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Howard (1907), Vol. 2 biographies
b. 16 Dec. 1866, Dearborn Co., Ind., fourth child of Peter (b. 12 Dec. 1836 near Munich, Bavaria; d. 15 Nov. 1901, St. Joseph County) and Margaret (Ewald) Geyer (b. 18 Nov. 1837, Dearborn Co.) (Part 73, pp. 1009–1010). The Geyer family emigrated from Bremen to Baltimore in 1840 (fourteen-week stormy voyage), spent months in Cincinnati, removed to Dearborn County, and in 1850 came over the old Michigan trail to Liberty Township, where the father purchased 400 acres of virgin timber (receiving that tract and $500 for his 80 Dearborn acres) (Part 73). Edmund was eight when he became a resident of St. Joseph County (as printed; the family’s 1850 arrival and his 1866 Dearborn birth do not reconcile on their face — printed as reached, P-C7); educated at the Beaver Creek school; taught three years in the North Liberty schools and twelve years in the township schools; holds an exemption (life) certificate; one of four prominent educators in the family (Part 73). M. 25 May 1889 Martha E. King (b. 28 July 1865, Bethany, Mo.); two children named (Part 73). Farm from 1890: 100 acres + 70 acres in Liberty Township, home “Lakeview” (Part 73). [REGISTER] Carrying fact: the township’s career teacher-farmer — fifteen years teaching, North Liberty and township, at Howard length.