Person:George Gyger (2)

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George W. Gyger
b.25 Dec 1825 Lawrence County, Indiana
 
Parents and Siblings
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m. 30 Jan 1804
  1. John Gyger1808 -
  2. Sarah Gyger1809 -
  3. Esther Gyger1813 -
  4. Ulysses Gyger1817 -
  5. Larkin R. Gyger1818 - 1889
  6. Louisa Gyger1820 - 1898
  7. Isaiah Gyger1822 -
  8. George W. Gyger1825 -
  9. Mahala Gyger1828 -
  10. Minerva Gyger1828 -
  11. Wiley GygerAbt 1829 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 3 May 1854
  1. Susan B. GygerAbt 1855 -
  2. Robert D. GygerAbt 1857 -
  3. Charles E. Gyger1861 -
  4. James H. GygerAbt 1865 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] George W. Gyger
Gender Male
Birth[4] 25 Dec 1825 Lawrence County, Indiana
Other[6] 1850 Living with sister Louisa's family in Lawrence Co., Indiana
Marriage 3 May 1854 Lawrence County, Indianato Matilda F. Kennedy
Other[7] Feb 1862 Enlisted as pvt. in Co. B, 53rd Indiana Regiment
Other[8] 10 Aug 1865 Mustered out
Other[5] A baptist, a Republican, a Mason

According to History of Lawrence County Indiana: "He participated in several of the most fiercely contested battles of the great war--was at Pittsburg Landing, siege of Vicksburg, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, capture of Savannah, Columbia and Raleigh, and in all the movements on the famous march to the sea."


1850 Census of Lawrence County, Indiana p. 468 Louisa Tummey 30 IN Susan 6 IN Isaac N. 3 IN George Gyger 25 IN Minerva 22 IN Wiley 21 IN

Margaret Kyger Miller has that he was born Dec. 5, 1825

References
  1. ↑ Gail McLain.
  2. ↑ History of Lawrence County Indiana
    p. 254.
  3. ↑ Schwarz; Kaufman; and Jacober. The Giger's Early American Settlers
    p. 10.
  4. ↑ History of Lawrence County Indiana
    pp. 254-255.
  5. ↑ History of Lawrence County Indiana
    p. 255.
  6. ↑ 1850 Census Lawrence Co., Indiana.
  7. ↑ History of Lawrence County Indiana
    p. 254.
  8. ↑ History of Lawrence County Indiana
    p. 254.
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