George Washington Guisinger

Brief Life History of George Washington

When George Washington Guisinger was born on 18 March 1849, in Indiana, United States, his father, Rev George William Guisinger, was 35 and his mother, Rebecca, was 33. He married Nancy Jennie Long in May 1870, in Pierson Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Vigo, Vigo, Indiana, United States in 1870 and Prairie Township, Washington, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 23 June 1924, in Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Mount Comfort Cemetery, Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States.

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George Washington Guisinger
1849–1924
Nancy Jennie Long
1854–1885
Marriage: May 1870
Mary Lu Ella Guisinger
1871–1945
Mary Elizabeth Guisinger
1871–
Guisinger
1876–1876
Ivan Winford Guisinger
1877–1947
William Alonzo Guisinger
1881–1955
Alvin Guisinger
1885–1953

Sources (14)

  • George W Guysinger in household of George Guysinger, "United States Census, 1870"
  • G W Guissinger, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
  • George W Guisinger, "Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950"

World Events (8)

1851 · Constitution of 1851

Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Geisinger .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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