Erastus Wheeler Geer
Erastus Wheeler Geer was born on 15 September 1830 in Norwich, Connecticut. He was the son of Erastus Geer (1803-1878) and Eliza Bateman. He had two siblings: Martha Geer and George Henry Geer.
He married Mary E. Brown (b. 1834). They had five children: Charles Winslow Geer (b. 1855), Hattie Elizabeth Geer (b. 1857), Washington Lafayette Geer (b. 1859), Frank Elmer Geer (b. 1861), and Henry Cross Geer (b. 1865).
Source: Geer, Walter. "929." 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. 187.
Source: Geer, Walter. "1426." 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. 244.