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John White Geary (December 30, 1819 – February 8, 1873) was an American lawyer, politician, Freemason, and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was the final alcalde and first mayor of San Francisco , a governor of the Kansas Territory , and the 16th governor of Pennsylvania .
John White Geary was a lawyer, Civil War general, mayor and territorial and state governor. John White Geary as a Brigadier General. Early Life. John W. Geary was born on December 30, 1819 in a log house in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania near Mount Pleasant. His parents were Richard and Margaret White Geary.
Title Brigadier General. War & Affiliation Civil War / Union. Date of Birth - Death December 30, 1819- February 8, 1873. Born on December 30, 1819, native Pennsylvanian John White Geary gained a reputation as much for his military bravery and leadership as for his political ambitions.
John White Geary, after a solid preparation at his father's school entered Jefferson (now Washington & Jefferson) College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania . 4 After his father's death Geary withdrew from college to provide for his family by opening his own school at the age of fifteen. 5
John White Geary. Public Domain. Quick Facts. Significance: Superintendent of the Allegheny Portage Railroad and later Major General in the Union Army and Governor of Pennsylvania. Place of Birth: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Date of Birth: December 30, 1819. Place of Death: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Date of Death: February 8, 1873.
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The manuscripts in the John White Geary Papers give a vivid picture of conditions in Kansas during the Free State War. They consist of the "executive minutes" and official correspondence of John W. Geary, Governor of Kansas Territory, 1856-57, as well as a few personal letters and papers, 1855-57.
Marker Location: 3rd and Bridge Streets, New Cumberland. Dedication Date: June 10, 1995. Behind the Marker. John W. Geary, attributed to J. M Boundy, circa 1867. John White Geary is among the more interesting figures of the Civil War. Born in Westmoreland County in 1819, he stood 6-feet, 5 and 1/2 half inches tall and weighed at least 200 pounds.
