When John William Gieck was born on 10 September 1859, in Osage, Missouri, United States, his father, Johann Gottfried Gieck, was 50 and his mother, Margaretha Ösper, was 40. He married Frances Josephine Phelps on 14 May 1885, in Linn, Osage, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 10 daughters. He lived in Jefferson Township, Osage, Missouri, United States for about 30 years and Cache, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States in 1910. He died on 10 October 1913, in McAlester, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, McAlester, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States.
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