Found this site that allows you to search for names of notable people, living or dead with extensive detail. Bill <http://www.nndb.com/> http://www.nndb.com/ Here is the listing for Mayor Geary. John White Geary Born: <http://www.nndb.com/lists/882/000106564/> 30-Dec- <http://www.nndb.com/lists/818/000105503/> 1819 Birthplace: <http://www.nndb.com/geo/759/000119402/> Mount Pleasant, PA Died: <http://www.nndb.com/lists/922/000106604/> 8-Feb- <http://www.nndb.com/lists/383/000106065/> 1873 Location of death: <http://www.nndb.com/geo/528/000069321/> Harrisburg, PA Cause of death: Heart Failure Remains: Buried, Mount Kalma Cemetery, Harrisburg, PA Gender: Male Religion: <http://www.nndb.com/lists/870/000071657/> Methodist Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Politician, <http://www.nndb.com/lists/187/000068980/> Military Party Affiliation: Republican [1] <http://www.nndb.com/people/847/000118493/#FN1> Nationality: United States Executive summary: Governor of Kansas and Pennsylvania Military service: US Army (1845-48 ; 1861-65) Namesake of San Francisco's Geary Street as well as Geary County, Kansas. Father: Richard Geary (b. 1779, d. wagon accident) Mother: Margaret White Geary (b. 1770) Brother: Edward Ratchford Geary (older) Brother: (3 brothers) Wife: Margaret Ann Logan Geary (m. 12-Feb-1843, d. 1853) Son: John White Geary (d., smallpox) Son: Edward Ratchford Geary (b. 14-Sep-1845, d. 28-Oct-1863 war) Son: William Logan Geary (b. 17-Apr-1849) Wife: Mary Church Henderson Geary (m. 2-Nov-1858) Daughter: Mary Geary (b. 31-Aug-1859) Daughter: Margaret Geary (b. Dec-1863) Daughter: Eva Louise Geary (b. 24-Feb-1867) Son: John Washington Geary (b. 22-Feb-1869) High School: Jefferson College, Canonsburg, PA Governor of <http://www.nndb.com/gov/928/000051775/> Pennsylvania 1867-73 Governor of Kansas <http://www.nndb.com/gov/921/000051768/> 1856-57 Mayor <http://www.nndb.com/gov/867/000047726/> of San Francisco 1850-51 Pennsylvania Bar Association <http://www.nndb.com/org/651/000117300/> Shot: <http://www.nndb.com/event/226/000118869/> Battle Cedar Mountain (Aug-1862) _____ [1] Democrat, later turned Republican.