FYI -- The wife of Joshua Geiger which you mentioned below was Marianne Lewis who was the daughter of Josiah Lewis. Another one of their children was Alexander Paul Geiger. If this is your line you may want to contact Mr. Bates. The last email address I have for him is: GBates1015@aol.com >Tom, sounds like you've been reading "Florida's Frontier - the Way Hit Wuz" >by Mary Ida BASS BARBER SHEARHART of Kissimmee, FL. She called the girls >sisters, but now agrees that their fathers were first cousins. Harriet, who >marr. Isaac BARBER, is in her children's line and is definitely a dau. of >Joshua GEIGER (s. of Abe and Mercy) and Marianne ____ of Bradford Co. And >Josh may well be the person mentioned in Chubb GEIGER'S book as "working in >Jacksonville in 1849". > >Martha GEIGER, who married Arch BARBER (Isaac's brother), was the oldest >dau. of John Martin GEIGER (s. of Felix GEIGER and Mary MARTIN) and Emily >(Emma, Amy) JOYNER (d. of Charles JOYNER and Elizabeth MUNDEN) of Alachua >Co. (from Wayne Co., GA). Martin was a co. commish and he, the Gov. and two >or three others led the successful fight in 1853 to move the co. seat from >Newnansville to the proposed town of Gainesville. > >Martha was born in Wayne Co., GA, between 1831 and 1835 (gravestone says >April, 1835; censuses say otherwise). From Alachua Co. Marriage Bk. 2 - >1851-1855, p. 33: "Archibald A. BARBER and Martha GEIGER. Lic. June 9, >1854, in Clerk's office at Newnansville; md. June 15, 1854, by Wm. >Hollingsworth, M.G. Robert Youngblood, Clk. Cir. Ct." Their ch. from 1860, >1870 Cens. (Starke, Bradford Co.) were: Elizabeth B.; Margarett E.; MARTIN; >Charles; Archie; EMMA NORA; and Nathan. Martha died 6 March 1894. She and >Arch are buried in the old ROBINSON/BARBER Cemetery near Cross City, Dixie >Co., FL. My notes say: "The land is now leased by a hunting club whose >members don't seem to know the difference between a deer and a gravestone." > >Arch was born 29 July 1833 (gravestone) and died 31 Dec 1903 (g.s.). His >father was Moses BARBER and his mother was Maria Leah ALVAREZ, b. St. >Augustine. >If you haven't read the book - it tells a lot about the family. It is a >rough, mostly factual, story, about Mose and his rise to being the richest >cattleman around, and the bloody BARBER/MIZELLE feud which ended it all. I >can give you her address. > >My great grandfather was Anson GEIGER, brother of Martha BARBER. His wife >was Martha Jane ROBINSON, much older sister of John J. ROBINSON. When >Martha BARBER's dau. Emma Nora grew up, she married John, who was only five >years her senior. They both are buried in the ROBINSON/BARBER Cem., which >is actually two separate, fenced enclosures. > >Hope this helps. Let me know where you fit in. And tell me about those >graves at High Springs. Anne Connell in FL. > >-----Original Message----- > > >> I'm looking for the parents of Martha B. Geiger who married Archibald A. >>Barber 1833 in baker Co. fl.and Harriet C. Geiger Who married Archibald's >>brother Isaac J. Barber 1835 also backer co.Fl. >> Martha was my grgrgrgrandmother. I belive that they came from S.C. to Ga. >to Fl. >> There are old Geiger graves at High Springs Fl. Just south of Lake City. >> >>Thomas H. Lindsay >>Tlind44@aol.com > > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >Looking for information on the Valentine Geiger family? Try: http://members.aol.com/PeggyLoos/Geiger1.htm > >