John White Geary Born: 30-Dec-1819 Birthplace: Mount Pleasant, PA Died: 8-Feb-1873 Location of death: Harrisburg, PA Cause of death: Heart Failure Remains: Buried, Mount Kalma Cemetery, Harrisburg, PA
Gender: Male Religion: Methodist Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Politician, Military Party Affiliation: Republican [1] Nationality: United States Executive summary: Governor of Kansas and Pennsylvania Military service: US Army (1845-48); Union Army (1861-65) Namesake of San Francisco's Geary Street as well as Geary County, Kansas.
[1] Democrat, later turned Republican.
Father: Richard Geary (b. 1779, d. wagon accident) Mother: Margaret White Geary (b. 1770) Brother: Edward Ratchford Geary (older) Brother: (3 brothers) Wife: Margaret Ann Logan Geary (m. 12-Feb-1843, d. 1853) Son: John White Geary (d., smallpox) Son: Edward Ratchford Geary (b. 14-Sep-1845, d. 28-Oct-1863 war) Son: William Logan Geary (b. 17-Apr-1849) Wife: Mary Church Henderson Geary (m. 2-Nov-1858) Daughter: Mary Geary (b. 31-Aug-1859) Daughter: Margaret Geary (b. Dec-1863) Daughter: Eva Louise Geary (b. 24-Feb-1867) Son: John Washington Geary (b. 22-Feb-1869)
High School: Jefferson College, Canonsburg, PA
Governor of Pennsylvania (1867-73) Governor of Kansas Territory (1856-57) Mayor of San Francisco 1850-51 Pennsylvania Bar Association Shot: Battle Cedar Mountain (Aug-1862)
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