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MILTON Y. GEIGER, a prominent farmer of Upper Pottsgrove township, was born May 18, 1858, on the farm in Upper Pottsgrove where he now lives. He is the son of John and Rachel (Yergey) Geiger.

John Geiger (father) lived on the farm in Upper Pottsgrove township where his son Milton now lives. He was a blacksmith and a farmer. Both he and his wife were Lutherans, and in politics he was a Democrat. His wife died about twenty-two years ago, being fifty years old at the time of her death. He survived her for several years, dying in 1891, at the age of seventy years. Both were buried in Pottstown. John Geiger built the house which now stands on the Geiger farm, in 1880. Jacob Geiger (grandfather) and his wife emigrated from Europe and lived in Pottstown, They have been dead many years.

John and Rachel (Yergey) Geiger had eight children, as follows: 1. Malinda (deceased), married Peter Egolf, who survives her and lives in Pottstown, being engaged in the lumber business. They have two sons. 2. Emaline (deceased), married Daniel Rhodes, who is at present engaged in the shoe business in Pottstown. They had one son and one daughter. 3. William, married Laura Engle (deceased), and lives in Reading, where he is a carpenter and builder. There is one child living. 4. John Jacob, married Lella ___ and they live in Pottstown. He is an iron worker. They have one child. 5. Edmund, married Catherine Mauger, and they live in Limerick township. He is a farmer. They have no children. 6. Columbus Y., unmarried and living with his brother, Milton Y. 7. George W., married and lives in the West, in Iowa, when last heard of. There has been no word from him for several years. 8. Milton Y.

Milton Y. Geiger went to school until he was thirteen years of age, and for seven years after leaving school assisted his father on the farm. He learned the trade of carriage-making at Boyertown, and followed this occupation for six years. For the next two years he was employed on a railroad in Philadelphia, and then removed to his farm in Upper Pottsgrove, where he has lived ever since.

On January 24, 1880, Milton Y. Geiger married Mary Bowman, daughter of Aaron and Valeria (Hill) Bowman. The wife’s parents resided in Upper Pottsgrove township, where Mr. Bowman followed the occupation of a farmer for many years. They now reside with their son-in-law, Milton Y. Geiger. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Y. Geiger have two children: Charles, born in 1880, and living in Ohio, where he is engaged in business as a florist. Valeria E., born in 1894.

Mr. Geiger is a Democrat in politics and has served as a school director for a dozen years. He was a member of the Order of Foresters of America. He and his family are members of the Lutheran church of Pottstown.