Son of Roger and Keziah (Tucker) Geer.
Recorded in Kate Scott's 1888 History of Jefferson County, PA:
Luther Gear/Geer, Sr., started with his family from Indiana county on the 15th day of March, 1833 , an on the 18th reached his destination in Jefferson county, where he located on the farm now owned by K.L. Blood, in Rose Township. Mr. Geer was born in Connecticut in 1796 and was married to Nancy A. Spiers, in 1818. He was a millwright and carpenter by trade, and put the roof on the grist-mill built by Robert P. Barr. After residing in Rose township he moved to the Clarion River where he built the Grant mill. He then moved to Brookville, where he staid awhile, and then located permanently in Pine Creek, where he died August 15, 1875, and his wife died November 29, 1880, in the eighty-fourth year of her age. They both resided with their son Lawson S., during the last years of their lives. They had thirteen children -- eight sons and five daughters--and of these nine are living, and all but one reside in Pine Creek township.
Recorded in Kate Scott's 1888 History of Jefferson County, PA:
Luther Gear/Geer, Sr., started with his family from Indiana county on the 15th day of March, 1833 , an on the 18th reached his destination in Jefferson county, where he located on the farm now owned by K.L. Blood, in Rose Township. Mr. Geer was born in Connecticut in 1796 and was married to Nancy A. Spiers, in 1818. He was a millwright and carpenter by trade, and put the roof on the grist-mill built by Robert P. Barr. After residing in Rose township he moved to the Clarion River where he built the Grant mill. He then moved to Brookville, where he staid awhile, and then located permanently in Pine Creek, where he died August 15, 1875, and his wife died November 29, 1880, in the eighty-fourth year of her age. They both resided with their son Lawson S., during the last years of their lives. They had thirteen children -- eight sons and five daughters--and of these nine are living, and all but one reside in Pine Creek township.
Son of Roger and Keziah (Tucker) Geer.
Recorded in Kate Scott's 1888 History of Jefferson County, PA:
Luther Gear/Geer, Sr., started with his family from Indiana county on the 15th day of March, 1833 , an on the 18th reached his destination in Jefferson county, where he located on the farm now owned by K.L. Blood, in Rose Township. Mr. Geer was born in Connecticut in 1796 and was married to Nancy A. Spiers, in 1818. He was a millwright and carpenter by trade, and put the roof on the grist-mill built by Robert P. Barr. After residing in Rose township he moved to the Clarion River where he built the Grant mill. He then moved to Brookville, where he staid awhile, and then located permanently in Pine Creek, where he died August 15, 1875, and his wife died November 29, 1880, in the eighty-fourth year of her age. They both resided with their son Lawson S., during the last years of their lives. They had thirteen children -- eight sons and five daughters--and of these nine are living, and all but one reside in Pine Creek township.
Recorded in Kate Scott's 1888 History of Jefferson County, PA:
Luther Gear/Geer, Sr., started with his family from Indiana county on the 15th day of March, 1833 , an on the 18th reached his destination in Jefferson county, where he located on the farm now owned by K.L. Blood, in Rose Township. Mr. Geer was born in Connecticut in 1796 and was married to Nancy A. Spiers, in 1818. He was a millwright and carpenter by trade, and put the roof on the grist-mill built by Robert P. Barr. After residing in Rose township he moved to the Clarion River where he built the Grant mill. He then moved to Brookville, where he staid awhile, and then located permanently in Pine Creek, where he died August 15, 1875, and his wife died November 29, 1880, in the eighty-fourth year of her age. They both resided with their son Lawson S., during the last years of their lives. They had thirteen children -- eight sons and five daughters--and of these nine are living, and all but one reside in Pine Creek township.
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