Samuel Geisler

Birth Date

1840-08-14

Death Date

1885-08-03

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Newport, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Native of Bavaria. Son of John Geisler and Barbara Geisler. Married to Elizabeth Geisler. Father of J. S. Giesler. Law student in Newport, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 42nd Kentucky Enrolled Militia (U.S.A.) as a private from September 2, 1862 to October 2, 1862. Attorney in Newport in 1862.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 503.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 381B-382A.
Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 15, Campbell County, Kentucky, 1863, p. 67.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 875.
"Samuel Geisler (1840-1885)," Find A Grave, Memorial #92743751, accessed May 26, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92743751.
Williams' Covington Directory for 1861 (Cincinnati: Williams & Co., 1861), 463.
KYR-0001-029-0117.

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