Giesy, John Ulric

  General Notes:

"Mr. Giesy was an industrious man, attentive to business, and a good landl
ord. As a result, he accumulated a handsome estate.

In his old age he retired to his fine farm south of town. Two of his daug
hters married clergymen, Rev. C. Spielman and Rev. H. Williard. One of h
is sons is an Episcopal minister; two of them were attorneys. His so
n, H. H. Giesy, of the 46th Ohio was killed in battle before Atlanta. H
is son Daniel was for a time a merchant of Lancaster. He married a nie
ce of H. H. Hunter. H. H. Giesy, Jr., a son of Daniel, is an enterprisi
ng young man, industrious and full of energy. John U. Giesy was one of t
he original members of the German Reformed Church in Lancaster."

  Noted events in his life were:

• Immigration, 1805, Came To The United States With His Parents, Taking Up His Abode In Lancaster, Ohio.

• Church. Members of the Grace Reformed Church

• Reference Number. 12993

• Occupation: Bakery in Lancaster, Ohio, hotel business and erected what became known as the old Giesy House, whic.

• Occupation: Owned and operated a flouring mill.

• Occupation: Worked for John Schurr, acquiring the baker's trade, soon establishing a bakery of his own and kept.

John married Mary Magdalena Hansel in 1815 in Lancaster, Ohio. (Mary Magdalena Hansel was born on 29 May 1798 in Washington County, Pennsylvania and died in 1869.)