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Gift of George Bruno, 2012.496.8, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, No Know ...
George William Geer
Gift of George Bruno, 2012.496.8, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, No Known Copyright

George William Geer

American, 1806 - 1886
BiographyGeorge William Geer was born on 27 March 1806 in Norwich, Connecticut. He was the son of Wheeler Geer (1773-1854) and Sally Roath (1777-1850). He had nine siblings: Oliver Geer (1800-1831), Elizabeth Geer (1802-1875), Erastus Geer (1803-1878), Sally Maria Geer (1808-1873), 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).

His first wife was Betsey Button and his second wife was Dolly Brown Parsons.

He died on 21 February 1886.


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.
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