Norman Arvinious Geisinger (1860 - 1925)

Born 24 Dec 1860 in Rittman, Medina, Ohio, United States

Died 30 Dec 1925 at age 65 in Plains, Meade, Kansas, United States

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Biography

Norman Geisinger was born 24 Dec 1860 at Rittman, Ohio the son of Joseph and Lydia (Scheibe) Geisinger.^[1][2][3] He married Catherine Detweiler on Christmas Eve of 1896 in Ohio^[4] and they had three children.

The family moved to Kansas in 1906 to a farm three and a half miles northeast of Plains. While building the house and a barn, the family lived in a cook shack loaned them by the real estate agent. The family lived in the small first home until a two story home was built in 1916.^[5]

Clayton passed away at his home on 30 Dec 1925 after suffering a debilitating stroke early in that year.^[1] He is interred at the Plains Cemetery.^[6]

Children

• Earl DeForrest - 1889-1967
• Laura Marie - 1892-1973
• Clayton - 1895-1959

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Plains Journal, Plains, Kansas, Week of January 1, 1926, Obituary.
2. ↑ US Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Wadsworth, Medina, Ohio; Roll: M593_1241; Page: 428B; Image: 269571; Family History Library Film: 552740
3. ↑ US Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Wadsworth, Medina, Ohio; Roll: 1047; Family History Film: 1255047; Page: 409D; Enumeration District: 199; Image: 0388
4. ↑ US Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Guilford, Medina, Ohio; Roll: 1302; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0041; FHL microfilm: 1241302
5. ↑ Knott, Joyce, ed and compiler, Plains Kansas 100 Years -- 1885-1985, privately printed, Plains, Kansas, 1985, p 196-97
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #11723333