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HERBERT
GEIGER, farmer, Walnut township.
He was born in Walnut township, Sept. 25, 1810; the son of
David and Catharine (Wenegardner) Geiger. David
Geiger was born in Virginia. He came with his
father, Adam Geiger, to Ohio, in 1802 or '3.
The family located on Pleasant Run, Pleasant township.
After some two years, came to Walnut township, and entered a
section of land near Pleasantville, where Adam Geiger
spent the remainder of his days. David also
lived here during his life. He raised a family of five
children, of whom three sons and one daughter are living.
He was a farmer and stock raiser and kept hotel for many
years; in religious belief, a Baptist. He died about
1825. Herbert G., after his mother's death, was
raised on the farm of his grandfather, Winegardner,
in Richland township. He was educated in the common
schools. He remained on the place, and assisted his
grandfather in farming and distillery, until 1847. At
the age of twenty-five, he learned the tanner and currier
trade, when, in 1847, he purchased the tannery business of
an uncle in Rushville, which he conducted successfully for
eight years. In 1847, Mr. Geiger married
Sarah, daughter of William and Catharine Lamb,
early settlers in Walnut township. Mrs.
Geiger was born in Walnut township, Dec. 28, 1821.
After discontinuing the business of tanning, he purchased a
farm in Rush Creek township, conducting the same, still
continuing to reside in Rushville, until his removal to
Walnut township, in 1860, on the place which he still owns,
it being entered by his grandfather, Winegardner,
when he came to Ohio. The family residence was built
about 1869. Mr. Geiger now owns two hundred and
forty-five acres. He lived there until removing to his
present residence in Salem in 1873, where he is living a
retired life. They are the parents of two children:
Henry W., residing on the home place in Walnut township;
and Catharine A., residing with her parents.
The family are members of the Reform Church. He is a
member of the Masonic order, also an active member of the
Grangers.
Source: History of Fairfield and Perry Counties,
Publ. Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co., 1883 - Page 303 |
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