On the 16th of Jan., 1866, in Plumstead township, Bucks Co, Pa., our beloved Bro. and pastor John Geil, aged 87 years, 9 mos., and 7 days. He was buried on the 19th at Line Lexington M. H., where appropriate addresses were delivered from 2 Tim. 4: 7, 8.
Herald of Truth
Vol III, No 2
February 1866
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John Geil, son of Jacob, was born In New Britain, Bucks County, 1 April 1778, and removed with his family to Virginia, where he was apprenticed to the tanning trade, but liking neither the trade or his master, he returned to Bucks County about 1796, and probably for a time resided with his elder brother, Abraham Geil.
John Geil married 22 April 1802, Elizabeth Fretz, daughter of Mark Fretz, who owned and operated the grist and saw mills later known as Curley's Mills, in New Britain.
John Geil settled in New Britain, where he owned a farm, and resided there until near the close of his life. He was ordained as minister of the Mennonite congregation at Line Lexington in 1809 and preached there for forty-two years. Late in life he removed to Plumstead, where he died 16 January 1866 at the age of eight-eight years.
His wife was born 17 January 1781 and died 6 November 1849. She was the daughter of Mark and Elizabeth (Rosenberger) Fretz, the former a son of John and Maria Fretz of Bedminster, and the latter the daughter of Rev Henry Rosenberger, for many years pastor of the Mennonite congregation in Franconia, Montgomery County.
Rev John and Elizabeth (Fretz) Geil were the parents of nine children: Jacob, the eldest son, married Anna Funk, and had three sons: John F, Enos F and Samuel; the first and last removed west; Samuel became a distinguished lawyer in Ohio, and removed later to California, where he recently died.
The remaining children of Rev John Geil were: Barbara, who married Abraham Landis; Elizabeth, who married Martin D Rosenberger, of Hilltown; Mark, who died young; Catharine, who married John Krabehl; Mary, who married Joseph Landis; John, born August 20, 1819, killed by a fall in his barn in New Britain, August 26, 1890; Anna, who married Mathew Hare and removed to Illinois; and Samuel.
History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Volume III
William H Davis, 1905
Lewis Publishing Company
Herald of Truth
Vol III, No 2
February 1866
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John Geil, son of Jacob, was born In New Britain, Bucks County, 1 April 1778, and removed with his family to Virginia, where he was apprenticed to the tanning trade, but liking neither the trade or his master, he returned to Bucks County about 1796, and probably for a time resided with his elder brother, Abraham Geil.
John Geil married 22 April 1802, Elizabeth Fretz, daughter of Mark Fretz, who owned and operated the grist and saw mills later known as Curley's Mills, in New Britain.
John Geil settled in New Britain, where he owned a farm, and resided there until near the close of his life. He was ordained as minister of the Mennonite congregation at Line Lexington in 1809 and preached there for forty-two years. Late in life he removed to Plumstead, where he died 16 January 1866 at the age of eight-eight years.
His wife was born 17 January 1781 and died 6 November 1849. She was the daughter of Mark and Elizabeth (Rosenberger) Fretz, the former a son of John and Maria Fretz of Bedminster, and the latter the daughter of Rev Henry Rosenberger, for many years pastor of the Mennonite congregation in Franconia, Montgomery County.
Rev John and Elizabeth (Fretz) Geil were the parents of nine children: Jacob, the eldest son, married Anna Funk, and had three sons: John F, Enos F and Samuel; the first and last removed west; Samuel became a distinguished lawyer in Ohio, and removed later to California, where he recently died.
The remaining children of Rev John Geil were: Barbara, who married Abraham Landis; Elizabeth, who married Martin D Rosenberger, of Hilltown; Mark, who died young; Catharine, who married John Krabehl; Mary, who married Joseph Landis; John, born August 20, 1819, killed by a fall in his barn in New Britain, August 26, 1890; Anna, who married Mathew Hare and removed to Illinois; and Samuel.
History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Volume III
William H Davis, 1905
Lewis Publishing Company
On the 16th of Jan., 1866, in Plumstead township, Bucks Co, Pa., our beloved Bro. and pastor John Geil, aged 87 years, 9 mos., and 7 days. He was buried on the 19th at Line Lexington M. H., where appropriate addresses were delivered from 2 Tim. 4: 7, 8.
Herald of Truth
Vol III, No 2
February 1866
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John Geil, son of Jacob, was born In New Britain, Bucks County, 1 April 1778, and removed with his family to Virginia, where he was apprenticed to the tanning trade, but liking neither the trade or his master, he returned to Bucks County about 1796, and probably for a time resided with his elder brother, Abraham Geil.
John Geil married 22 April 1802, Elizabeth Fretz, daughter of Mark Fretz, who owned and operated the grist and saw mills later known as Curley's Mills, in New Britain.
John Geil settled in New Britain, where he owned a farm, and resided there until near the close of his life. He was ordained as minister of the Mennonite congregation at Line Lexington in 1809 and preached there for forty-two years. Late in life he removed to Plumstead, where he died 16 January 1866 at the age of eight-eight years.
His wife was born 17 January 1781 and died 6 November 1849. She was the daughter of Mark and Elizabeth (Rosenberger) Fretz, the former a son of John and Maria Fretz of Bedminster, and the latter the daughter of Rev Henry Rosenberger, for many years pastor of the Mennonite congregation in Franconia, Montgomery County.
Rev John and Elizabeth (Fretz) Geil were the parents of nine children: Jacob, the eldest son, married Anna Funk, and had three sons: John F, Enos F and Samuel; the first and last removed west; Samuel became a distinguished lawyer in Ohio, and removed later to California, where he recently died.
The remaining children of Rev John Geil were: Barbara, who married Abraham Landis; Elizabeth, who married Martin D Rosenberger, of Hilltown; Mark, who died young; Catharine, who married John Krabehl; Mary, who married Joseph Landis; John, born August 20, 1819, killed by a fall in his barn in New Britain, August 26, 1890; Anna, who married Mathew Hare and removed to Illinois; and Samuel.
History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Volume III
William H Davis, 1905
Lewis Publishing Company
Herald of Truth
Vol III, No 2
February 1866
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John Geil, son of Jacob, was born In New Britain, Bucks County, 1 April 1778, and removed with his family to Virginia, where he was apprenticed to the tanning trade, but liking neither the trade or his master, he returned to Bucks County about 1796, and probably for a time resided with his elder brother, Abraham Geil.
John Geil married 22 April 1802, Elizabeth Fretz, daughter of Mark Fretz, who owned and operated the grist and saw mills later known as Curley's Mills, in New Britain.
John Geil settled in New Britain, where he owned a farm, and resided there until near the close of his life. He was ordained as minister of the Mennonite congregation at Line Lexington in 1809 and preached there for forty-two years. Late in life he removed to Plumstead, where he died 16 January 1866 at the age of eight-eight years.
His wife was born 17 January 1781 and died 6 November 1849. She was the daughter of Mark and Elizabeth (Rosenberger) Fretz, the former a son of John and Maria Fretz of Bedminster, and the latter the daughter of Rev Henry Rosenberger, for many years pastor of the Mennonite congregation in Franconia, Montgomery County.
Rev John and Elizabeth (Fretz) Geil were the parents of nine children: Jacob, the eldest son, married Anna Funk, and had three sons: John F, Enos F and Samuel; the first and last removed west; Samuel became a distinguished lawyer in Ohio, and removed later to California, where he recently died.
The remaining children of Rev John Geil were: Barbara, who married Abraham Landis; Elizabeth, who married Martin D Rosenberger, of Hilltown; Mark, who died young; Catharine, who married John Krabehl; Mary, who married Joseph Landis; John, born August 20, 1819, killed by a fall in his barn in New Britain, August 26, 1890; Anna, who married Mathew Hare and removed to Illinois; and Samuel.
History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Volume III
William H Davis, 1905
Lewis Publishing Company
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