This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Geer, Johnson Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TJB.2ACI/1283 Message Board Post: The citation for the book is: Title: History of the Upper Mississippi Valley Publisher: Minneapolis: Minnesota Historical Company, 1881 Contents: The Geology of the Upper Mississippi and Saint Louis Valleys by N.H. Winchell; Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota by Edward D. Neill; Outlines of the History of Minnesota by J. Fletcher Williams; State Education by Charles A. Bryant Page: 389 City of St. Cloud Levi S. Geer, a native of Crawford county, Pennsylvania, was born on the 15th of September, 1838. In 1857, he came to Watab, Benton county, Minnesota, where he was engaged in farming for one year. He then came to St. Cloud, and resided on a farm until 1862, when he enlisted in the Seventh Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and served three years. He was honorably discharged and returned to his farm at St. Cloud, which he conducted until 1873, and has since been engaged in business as a contractor and builder. Mr. Geer was married on the 27th of March, 1867, to Miss Martha A. Johnson. They have three children; Arthur S., Truman S., and Ivel V.