This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Garey. Gary. Geary Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BUB.2ACI/1663.1721 Message Board Post: This is an update to this posting that I put out here long ago. The real name is Alphonso E. Geary, he is buried in Dowagiac, Michigan. He was the son of man named Ephraim Geary. But the name was changed in spelling to Gary/ Garey. Ephraim was the son of John Gary a farmer from Vermont/ NY. Any other information appreciated.