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Below is a family biography included in The History of Miami County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1880. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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MRS. MARTHA GEYER belongs, by birth, to the Manson family; her grandfather and father were natives of Pennsylvania, and came to Miami Co. at a very early day, settling in Brown Township, on Lost Creek; in those days David Greyer, the elder, had a large double log house, and to this the settlers came when there was any trouble with the Indians, using it as a block-house. The father of Mrs. Geyer married in 1810, and the subject of this sketch was born in February, 1822; her father died about a year after her birth, but her mother lived until 1854, they were both Methodists. Mrs. Geyer was married in June, 1841, to Frederick Geyer, and there were born to them two children— John C. and William Henry; Mr. and Mrs. Geyer lived happily together until his death, which took place in September, 1875; since that time, Mrs. Geyer has been residing in Piqua.
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