When Sampson Geer was born on 28 July 1867, in Long Eddy, Sullivan, New York, United States, his father, Amasa Geer, was 46 and his mother, Mary Hendricks, was 31. He married Eunice Carpenter on 16 March 1896, in Hancock, Delaware, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Fremont, Sullivan, New York, United States in 1910 and Hancock, Delaware, New York, United States for about 15 years. He died on 8 September 1934, in Long Eddy, Sullivan, New York, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Sullivan, New York, United States.
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Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
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English (Kent and Sussex): variant of Gear .
German: from a personal name derived from gēr, gār ‘spear’ (see Gerhardt ).
Dutch (Van der Geer and Van de Geer): topographic name from geer ‘triangular piece of land’. Compare Degeer .
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