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From: "Gregory L. Robbins" <>
Subject: Alice Wright
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 13:47:25 -0400


Dear Kin,

Alice Vilette Wright was born 1857 in Paris, PA (Ohio according to one
census) and married ca 1882 in Indiana. Her husband was Joseph Marlo
Giesinger of DeKalb Co. IN. (1880 census). They are listed on the 1900
Kosciusko Co. IN census.
Dekalb County, Indiana 1880 census, Auburn Precinct, Union Twp.
62/62_____________Father___Mother
Joseph___38___IN___OH_______OH
Celia____17___IN___IN
(His first wife has died)

Kosciusko County, Indiana 1900 census, Warsaw (city), Wayne Twp. West
South Street, house # 554
Joseph M.________1845__55___OH
Alice______Sept__1857__42___OH
Etta_______June__1884__15___IN
Silva______Jan___1890__10___IN
Ruby_______May___1892___8___IN
Nellie_____Apr___1896___4___IN
Pearl______Jan___1899___1___IN
The [UL: Fort Wayne Journal Gazette :UL] for Sunday, July 2, 1927,
page 6 has the following:
Joseph Marlow Geisinger, 86, died Saturday morning at 1:00 at the
home of his daughter Mrs. Ralph Menges, 201 Masterson avenue. He was
born in Spencerville but had been a resident of Fort Wayne for the past
four months. Mr. Geisinger was a carpenter contractor and was a Veteran
of the Civil War, serving in company M. of the Fifth Indiana cavalry.
Surviving is one son, Ulysses of Hesperia, Mich.; seven daughters, Mrs.
Menges, of this city; Mrs. Caroline Bubb, of Toledo; Mrs. Dell Pifer of
Lansing Mich.; Mrs Sylvia Elingham, of Pleasant Lake; Mrs. Carl Smith,
of Vicksburg, Mich.; Mrs. Nellie Warner and Mrs. Joe King, of Auburn;
one brother, John of Garrett and one sister, Mrs. Hattie Babbs, of
Garrett. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at the house of
Mrs. Menges, Rev. Morris M. Himler officiating.
Burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Auburn. [UL:
The News Sentinel, :UL] of Fort Wayne, July 2, 1927 page 22 gives
much of the same information, but does add that Joseph served in the
19th Regiment during the Civil War.

I have been looking for Alice's parents for years, but live in Florida
and have few opportunities to do research in Indiana. Any help will be
greatly appreciated.

Greg

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