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John D Geiselman
It is now on an attractive farm homestead in Locke Township that John D Geiselman and wife reside, but he was formerly a resident of Nappanee, where he still owns a home and his activities as a painter, decorator and artist, have made him well known over a large section of Indiana.
He has the distinction of being the first white male child born in the Village of Bremen, Marshall County, Indiana, while his older sister Eliza, who died at the age of seventeen, was the first birth in that village. Mr Geiselman was born October 7, 1852. The family was established in Indiana during pioneer times.
His grandfather Michael Geiselman, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1798 of German parents, early learned the trade of blacksmith, and on completing his apprenticeship moved to Canton, Ohio, and for some years owned and operated a farm three miles southeast of that Ohio city. From there he came to Indiana and was one of the first to locate in Marshall County, buying a tract of land on Harris Prairie. After improving the land he sold out and bought another place three miles north of Bremen, where he established a blacksmith shop and combined blacksmithing with farming. Still later he sold that and bought land bordering on Kountz Lake, where he lived until late in life. He finally went to the home of his son 3 1/2 miles southeast of Bremen, where he died in 1880.
Michael Geiselman married Eliza Hufford, who was born in Pennsylvania and died on Harris Prairie in Marshall County, Indiana. Her husband married a second time. However, she was the mother of his four sons and a daughter, whose names were Melinda, Josiah, Walter, James D and Harvey.
Josiah Geiselman, father of John D was born in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, in 1826. and was still quite young when his parents removed to Marshall County, Indiana. That was long before the days of railroads and the journey was accomplished with wagons and teams and they arrived in a country still unclaimed from the wilderness, where a great deal of land could be bought direct from the Government at $1.25 per acre. Josiah Geiselman also served an apprenticeship at the blacksmith trade with Bertram Lushbaugh.
His first regular location was on the present site of Bremen, where he built the first house and the first blacksmith shop. This shop he continued to operate until 1862, when he sold out and bought an interest in a sawmill five miles northwest of Bremen. Two years later he sold it and purchased 104 acres of timbered land 3 1/2 miles southeast of Bremen. His home was there until 1887, and in that time he improved about seventy acres. He next rented his farm, and bought the place at Bremen, but after two years removed to Culver, was there four years, and spent the rest of his life at Plymouth where he died in 1905 at the age of seventy-nine. The maiden name of his wife was Mary Ringle, who was born in Ohio in 1828, a daughter of John and Diantha (Emmons) Ringle, her mother being a daughter of Lord Emmons of England. Mrs Josiah Geiselman died in January, 1914, at the age of eighty-six. The six children she reared were Eliza, John D, Emeline, Nathan, Edward and Jacob.
John D Geiselman spent his early life in the various locations occupied by his father, and at the age of sixteen followed the example of his father and grandfather and learned a useful trade, but instead of blacksmithing became a painter and decorator. For this he has something more than the instinct and talent of a good artisan. He has a natural ability for painting, and as a pastime has produced some landscape views and some still life pictures of
roses which have been pronounced very admirable and have gained him no little reputation as an artist. As a journeyman he followed his trade in various places until 1902, when he located in Locke Township of Elkhart County, and in 1912 moved to Nappanee, buying a city lot and building a commodious residence in modern style. This he and his family occupied until 1914, when he rented it and
returned to the country, locating in section 22 of Locke Township, where he enjoys the comforts and the duties of farming and gardening on a small scale, and still pursues his regular profession.
His first wife was Janet Martin, now deceased.
On July 15, 1892, he married Mrs Amanda (Loney) Pitman, who was born in Locke Township. Her grandfather, Richard Loney, was a native of Ohio and of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and became an extensive farmer in Knox County, Ohio, making a reputation as a raiser of fine horses. That was a time when Ohio had no railroads and he drove his horses to market by the roads leading to the East. Later he sold his farm in Knox County and moved to Missouri, where he spent his last days. His wife's name was Kilpatrick, who was also of Scotch and Irish ancestry. Robinson Loney, father of Mrs Geiselman, was born in Knox County, Ohio, in 1832, married in that state, but in 1853 set out by wagon and team for Indiana, bringing with him his wife and two children. He located in that year in Locke Township, where he bought the northwest quarter of section 27 and there lived for some years almost isolated from close neighbors, and had all the experiences common to pioneers. His home was in the midst of the woods, and he built the log house in which Mrs Geiselman was born. In 1864 Robinson Loney joined the 164th Indiana Infantry, and was with that regiment in its marches and campaigns until honorably discharged. By much hard work and self denial he improved the greater part of his land in Locke Township, erected good frame buildings, and remained an honored resident there until his death in 1900 in his sixty-eighth year. His wife was Rachel Hall, who was born in Knox County, Ohio, a daughter of John and Harriet (Anderson) Hall, her grandfather Hall having been a carpenter and cabinetmaker in Knox County, where her grandfather Anderson was a Virginian by birth and at one time occupied a farm from which the capitol at Washington could be seen. Mrs Geiselman's mother died in 1905, having reared six children, named Ann, Mary, Harriet, George W, John and Amanda.
Mrs Geiselman married for her first husband William Pittman, who was born in Ohio, a son of Josiah and Charity Pittman, who afterwards became pioneer settlers in Marshall County, Indiana. Mr Pittman was a teacher and farmer and for seven years served as clerk of Olive Township.
A Standard History of Elkhart County, Indiana: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development
Vol 2
Abraham E Weaver
1916
John D Geiselman
It is now on an attractive farm homestead in Locke Township that John D Geiselman and wife reside, but he was formerly a resident of Nappanee, where he still owns a home and his activities as a painter, decorator and artist, have made him well known over a large section of Indiana.
He has the distinction of being the first white male child born in the Village of Bremen, Marshall County, Indiana, while his older sister Eliza, who died at the age of seventeen, was the first birth in that village. Mr Geiselman was born October 7, 1852. The family was established in Indiana during pioneer times.
His grandfather Michael Geiselman, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1798 of German parents, early learned the trade of blacksmith, and on completing his apprenticeship moved to Canton, Ohio, and for some years owned and operated a farm three miles southeast of that Ohio city. From there he came to Indiana and was one of the first to locate in Marshall County, buying a tract of land on Harris Prairie. After improving the land he sold out and bought another place three miles north of Bremen, where he established a blacksmith shop and combined blacksmithing with farming. Still later he sold that and bought land bordering on Kountz Lake, where he lived until late in life. He finally went to the home of his son 3 1/2 miles southeast of Bremen, where he died in 1880.
Michael Geiselman married Eliza Hufford, who was born in Pennsylvania and died on Harris Prairie in Marshall County, Indiana. Her husband married a second time. However, she was the mother of his four sons and a daughter, whose names were Melinda, Josiah, Walter, James D and Harvey.
Josiah Geiselman, father of John D was born in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, in 1826. and was still quite young when his parents removed to Marshall County, Indiana. That was long before the days of railroads and the journey was accomplished with wagons and teams and they arrived in a country still unclaimed from the wilderness, where a great deal of land could be bought direct from the Government at $1.25 per acre. Josiah Geiselman also served an apprenticeship at the blacksmith trade with Bertram Lushbaugh.
His first regular location was on the present site of Bremen, where he built the first house and the first blacksmith shop. This shop he continued to operate until 1862, when he sold out and bought an interest in a sawmill five miles northwest of Bremen. Two years later he sold it and purchased 104 acres of timbered land 3 1/2 miles southeast of Bremen. His home was there until 1887, and in that time he improved about seventy acres. He next rented his farm, and bought the place at Bremen, but after two years removed to Culver, was there four years, and spent the rest of his life at Plymouth where he died in 1905 at the age of seventy-nine. The maiden name of his wife was Mary Ringle, who was born in Ohio in 1828, a daughter of John and Diantha (Emmons) Ringle, her mother being a daughter of Lord Emmons of England. Mrs Josiah Geiselman died in January, 1914, at the age of eighty-six. The six children she reared were Eliza, John D, Emeline, Nathan, Edward and Jacob.
John D Geiselman spent his early life in the various locations occupied by his father, and at the age of sixteen followed the example of his father and grandfather and learned a useful trade, but instead of blacksmithing became a painter and decorator. For this he has something more than the instinct and talent of a good artisan. He has a natural ability for painting, and as a pastime has produced some landscape views and some still life pictures of
roses which have been pronounced very admirable and have gained him no little reputation as an artist. As a journeyman he followed his trade in various places until 1902, when he located in Locke Township of Elkhart County, and in 1912 moved to Nappanee, buying a city lot and building a commodious residence in modern style. This he and his family occupied until 1914, when he rented it and
returned to the country, locating in section 22 of Locke Township, where he enjoys the comforts and the duties of farming and gardening on a small scale, and still pursues his regular profession.
His first wife was Janet Martin, now deceased.
On July 15, 1892, he married Mrs Amanda (Loney) Pitman, who was born in Locke Township. Her grandfather, Richard Loney, was a native of Ohio and of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and became an extensive farmer in Knox County, Ohio, making a reputation as a raiser of fine horses. That was a time when Ohio had no railroads and he drove his horses to market by the roads leading to the East. Later he sold his farm in Knox County and moved to Missouri, where he spent his last days. His wife's name was Kilpatrick, who was also of Scotch and Irish ancestry. Robinson Loney, father of Mrs Geiselman, was born in Knox County, Ohio, in 1832, married in that state, but in 1853 set out by wagon and team for Indiana, bringing with him his wife and two children. He located in that year in Locke Township, where he bought the northwest quarter of section 27 and there lived for some years almost isolated from close neighbors, and had all the experiences common to pioneers. His home was in the midst of the woods, and he built the log house in which Mrs Geiselman was born. In 1864 Robinson Loney joined the 164th Indiana Infantry, and was with that regiment in its marches and campaigns until honorably discharged. By much hard work and self denial he improved the greater part of his land in Locke Township, erected good frame buildings, and remained an honored resident there until his death in 1900 in his sixty-eighth year. His wife was Rachel Hall, who was born in Knox County, Ohio, a daughter of John and Harriet (Anderson) Hall, her grandfather Hall having been a carpenter and cabinetmaker in Knox County, where her grandfather Anderson was a Virginian by birth and at one time occupied a farm from which the capitol at Washington could be seen. Mrs Geiselman's mother died in 1905, having reared six children, named Ann, Mary, Harriet, George W, John and Amanda.
Mrs Geiselman married for her first husband William Pittman, who was born in Ohio, a son of Josiah and Charity Pittman, who afterwards became pioneer settlers in Marshall County, Indiana. Mr Pittman was a teacher and farmer and for seven years served as clerk of Olive Township.
A Standard History of Elkhart County, Indiana: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development
Vol 2
Abraham E Weaver
1916
Following contributed by Linda K #47400410
John D Geiselman
It is now on an attractive farm homestead in Locke Township that John D Geiselman and wife reside, but he was formerly a resident of Nappanee, where he still owns a home and his activities as a painter, decorator and artist, have made him well known over a large section of Indiana.
He has the distinction of being the first white male child born in the Village of Bremen, Marshall County, Indiana, while his older sister Eliza, who died at the age of seventeen, was the first birth in that village. Mr Geiselman was born October 7, 1852. The family was established in Indiana during pioneer times.
His grandfather Michael Geiselman, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1798 of German parents, early learned the trade of blacksmith, and on completing his apprenticeship moved to Canton, Ohio, and for some years owned and operated a farm three miles southeast of that Ohio city. From there he came to Indiana and was one of the first to locate in Marshall County, buying a tract of land on Harris Prairie. After improving the land he sold out and bought another place three miles north of Bremen, where he established a blacksmith shop and combined blacksmithing with farming. Still later he sold that and bought land bordering on Kountz Lake, where he lived until late in life. He finally went to the home of his son 3 1/2 miles southeast of Bremen, where he died in 1880.
Michael Geiselman married Eliza Hufford, who was born in Pennsylvania and died on Harris Prairie in Marshall County, Indiana. Her husband married a second time. However, she was the mother of his four sons and a daughter, whose names were Melinda, Josiah, Walter, James D and Harvey.
Josiah Geiselman, father of John D was born in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, in 1826. and was still quite young when his parents removed to Marshall County, Indiana. That was long before the days of railroads and the journey was accomplished with wagons and teams and they arrived in a country still unclaimed from the wilderness, where a great deal of land could be bought direct from the Government at $1.25 per acre. Josiah Geiselman also served an apprenticeship at the blacksmith trade with Bertram Lushbaugh.
His first regular location was on the present site of Bremen, where he built the first house and the first blacksmith shop. This shop he continued to operate until 1862, when he sold out and bought an interest in a sawmill five miles northwest of Bremen. Two years later he sold it and purchased 104 acres of timbered land 3 1/2 miles southeast of Bremen. His home was there until 1887, and in that time he improved about seventy acres. He next rented his farm, and bought the place at Bremen, but after two years removed to Culver, was there four years, and spent the rest of his life at Plymouth where he died in 1905 at the age of seventy-nine. The maiden name of his wife was Mary Ringle, who was born in Ohio in 1828, a daughter of John and Diantha (Emmons) Ringle, her mother being a daughter of Lord Emmons of England. Mrs Josiah Geiselman died in January, 1914, at the age of eighty-six. The six children she reared were Eliza, John D, Emeline, Nathan, Edward and Jacob.
John D Geiselman spent his early life in the various locations occupied by his father, and at the age of sixteen followed the example of his father and grandfather and learned a useful trade, but instead of blacksmithing became a painter and decorator. For this he has something more than the instinct and talent of a good artisan. He has a natural ability for painting, and as a pastime has produced some landscape views and some still life pictures of
roses which have been pronounced very admirable and have gained him no little reputation as an artist. As a journeyman he followed his trade in various places until 1902, when he located in Locke Township of Elkhart County, and in 1912 moved to Nappanee, buying a city lot and building a commodious residence in modern style. This he and his family occupied until 1914, when he rented it and
returned to the country, locating in section 22 of Locke Township, where he enjoys the comforts and the duties of farming and gardening on a small scale, and still pursues his regular profession.
His first wife was Janet Martin, now deceased.
On July 15, 1892, he married Mrs Amanda (Loney) Pitman, who was born in Locke Township. Her grandfather, Richard Loney, was a native of Ohio and of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and became an extensive farmer in Knox County, Ohio, making a reputation as a raiser of fine horses. That was a time when Ohio had no railroads and he drove his horses to market by the roads leading to the East. Later he sold his farm in Knox County and moved to Missouri, where he spent his last days. His wife's name was Kilpatrick, who was also of Scotch and Irish ancestry. Robinson Loney, father of Mrs Geiselman, was born in Knox County, Ohio, in 1832, married in that state, but in 1853 set out by wagon and team for Indiana, bringing with him his wife and two children. He located in that year in Locke Township, where he bought the northwest quarter of section 27 and there lived for some years almost isolated from close neighbors, and had all the experiences common to pioneers. His home was in the midst of the woods, and he built the log house in which Mrs Geiselman was born. In 1864 Robinson Loney joined the 164th Indiana Infantry, and was with that regiment in its marches and campaigns until honorably discharged. By much hard work and self denial he improved the greater part of his land in Locke Township, erected good frame buildings, and remained an honored resident there until his death in 1900 in his sixty-eighth year. His wife was Rachel Hall, who was born in Knox County, Ohio, a daughter of John and Harriet (Anderson) Hall, her grandfather Hall having been a carpenter and cabinetmaker in Knox County, where her grandfather Anderson was a Virginian by birth and at one time occupied a farm from which the capitol at Washington could be seen. Mrs Geiselman's mother died in 1905, having reared six children, named Ann, Mary, Harriet, George W, John and Amanda.
Mrs Geiselman married for her first husband William Pittman, who was born in Ohio, a son of Josiah and Charity Pittman, who afterwards became pioneer settlers in Marshall County, Indiana. Mr Pittman was a teacher and farmer and for seven years served as clerk of Olive Township.
A Standard History of Elkhart County, Indiana: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development
Vol 2
Abraham E Weaver
1916
John D Geiselman
It is now on an attractive farm homestead in Locke Township that John D Geiselman and wife reside, but he was formerly a resident of Nappanee, where he still owns a home and his activities as a painter, decorator and artist, have made him well known over a large section of Indiana.
He has the distinction of being the first white male child born in the Village of Bremen, Marshall County, Indiana, while his older sister Eliza, who died at the age of seventeen, was the first birth in that village. Mr Geiselman was born October 7, 1852. The family was established in Indiana during pioneer times.
His grandfather Michael Geiselman, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1798 of German parents, early learned the trade of blacksmith, and on completing his apprenticeship moved to Canton, Ohio, and for some years owned and operated a farm three miles southeast of that Ohio city. From there he came to Indiana and was one of the first to locate in Marshall County, buying a tract of land on Harris Prairie. After improving the land he sold out and bought another place three miles north of Bremen, where he established a blacksmith shop and combined blacksmithing with farming. Still later he sold that and bought land bordering on Kountz Lake, where he lived until late in life. He finally went to the home of his son 3 1/2 miles southeast of Bremen, where he died in 1880.
Michael Geiselman married Eliza Hufford, who was born in Pennsylvania and died on Harris Prairie in Marshall County, Indiana. Her husband married a second time. However, she was the mother of his four sons and a daughter, whose names were Melinda, Josiah, Walter, James D and Harvey.
Josiah Geiselman, father of John D was born in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, in 1826. and was still quite young when his parents removed to Marshall County, Indiana. That was long before the days of railroads and the journey was accomplished with wagons and teams and they arrived in a country still unclaimed from the wilderness, where a great deal of land could be bought direct from the Government at $1.25 per acre. Josiah Geiselman also served an apprenticeship at the blacksmith trade with Bertram Lushbaugh.
His first regular location was on the present site of Bremen, where he built the first house and the first blacksmith shop. This shop he continued to operate until 1862, when he sold out and bought an interest in a sawmill five miles northwest of Bremen. Two years later he sold it and purchased 104 acres of timbered land 3 1/2 miles southeast of Bremen. His home was there until 1887, and in that time he improved about seventy acres. He next rented his farm, and bought the place at Bremen, but after two years removed to Culver, was there four years, and spent the rest of his life at Plymouth where he died in 1905 at the age of seventy-nine. The maiden name of his wife was Mary Ringle, who was born in Ohio in 1828, a daughter of John and Diantha (Emmons) Ringle, her mother being a daughter of Lord Emmons of England. Mrs Josiah Geiselman died in January, 1914, at the age of eighty-six. The six children she reared were Eliza, John D, Emeline, Nathan, Edward and Jacob.
John D Geiselman spent his early life in the various locations occupied by his father, and at the age of sixteen followed the example of his father and grandfather and learned a useful trade, but instead of blacksmithing became a painter and decorator. For this he has something more than the instinct and talent of a good artisan. He has a natural ability for painting, and as a pastime has produced some landscape views and some still life pictures of
roses which have been pronounced very admirable and have gained him no little reputation as an artist. As a journeyman he followed his trade in various places until 1902, when he located in Locke Township of Elkhart County, and in 1912 moved to Nappanee, buying a city lot and building a commodious residence in modern style. This he and his family occupied until 1914, when he rented it and
returned to the country, locating in section 22 of Locke Township, where he enjoys the comforts and the duties of farming and gardening on a small scale, and still pursues his regular profession.
His first wife was Janet Martin, now deceased.
On July 15, 1892, he married Mrs Amanda (Loney) Pitman, who was born in Locke Township. Her grandfather, Richard Loney, was a native of Ohio and of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and became an extensive farmer in Knox County, Ohio, making a reputation as a raiser of fine horses. That was a time when Ohio had no railroads and he drove his horses to market by the roads leading to the East. Later he sold his farm in Knox County and moved to Missouri, where he spent his last days. His wife's name was Kilpatrick, who was also of Scotch and Irish ancestry. Robinson Loney, father of Mrs Geiselman, was born in Knox County, Ohio, in 1832, married in that state, but in 1853 set out by wagon and team for Indiana, bringing with him his wife and two children. He located in that year in Locke Township, where he bought the northwest quarter of section 27 and there lived for some years almost isolated from close neighbors, and had all the experiences common to pioneers. His home was in the midst of the woods, and he built the log house in which Mrs Geiselman was born. In 1864 Robinson Loney joined the 164th Indiana Infantry, and was with that regiment in its marches and campaigns until honorably discharged. By much hard work and self denial he improved the greater part of his land in Locke Township, erected good frame buildings, and remained an honored resident there until his death in 1900 in his sixty-eighth year. His wife was Rachel Hall, who was born in Knox County, Ohio, a daughter of John and Harriet (Anderson) Hall, her grandfather Hall having been a carpenter and cabinetmaker in Knox County, where her grandfather Anderson was a Virginian by birth and at one time occupied a farm from which the capitol at Washington could be seen. Mrs Geiselman's mother died in 1905, having reared six children, named Ann, Mary, Harriet, George W, John and Amanda.
Mrs Geiselman married for her first husband William Pittman, who was born in Ohio, a son of Josiah and Charity Pittman, who afterwards became pioneer settlers in Marshall County, Indiana. Mr Pittman was a teacher and farmer and for seven years served as clerk of Olive Township.
A Standard History of Elkhart County, Indiana: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development
Vol 2
Abraham E Weaver
1916
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