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R         Giesler family.

580                  Giesler and Spurgeon families, papers, 1865-1912.

                                    One folder, photocopies.

 

 

 

This collection consists of correspondence and miscellaneous papers from the Giesler and Spurgeon families from the High Gate community in Maries County, Missouri.  Much of the cor­re­spondence is addressed to John A. Giesler, concerning family, friends and events in Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri.  The correspondents include Sarah Ellen Kinkeade, Uriah J. Loop, Nathan Peters, and James A. Riley.

 

8 Mar 1865             Giesler family genealogical information copied from a family Bible

1 Aug 1865            Uriah J. Loop, Roanoke, Indiana, to John A. Giesler

24 Jan 1870            F. M. Robeson[?], Montauk, to John A. Giesler

6 Feb 1870             Isabelen[?] McKiney, Sharp County, Ark., to “brothers and sisters”

Sep-Oct 1876         Minutes of  High Gate Baptist Church Sunday School class, William

                                 E. Giesler, Secretary

26 Feb 1887           J. A.Riley, Medora, Mo., to John A. Giesler

27 Mar 1887           Nathan Peters, Galena, Kans., to John A. Giesler, High Gate, Mo.

1 Sep 1888             Receipt for annual dues, High Gate Agricultural Wheel (High Gate,

                                 Mo.).  [photocopied together with receipt of 10 Feb 1890]

21 Feb 1889           James Riley, Black Rock, Ark., to J. A. Giesler

17 Oct 1889            Marriage license of George Spurgin [sic] and Sarah E. Kinkeade,

                                 Maries County, Mo.

20 Oct 1889            Sarah Ellen [Kinkeade], High Gate, Mo., to John and Dora Giesler

10 Feb 1890           Receipt for dues of J. A. Love, Farmers’ and Laborers’

                                 Union    (High Gate, Mo.)

                                   [photocopied together with receipt of 1 Sep 1888]

8 Jan 1891              Receipt for dues of R. L. Harnes[?], Farmers’ and Laborers’ Union

ca. 1891                  Receipts for dues of S. P. Mosher and J. A. Love, Farmers’ and

                                 Laborers’ Union

18 May 1892          L. C. Wood, Washington, D.C., concerning claim against U. S.

                                   Government

3 Jun 1892              J. A. Riley, Medora, Mo., to John A. Giesler, High Gate, Mo.

Nov 1892               Veteran’s Patrol, newspaper concerning claims against the U. S.

                                 for military service

6 Mar 1900             W. V. Greer, Hemple, Mo., to “Madam”

29 June 1908          J. T. Leach, Park View Sanitarium, Indianapolis, Ind., to Dora

                                 Spurgin, High Gate, Mo.

28 Oct 1909            Receipt: J. A. Giesler by L. R. Smith, High Gate, Mo.

Mar 1912                Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C., to Marie C. Spurgin, High

                                 Gate, Mo., regarding widow’s pension based on service of James

                                 Spurgin, 50th Missouri Infantry, during the Civil War

 

 

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