Geiszler Genealogy

Witness Statement for William James Townson's Civil War Pension file State of Ohio Franklin County SS on this the 31 day of Dec AD 1883 personally appered before me Clerk Common Peas Count a cting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Franklin and State of Ohio Edward G Behm John Rohn Edwards Station persons whom I Certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being by me first duly Sworn according to law does on there oaths declare that they are well and intimatily aquainted with William James Townson who was a late private of Company “K” 133 L Redgt Ohio Infntry and no from there own personal Knowledge that the said William James Townson was in the hospital with the mumps and eseciplis when we was at New Creek in the State of West Virginia that he was sick as aforsaid in said hospital some lenght of time dont now remember just how long that we know the above facts by reason of being members of Said Compay and redgement and that we was personally preseant at th

Civil War Pension Claimant Affidavit, William J Townson , Claim No 505.430  State of Ohio, Franklin County SS. In the matter of Invaled Pension Claim No 505.430 of William James Townson late private Co. “K” 133 rd Redgement Ohio Inft. Vols. personally appeared before me John J Joyce Clerk of Cort Common Pleas in and for said County and State aforsaid William James Townson the above named Claiment who being by me first duley sworing according to law. States in relation to his claims as follows. My Place of residence for the three years immedially preeding my enlistment in the above servis was in Madison Township Franklin County Ohio and my Post address was Groveport and my occupation during that period was a farmer upon my discharge from the above Servis I continued to reside in the same neighborhood up to the presant. I continued work at farmming at such times as I was physically able to work my disability was incured while I was with my Command 22 miles from New Creek Station West Ve

Affidavit to certify pension claim State of Ohio, Franklin County SS. On this the 7 th day of April A.D. 1884 personally appeared before me Deputy Clerk of Court in an for the county and state aforesaid William James Townson a resident of said County aforesaid a person whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being by me first duly sworn according to law, does on this oath declare that he is the idenickal(sic) William James Townson who has made application for invaled pension which is No 505.430, and that he was in the hospital at New Creek Station West Virginia that he was treated in said hospital and that is all the hospital that he was in while in the Servs of the U.S. William James (his mark) Townson Attest: Marie E Nagle Callie Orvinges Sworn to and subscribed before on this the 7 th day of April A.D. 1884 and I do hereby certify that I have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim. Theo H Beck Deputy Clerk of Court of Common Pleas o

George Geiszler with his parents: Maggie Hoppe and Henry Geiszler, c 1920s My second great-grandfather was Henry Geiszler, of Columbus, Ohio. My fellow Geiszler researcher said that Henry was in the practical horse shoeing business. I've been attempting to create a timeline to determine when this might have taken place. I constructed this time line based upon the records indicated: 1889, 1890, 1891 Columbus City Directories - occupation, stone mason 1900 US Census - occupation, car repairer 1910 US Census - laborer, General Work 1920 US Census - (Two entries) either laborer, odd job, or Well Driller in construction 1930 US Census - Can't find him (though I speculate he's living above a bar. Not sure) 1931 Death record - he dies Henry had two sons, William Joseph Geiszler and George Joseph Geiszler. My fellow genealogist is from William's line. I'm from George's line He says that William took over Henry's practical horseshoing business and pursued that as his

There are numerous pages in my ancestor William James Townsend (1842-1889) Civil War Pension Files. I'm hoping to find clues that might help me better understand his experience in the Civil War, his life after, and perhaps cracks in the brick wall of his family. I will be sharing these files once a week on Monday until April 2014. Instead of mentioning this with every entry, I'm going to simply share the pages I have and then the transcription. I will attempt to conclude each one with knowledge gain and questions generated from each file. I could use some help knowing how to create a source citation for these records. I'm a little confused on that. Thanks in advance for anyone's help in that regard. Civil War Pension Application William Townson INVALID CLAIM FOR PENSION ORIGINAL William J Townson Applicant Co. K. 133 Reg't. National Gards Vols Enlisted May 6 th , 1864 Discharged August 10 th , 1864 Filed by A.W. Shearer Alton Franklin County Ohio DECLARATION FOR AN