Abraham Geist ¹

  Burial Notes:

His tombstone reads: Abraham Geist 03/20/1813 - 08/28/1883; age 64y 3m 12d

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1850, Upper Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ³ He is listed as Abraham Geist (age 38). Living in his household are his wife, Elizabeth (37); Catherine (16); Mary (12); John (10); Lydia (7); Emmanuel (5); Samuel (1); and William Price (11) and Michael Reeds (35) a laborer. The census was recorded on November 1, 1850.

• Occupation: farmer and his real estate was valued at $4,000, 1850, Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. ³

• Census, 1860, Upper Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴ He is listed as Abraham Geist (age 47) living with his wife Elizabeth (47); John (19); Lydia (16); Emanuel (14); Samuel (10); Henry F. (9); William (6); Sarah E. (1).

• Occupation: farmer, 1860, Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴

• Census, 1870, Upper Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁵ He is listed as Abraham Geist (age 55) living in his household with wife Elizabeth (56); Samuel (21, farm laborer); Henry (18, farm laborer); William (16, farm laborer); and Elizabeth (12).

• Occupation: farmer, 1870, Upper Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ^{5 6} His land is valued at $10,000 in the 1870 Census.

• Book: Genealogical & Biographical Annals of Northumberland County by J.L. Floyd, 1911. ⁷ Abraham Geist, grandfather of William B. Geist, of Upper Mahanoy Township, was born in Upper Mahanoy March 20, 1813, and was a successful farmer and enterprising business man, being one of the first dealers in live stock in his district. He had the best farm in the township, a place of 160 acres. He died Aug. 28, 1883, and is buried at Himmel's Church, as is also his wife, Elizabeth (Hepler), who was born June 10, 1813, and died July 14, 1888. She was a large and powerful woman, weighing nearly three hundred pounds. Besides John H. Geist they had children as follows: Christian (daughter), born in 1834, who died in 1835; Frank; William; Samuel; Lizzie, who married Alexander Gonser and lives at Lewisburg; William (2); Lydia, who married Daniel Swartz and lived at Urban, Pa.; Hettie, who married Jacob Snyder (they are buried at Leck Kill Church); and Polly, who married Michael Powell and (second) a Mr. Shoemaker.

Abraham married Elizabeth Hepler. (Elizabeth Hepler was born on 10 Jun 1813 in Eldred Township: Pitman, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA,² died on 14 Jul 1888 in Greenbrier, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA ² and was buried in Rebuck: Himmel's Church, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA ².)