Jan, This is not my direct line, but according to my records John Sherwood Geiger, b. 2 Feb 1836, d. 30 Dec 1913 "on his land at Houston Swamp (where?)", buried with his wife in Ogilvie Cemetery, Duval Co., FL, m. 24 Jun 1871 in Nassau Co., FL, Martha Maria Haddock, b. 24 May 1837 at Kings Ferry, Nassau co., FL, d. 13 Aug 1912, age 75. She was dau. of John Haddock and Sarah Hardee and perhaps granddau. of Joseph and Mary Elizabeth (Higginbotham) Haddock of North Carolina. I have other children for John Sherwood and Martha: Lucian L., b. 1859, d. 1928 Margery S. b. abt 1864 John Sherwood, b. Mar 1867, d. 12 Oct 1946 Thomas Jefferson, b. 5 Feb 1868, d. 29 Jan 1910 Mary Elizabeth, b. 7 Jul 1875, d. 19 Apr 1928 James T. b. 14 Jul 1876 (you have 1878, I don't know which is correct) George (rumor said he was an out-of-wedlock mulatto child). John Sherwood was son of Jacob V. Geiger (of Felix and Mary Martin) b. abt 1797 in GA, and Marjory Simmons, b. 1810 in GA. John was the 5th of nine children. Jacob d. after the Civil war and is buried in Hopewell Church Cemetery, Columbia Co., FL. Hopewell Cem is in the NW corner of Columbia Co. Felix is believed to be son of Hans Ulrich Geiger and Apolina Seckinger. Hope this will help. Sorry I can't quote sources, but this will give you a lead. Thanks for all the Geiger items. I'll try to fit them in. Marge

Marge, may I ask the source of your rumor about the youngest child you list for John and Martha? That's a pretty serious statement. My records don't agree on some points (I have John as 3rd of 8 ch.), but won't quibble - it's not my line, either. However, you have that his father Jacob GEIGER died after the Civil War and a direct desc. on this list says he died in 1850. John's grandfather Felix GEIGER was the son of Hans Ulrich GEIGER and Apollonia ____. Chubb Geiger, in his book, surmised she might have been a SECKINGER, but we've pretty well disproved that. Gerry Gieger is working on another family he feels may be hers. Anne C. ----- Original Message ----- From: Marge <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 9:29 PM Subject: Re: [GEIGER] FL GEIGER OBITUARIES > Jan, > > This is not my direct line, but according to my records John Sherwood > Geiger, b. 2 Feb 1836, d. 30 Dec 1913 "on his land at Houston Swamp > (where?)", buried with his wife in Ogilvie Cemetery, Duval Co., FL, m. 24 > Jun 1871 in Nassau Co., FL, Martha Maria Haddock, b. 24 May 1837 at Kings > Ferry, Nassau co., FL, d. 13 Aug 1912, age 75. She was dau. of John Haddock > and Sarah Hardee and perhaps granddau. of Joseph and Mary Elizabeth > (Higginbotham) Haddock of North Carolina. > > I have other children for John Sherwood and Martha: > > Lucian L., b. 1859, d. 1928 > Margery S. b. abt 1864 > John Sherwood, b. Mar 1867, d. 12 Oct 1946 > Thomas Jefferson, b. 5 Feb 1868, d. 29 Jan 1910 > Mary Elizabeth, b. 7 Jul 1875, d. 19 Apr 1928 > James T. b. 14 Jul 1876 (you have 1878, I don't know which is correct) > George (rumor said he was an out-of-wedlock mulatto child). > > John Sherwood was son of Jacob V. Geiger (of Felix and Mary Martin) b. abt > 1797 in GA, and Marjory Simmons, b. 1810 in GA. John was the 5th of nine > children. Jacob d. after the Civil war and is buried in Hopewell Church > Cemetery, Columbia Co., FL. Hopewell Cem is in the NW corner of Columbia > Co. > > Felix is believed to be son of Hans Ulrich Geiger and Apolina Seckinger. > > Hope this will help. Sorry I can't quote sources, but this will give you a > lead. > > Thanks for all the Geiger items. I'll try to fit them in. > > Marge > > > > > ==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== > Check out our GEIGER homepage at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/ > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >

Anne, I'm sorry. Since this is not my direct line, I did not make careful source notes. Also, I've had to change Gen. Programs twice recently, so what I have is in pretty sad shape right now. I'm sure somewhere I have my notes, but right now I'm up to my ears, being regent of our DAR chapter which had a state conference last weekend, and I'm planning a research trip to Salt Lake in two weeks and trying to prepare for that. (I'll be working on other families, though). As I said, the report on George was only a rumor and so please don't take it as fact until verified. There was a George, unidentified, I know, because I kept running into him. Marge rconnell wrote: > Marge, may I ask the source of your rumor about the youngest child you list > for John and Martha? That's a pretty serious statement. > > My records don't agree on some points (I have John as 3rd of 8 ch.), but > won't quibble - it's not my line, either. However, you have that his father > Jacob GEIGER died after the Civil War and a direct desc. on this list says > he died in 1850. > >