Person ID: I5659366280
George W Gideon
9 OCT 1788 – 7 MAY 1880
Male
Events
- Born
- 9 OCT 1788 — Taneytown, Carrol, Maryland, United States1 source
- Died
- 7 MAY 1880 — Clinton, Dewitt, Illinois, United States1 source
Parents
Family group sheet →- FatherPeter Gideon22 MAR 1750/51 – 5 Feb 1844
- MotherMary Catherine Ernst12 JAN 1774 – 13 AUG 1836
- ChildGeorge W Gideon9 OCT 1788 – 7 MAY 1880
- ChildMary Gideon4 Oct 1792 – 28 Apr 1873
- ChildHenry Gideon28 Sep 1798 – 22 Nov 1882
- ChildSara L Gideon10 Dec 1804 – 1880
- ChildElizabeth Gideonb. 1794
- ChildWilliam Gideon14 Jan 1796 – 1 Nov 1875
Family
Family group sheet →Married: 19 AUG 1812 — Loudoun, Virginia, United States
- FatherGeorge W Gideon9 OCT 1788 – 7 MAY 1880
- MotherElizabeth Miller1792 – 1864
- ChildGeorge William Gideon15 Jan 1813 – 14 Mar 1899
- ChildSarah Gideon
- ChildCatherine Gideon
- ChildArmstead M Gideon30 Mar 1818 – 8 Apr 1874
- ChildPeter Miller Gideon9 FEB 1820 – 27 OCT 1899
- ChildAnn Gideon
- ChildJohn Wesley Gideon
- ChildSamuel Hitt Gideon
- ChildJacob Boucher Gideon
- ChildElizabeth Gideon
Family
Family group sheet →Married: 3 OCT 1866 — Clinton, Dewitt, Illinois, United States
- FatherGeorge W Gideon9 OCT 1788 – 7 MAY 1880
Notes
- "Peter Heinrich Gideon of Bavaria in company with his wife and one year old son, Peter, started for the new world about 1749. The wife died en voyage but Peter Heinrich and his son, Peter, arrived safely at Philadelphia. Peter Heinrich Gide married and had other children. Both father and son fought in the Revolutionary War. Peter Gideon located in Maryland but later removed to Loudoun County, Virginia where he followed farming until his death in 1844 at the age of 96 years. He ha d seven children, the oldest son being George. "George Gideon was born in Maryland in 1788 and married Elizabeth Miller of Virginia in 1812. During the War of 1812 he served in the Virginia Militia. Their three children were with them when they pioneered into Champaign county, Ohio in . The Gideon family came to Clinton in the spring of 1847 when Clinton consisted of only a dozen or so houses. The trip from Ohio to Illinois was made overland in eight large prairie schooners. George Gideon conducted a hotel in Clinton and lai d out the Gideon addition to Clinton. He died at the age of 92 years in 1880. His wife died at the age of 72 years in 1864. They raised a family of ten children: George William, Sarah, Catherine, Armstead M., Peter Miller, Ann, John Wesley, Samu el Hitt, Jacob Boucher and Elizabeth." - Clinton 1835-1985, Dewitt County, Illinois 1839-1985; IL (Dewitt) HIS 1985, pp.227-228; Bloomington-Normal Genealogical Society Library, 201 E. Grove St., Bloomington, IL 61701