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Lieut Ernest Godwin Geisendorff

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Lieut Ernest Godwin Geisendorff

Birth
Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Death
30 Apr 1897 (aged 58)
Woodville, Tyler County, Texas, USA
Burial
Woodville, Tyler County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Ernest Godwin Geisendorff, 2nd Lieutenant
(June 11, 1838 – April 30, 1897)

Born in Kentucky, the Geisendorff family moved to Tyler County about 1854. Ernest's father died shortly after their arrival, but left his son and widow, Catherine, considerable property. Ernest worked as a clerk in the law office of Malachi Priest, a prominent local attorney.

He volunteered for Company K on March 1, 1862 as a private. He was elected or appointed lieutenant after the departure of Dr. J. J. Burroughs.

Following his discharge in June 1865, he served as Tyler County Clerk, and later as County Judge. He married Ms. Aplice Foster following the war. He was an officer of Woodville's Masonic Lodge No. 62 on the listing in 1876. Lieutenant Geisendorff died in 1897 and is buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Woodville, Texas. His wife was supported by a Confederate widow's pension (No. 16758) until her death Dec. 13, 1918.

Source: http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/RandysTexas/geisendorff.html
Ernest Godwin Geisendorff, 2nd Lieutenant
(June 11, 1838 – April 30, 1897)

Born in Kentucky, the Geisendorff family moved to Tyler County about 1854. Ernest's father died shortly after their arrival, but left his son and widow, Catherine, considerable property. Ernest worked as a clerk in the law office of Malachi Priest, a prominent local attorney.

He volunteered for Company K on March 1, 1862 as a private. He was elected or appointed lieutenant after the departure of Dr. J. J. Burroughs.

Following his discharge in June 1865, he served as Tyler County Clerk, and later as County Judge. He married Ms. Aplice Foster following the war. He was an officer of Woodville's Masonic Lodge No. 62 on the listing in 1876. Lieutenant Geisendorff died in 1897 and is buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Woodville, Texas. His wife was supported by a Confederate widow's pension (No. 16758) until her death Dec. 13, 1918.

Source: http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/RandysTexas/geisendorff.html

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  • Maintained by: LUROC
  • Originally Created by: Bev
  • Added: Oct 27, 2004
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9719927/ernest_godwin-geisendorff: accessed ), memorial page for Lieut Ernest Godwin Geisendorff (11 Jun 1838–30 Apr 1897), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9719927, citing Magnolia Cemetery, Woodville, Tyler County, Texas, USA; Maintained by LUROC (contributor 47472370).