5th Great Grandfather

John Geren

b in Pennsylvania

m Easter ______

b in Pennsylvania

ch: 1. Robert Geren m Rebecca Stansberry
2. George Washington "G.W." Geren
3. Rebecca Geren
4. Hester Geren
5. John Geren m Phoebe Moss
6. Samuel Geren m Catherine Bolender (see below)
7. James Geren, Sr b 3 Jun 1803 d 22 Jan 1885 m Mary Stansberry

4th Great Grandfather

Samuel Geren

b 1788 in Ohio
d Black Hawk, County, Iowa
bur. in Spring Creek Cemetery, Black Hawk, Iowa
m� 21 Sep 1825 in Georgetown, Brown, Ohio

Catherine Bolender

b 1808 in Felicity, Brown, Ohio
d. bef 1897 in Black Hawk county, Iowa
bur. in Spring Creek Cemetery, Black Hawk, Iowa

ch: 1. Robert B Geren b 1832 in Ohio, d 1902, m Mary A _____
2. *Mary Geren m William Perry Bingaman (see below)
3. Anna A Geren b 1847 in Ohio d 12 Sep 1865

Note: rhodac@mosquitonet.com lists a child Peter and a child Mary. I do not have a record of Peter, and wonder if he died before they moved to Iowa?

There is a Geren plot in the Spring Creek Cemetery. Samuel and Catherine's graves are not marked, but certainly are there. There is a stone marked "Mother" Mary A Geren b 1845, d 1911, for Robert's wife. Robert's is, also, there. Anna in buried there and her inscription says: �Blessed are the pure in Heart.� They were pioneers farmers in Black Hawk County.

Query:
The 1870 census show that a Wm. Hall, age 14 was living with Samuel and Catherine. He could be an indentured servant. Or, could he be Anna�s son. . .as she died young. Or? Could Anna�s child be Rhoda Brown, age 10 who is living with William Perry and Mary Geren Bingaman?

3rd Great Grandmother

Mary Geren

b 13 Nov 1833 in Ohio
d 1934 in Spring Creek, Black Hawk, Iowa
bur. Spring Creek Cemetery, Black Hawk, Iowa
m abt 1848/49 in Indiana

William Perry Bingaman

Mary was just a girl of 15 when she married William Perry Bingaman. Both the Bingaman's and the Geren's were early Iowa settlers. . .coming to the state in covered wagons drawn by mule teams. My grandmother remembered her well, as Mary lived to be a very old woman. My grandmother said she died at age 101. After her husband died and her daughter died she lived with William Perry Bingaman and help raise her granddaughters, Ivadell (and possibly) Emma Marie Lane.

There is a Geren plot in the Spring Creek Cemetery in Black Hawk County Iowa
The two unmarked graves are probably Samuel and Catherine Geren.
Robert b Geren b 1832 d 1902 "father"
Mary A Geren b 1845 d 1911 "mother"
This would be the son and daughter-in-law of Samuel and Catherine.
Anna A Geren d/o S & C Geren d Sep 12 1865 ae 28 (?)yr "Blessed are the pure in heart" Looking at my researcher's notes I cannot tell if Anna was 18 or 28