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    MRS. MARTHA GEYER

    Mrs. Martha Geyer belongs, by birth, to the Manson family; her grandfather and father were natives of Pennsylvania, and came to Miami Co. at a very early day, settling in Brown Township, on Lost Creek; in those days David Geyer, the elder, had a large double log house, and to this the settlers came when there was any trouble with the Indians, using it as a block-.house. The father of Mrs. Geyer married in 1810, and the subject of this sketch was born in February, 1822; her father died about a year after her birth, but her mother lived until 1854; they were both Methodists. Mrs. Geyer was married in June, 1841, to Frederick Geyer, and there were born to them two children John C. and William Henry. Mr. and Mrs. Geyer lived happily together until his death, which took place in September, 1875; since that time, Mrs. Geyer has been residing in Piqua.

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