1803. They had nine children: Sally Ann Maria Smith (1827-1830), Francis Edward Smith (1829-1831), Sally Maria Smith (b. 1831), Edward Smith (b. 1833), Francis Smith (1835-1876), Adelaide Elizabeth Smith (b. 1838), Harriet Anna Smith (b. 1840), Jedediah Smith (1843-1870), and Oliver Merrels Smith (b. 1846).

She died on 1 December 1873 in Norwich, Connecticut.


Source: Geer, Walter. "401." The Geer Genealogy: A Historical Record of George and Thomas Geer and Their Descendants in the United States from 1623-1923, Brentano's, 1923, pp. 119.

Source: Geer, Walter. "931." The Geer Genealogy: A Historical Record of George and Thomas Geer and Their Descendants in the United States from 1623-1923, Brentano's, 1923, pp. 188.
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