Washington Geer and Phebe Wilkinson

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Husband Washington Geer ¹

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           Born: 1806 - near Lake George, Warren Co, NY 2
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         Father: Elisha Geer (Abt 1786-Abt 1814) 2
         Mother: Penelope Davis (Abt 1782-1835) 2

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       Marriage: 1828 2

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Wife Phebe Wilkinson ¹

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           Born: Abt 1804
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           Died: 1872 2
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         Father: Mark Wilkinson (1760-1856) 3
         Mother: Phebe Freeland (Abt 1771-1836)

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Children

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1 M Bishop Wesley Geer ²

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2 F Cynthia L. Pierpont ²

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         Status: Adopted

         Spouse: George Guss (      -Bef 1880) 2

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3 F Agnes J. Marks ²

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         Status: Adopted

         Spouse: Thomas D. Stitt (      -      ) 2

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4 F Elizabeth L. Brown ²

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         Status: Adopted

         Spouse: George Jellison (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Washington Geer

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He learned the blacksmith trade with Col. Boyle. In 1828 his shop was located on the canal, and in the spring of 1829, removed to Bairdstown, where he then labored at his trade. He was a justice of the peace for Derry township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, for twenty-two years.
Beginning in the autumn of 1829, he was connected with the Blairsville M. E. church, and served as trustee and class leader for forty years. He was one of the managers of the Conemaugh bridge for several years, and served the last two years that toll was collected as president of the managers. In 1824, he worked near Colonel Boyle's with Daniel, James and Luther Geer, in building flatboats, forty to seventy feet long fifteen to eighteen feet wide. These boats were either laden with salt and taken to Pittsburgh, or loaded with coal and floated to Cincinnati and other river points.

1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 366, 372.

2 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 366.

3 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 372.