History of the descendants of J. Conrad Geil and his son Jacob Geil : emigrated from Wüttemberg, Germany, to America in 1754, and with a complete genealogical family register and biographies of many of their descendants, from the earliest available records to the present time; dates in three centuries/ by Joseph H. Wenger

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"J. Conrad Geil emigrated from Amsterdam, east from Portsmouth, to America on the ship "John and Elizabeth". ... They arrived at Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 7, 1754. ... Jacob Geil, the only son of J. Conrad Geil, of whom we have any knowledge, was born in Alsace, Germany, near the Rhine, in 1746, and at the age of 8 years, with his father, he emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1754. About the year 1767, he married a Miss Clymer and settled in Chester Co., Pa. Here they lived during the Revoloutionary War, after which they moved to Rockingham Co., Va., near Bowmans Mill ... [located] one and one-half miles south of Broadway, Rockingham Co., Va., in the noted Shenandoah Valley. ... Here he lived, dying in 1794. He was buried on his old home farm [situated on Linville Creek] ... "--P. 11-12 which is near the town of Broadway in Rockingham County. In addition to his first wife Miss Clymer, Jacob Geil married three other times to (1) Miss Fly, (2) name unknown, and (3) Miss Trissel. Descendants lived in Kansas, Iowa, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Missouri, California, Colorado, Idaho and elsewhere.

Includes Baumgardner, Beery, Brenneman, Blosser, Brunk, Burkholder, Cline, Corfman, Driver, Frank, Funk, Godshalk, Good, Harless, Hartman, Heatwole, Huddle, Landes, Miller, Rhodes, Shank, Showalter, Simmons, Stalter, Swartz, Syfert, Vanpelt, Wampler, Wenger, Wilfong and related families.

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