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Gen. George Washington Gist ‎(P794)‎

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Gen. George Washington Gist

Gender: Male Male

Birth: 1795

40 Frederick, Maryland, USA
Death: 1854 ‎(Age 58)‎ home, High Prairie Twp, Platte Co., Missouri, USA

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Birth	1795 49 40 Frederick, Maryland, USA
Occupation	surveyor, military officer Source: Christopher Gist of Maryland and Some of His Descendants Publication: http://groleau.freeshell.org/docs/bibliography.shtml#Dorsey-1977 Source: History of Seneca County Publication: 1880
Occupation	magistrate Source: 1850 census
Marriage	Anne C. Graff - 1820 ‎(Age 24)‎ Frederick, Maryland, USA
Residence	from 1832 ‎(Age 36)‎ Seneca Co., Ohio, USA Source: Land records, court records 3 PAGE original land entries 1832, 1834, 1835;
Residence	from 1839 ‎(Age 43)‎ Westport, Jackson Co., Missouri, USA Source: The Life of Rev. William Goff Caples of the Missouri Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South Publication: Southwestern Book and Pub. Co., 1870 Citation Details: http://books.google.com/books?id=E0gDAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&as_brr=0#PPA32,M1
Death	1854 ‎(Age 58)‎ home, High Prairie Twp, Platte Co., Missouri, USA
Burial	Weston, Platte Co., Missouri, USA
Last Change	2009 - 20:41:33 - by: wgroleau

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Note	Appointed in 1831 one of team to escort Seneca Indians from Tiffin area to Missouri.
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Historical	More than 4,000 residents died from yellow fever.
Historical	Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 800,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million.
Historical	War of 1812 between the Americans and the British.
Historical	Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City
Historical	The Mexican-American War leads to annexation of what is now the southwestern United States

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Occupation	Christopher Gist of Maryland and Some of His Descendants Publication: http://groleau.freeshell.org/docs/bibliography.shtml#Dorsey-1977
Occupation	History of Seneca County Publication: 1880
Residence	The Life of Rev. William Goff Caples of the Missouri Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South Publication: Southwestern Book and Pub. Co., 1870 Citation Details: http://books.google.com/books?id=E0gDAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&as_brr=0#PPA32,M1