Oregon Republican League "Bridging the Generations Project 400": ORL Geer Family

Oregon Republican League "Bridging the Generations Project 400": ORL Geer Family

Republican League Register of Oregon, The Register Publishing Company, 1896, page 212-213.

GEER, HON. JOEL P., of Pleasant Hill, P. O. Butterville, was born in Clackamas County, Oregon, March 7, 1855. He has lived constantly on a farm in that county, and is one of the leading hop growers and shippers. Mr. Geer has always been a Republican, his father, Joseph C., having been a Democrat until the war, when he became a Republican. Mr. Geer has been Justice of the Peace and Clerk of the School Board and in 1892 was elected to the legislature.

GEER, T. T. [Editor inserted: Theodore T. Geer], of Macleay, has been for years one of the prominent leaders of the Republican party in Oregon, and both on the stump and with incisive pen he has done much to uphold its standards and carry them to victory. He was born in the Waldo Hills, Marion County, Oregon, March 12, 1851. He lived in Silverton till 1861, when the family moved to Salem. In 1866 he went to Union County, but 1877 returned to the Waldo Hills, and has ever since lived there on a farm within a mile of his birthplace. In 1876 he was a Republican nominee for the legislature in Union County, and made a hopeless fight and went down with the entire ticket under a Democratic majority of 300. In 1880, 1888, 1890 and 1892 he was elected to the legislature in Marion County, and in 1891 was speaker of the House. Mr. Geer has probably written more “good stuff” for the newspapers of Oregon than any man in the state not making that his business. He began with the Blue Mountain Times, the first paper published east of the Blue mountains, when but seventeen years of are, the Oregonian has been the paper most favored by his pen. Mr. Geer has been a prominent figure at county and state conventions and league meetings, and has done more than any other man on the stump to combat the doctrines of the Populists. His campaign work in 1894 was peculiarly effective in this direction, his plain, common-sense talks, tinged with a humor worthy of Lincoln himself, being far more interesting and convincing than the more florid oratory of the majority of political speakers.

Joel's father, Joseph Carey Geer, was the early Oregon pioneer and patriarch of this clan.

Descendants of Joseph Carey Geer

1 Joseph Carey Geer b: 05 Feb 1795 in Windham County, Connecticut d: 27 Aug 1881 in Died at 12:00 am at home, near Butteville, Clackamas County, Oregon
.. +Mary Johnson b: 05 Jul 1797 in Rhode Island m: 1815 in Connecticut d: 06 Dec 1847 in Butteville, Marion County, Oregon
........ 2 Ralph Carey Geer b: 13 Mar 1816 in Windham County, Connecticut d: 09 Jan 1895
............ +Mary Catherine Willard m: 08 Jan 1837 in London, Madison County, Ohio
................... 3 Calvin Geer b: 1837 d: 1930
....................... +Ellen Sylvania Leonard m: 1858
................... 3 Florinda Geer b: 1839 d: 20 Nov 1870 in Died from black smallpox, Marion County, Oregon
....................... +Timothy Woodbridge Davenport b: 30 Jul 1826 in New York m: 1854 in Oregon d: 26 Apr 1911
............................. 4 Homer Calvin Davenport b: 08 Mar 1867 in Born on family farm, near Silverton, Marion County, Oregon d: 02 May 1912 in New York
................................. +Daisy Moore m: 1893
................... 3 Samantha Geer b: 1842 d: 1929
....................... +Phillip Bowers m: 1858
........ 2 Frederick W. Geer b: Abt. 1817 in Connecticut
............ +Mary Ann
........ 2 Heman Johnson Geer b: 23 Sep 1828 in Madison County, Ohio d: 16 Aug 1903 in Cove, Union County, Oregon
............ +Cynthia Ann Eoff b: 04 Nov 1833 in Illinois m: 14 Oct 1848 in Marion County, Oregon d: in Oakland, Alameda County, California
................... 3 Theodore T. Geer b: 12 Mar 1851 in Waldo Hills, Marion County, Oregon d: 21 Feb 1924 in Portland, Oregon
....................... +Nancy E. Batte b: Abt. 1849 in Marion County, Oregon m: 16 Jun 1870 in Marion County, Oregon
............................. 4 Mandy Geer b: 17 Mar 1871 in Marion County, Oregon
............................. 4 Theodosia Geer b: 19 Mar 1873 in Marion County, Oregon
............................. 4 Frederick H. Geer b: 29 Jan 1877 in Marion County, Oregon d: 23 Jun 1927 in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
................................. +Martha S. b: 1886 in Tennessee
................... 3 Theodosia Caroline Geer b: 16 May 1853 in Waldo Hills, Marion County, Oregon
....................... +Joseph Jaynes
........ *2nd Wife of Heman Johnson Geer:
............ +Eliza A. Duncan b: Abt. 1839 m: 14 Oct 1866 in Oregon d: 05 Feb 1901 in Oregon
................... 3 Blaine Geer b: 12 Mar 1880 in Oregon
....................... +Addie b: 1880 in Texas
............................. 4 Faye Geer b: 1909 in Oregon
................... 3 Judd Geer b: 18 Feb 1868 in Cove, Union County, Oregon d: 24 Jan 1924 in Hot Lake, Union County, Oregon
....................... +Mary Holtby b: 20 Feb 1862 in Rome, Oneida County, New York m: Dec 1888 d: 15 Oct 1934 in Died at daugher's home, Union County, Oregon
............................. 4 Ada M. Geer b: 1897 in Oregon
................................. +Philip L Lockwood m: 04 Aug 1919
............................. 4 Pauline Geer b: 1899 in Oregon
................................. +Claude Gilford Puckett b: 03 Jun 1900 in Cove, Union, Oregon d: 1984
........................................ 5 Peggy Puckett b: in La Grande, Oregon
........................................ 5 La Verta Puckett b: 1919 in La Grande, Oregon
........................................ 5 Winton Puckett b: 1922 in La Grande, Oregon
........ 2 Francis Emeline Geer b: 1821 d: 1897
............ +John W. Grim m: 1844
................... 3 Mary Grimm d: 1917 in Hubbard, OR
....................... +George Henry Beebe b: 24 Oct 1853 in Monticello, New York (Sullivan County) m: 26 Dec 1887 d: 1930 in Hubbard, OR
............................. 4 Lois Beebe
................................. +Walter Grubb
........................................ 5 Gladys Grubb
............................................ +Leo Smith
.................................................. 6 Living Smith
.................................................. 6 Living Smith
.................................................. 6 Living Smith
.................................................. 6 Living Smith
............................. 4 Seth Harrison Beebe b: 01 Oct 1888 in Hubbard, OR (Marion County) d: Jan 1968 in Newport, OR
................................. +Ermel Dell Lansden b: 09 Jul 1888 in Bethany, IL m: 01 Feb 1910 in Woodburn, Oregon d: 15 Mar 1966 in Bethany, IL
........................................ 5 Wilna Verne Beebe b: 21 Jan 1911 in Woodburn, Oregon d: 20 Jun 1993 in Champaign, Illinois
............................................ +Thomas Timothy Kelly b: 10 Aug 1903 in St.Joesph, Illinois m: 06 Jun 1934 in Bethany, Illinois d: 19 Dec 1992 in Champaign, Illinois
.................................................. 6 Living Kelly
...................................................... +John Edward, Sr. Hinton b: 30 Oct 1931 in Clarence, Illinois (Ford County, Rankin, IL) d: 04 Nov 1991 in Jacksonville, Florida
............................................................. 7 Living Hinton
................................................................. +Living Buckner
............................................................. *2nd Wife of Living Hinton:
................................................................. +Living McCall
........................................................................ 8 Living McCall
........................................................................ 8 Living Hinton
........................................................................ 8 Living Hinton
............................................................. 7 Living Hinton
............................................................. 7 Living Hinton
................................................................. +Living Swain
........................................................................ 8 Living Swain
........................................................................ 8 Living Swain
............................................................. *2nd Husband of Living Hinton:
................................................................. +Living Bass
........................................................................ 8 Living Bass
............................................................. *3rd Husband of Living Hinton:
................................................................. +Living Izquierdo
............................................................. 7 Living Hinton
................................................................. +Living Oswalt
............................................................. *2nd Husband of Living Hinton:
................................................................. +Delphinis Gregory Mercier b: 19 Nov 1959 in Houston, TX d: 02 Sep 1996 in Jackson, Mississippi
.................................................. *2nd Husband of Living Kelly:
...................................................... +Living Livingston
.................................................. 6 Living Kelly
.................................................. 6 Living Kelly
...................................................... +William Kirshner b: 1928
.................................................. 6 Living Kelly
...................................................... +Living Stickles
............................................................. 7 Living Stickles
................................................................. +Living McKay
........................................................................ 8 Living Stickles
............................................................. 7 Living Stickles
............................. *2nd Wife of Seth Harrison Beebe:
................................. +Myra Ida Will b: 1900 m: 1930
........................................ 5 Living Beebe
............................................ +Living Crofts
.................................................. 6 Living Crofts
...................................................... +Living McVeety
.................................................. 6 Living Crofts
...................................................... +Living Dion
................... 3 Byron Joseph Grim
....................... +Mary Sewall
............................. 4 Alma Grim b: 1903 d: 1936
................................. +Anton Will
........................................ 5 Mary Triphine Will b: 1908
............................................ +Leonard Kearney b: 1910
.................................................. 6 Living Kearney
...................................................... +Living Landers
............................................................. 7 Living Kearney
................................................................. +Living Denice
............................................................. 7 Living Kearney
........ 2 J. W. Johnston Geer b: 1815 in Connecticut d: in Oregon
............ +Mary A. b: 1822 in New York
................... 3 Effie Geer b: 1866 in Oregon
................... 3 Frederick C. Geer b: 1849 in Oregon
....................... +Eliza b: 1851 in Oregon
............................. 4 Jerome Geer b: 1870 in Oregon
............................. 4 Prentiss Geer b: 1872 in Oregon
................... 3 Theodore Geer b: 1844 in Oregon
................... 3 Annita Geer b: 1850 in Oregon
................... 3 Violet Geer b: 1852 in Oregon
................... 3 Ella Geer b: 1855 in Oregon
................... 3 Archibald Geer b: 1859 in Oregon d: in Oregon
....................... +Emily b: 1860 in England d: in Oregon
............................. 4 Daniel Geer b: 1879 in Oregon d: 1879 in Oregon
........ 2 J. C. Johnston Geer
........ 2 Mary Johnston Geer
*2nd Wife of Joseph Carey Geer:
.. +Elizabeth Dixon m: 24 Jun 1849 in Oregon d: 14 Mar 1855 in Oregon
........ 2 Lucien Geer b: 1853 in Oregon
............ +Kate C. b: 1863 in England
................... 3 Elizabeth Geer b: 1879 in Oregon
........ 2 Joel P. Geer b: 1855 in Oregon
............ +Colista Colver b: 1855 in Oregon m: 02 Feb 1877
................... 3 Lottie Geer b: 1878 in Oregon
*3rd Wife of Joseph Carey Geer:
.. +Mary b: 1813 in Ohio m: 06 Jun 1856 in Oregon