Bio of GEISER, John (b.1868), Wright Co., MN
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494            HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY 

  John Geiser, farmer, Monticello, was born in Switzerland, December 
14, 1868, son of John and Albertine (Ambuhl) Geiser, natives of Switzerland 
who came to America in 1870, and located in section 20, Monticello township, 
where in time they acquired 100 acres. The father died in August, 1906, and 
the mother in February, 1908. They were members of the Evangelical Lutheran 
church. John Geiser, by his first wife, had four children: Eliza, wife of 
Charles Boerner, of Duluth, Minn.; Rosa, wife of Andrew J. Covart (deceased); 
Robert, of Seattle, Wash., married to Nettie M. Mitchell; and Mary, wife of
William Campbell, of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. By his second wife he had nine 
children: Freda, deceased wife of Albert N. Mitchell; John; Anna, wife of 
William Cooley, of Morris, Minn.; Emma, wife of F. N. Wilson, of Mountain 
Top, Ark.; Matilda, who is at home; Rudolph, superintendent of schools, Cannon 
Falls, Minn.; Janette, wife of P. C. Deming, of Minneapolis, Minn.; Helen, 
wife of M. S. Mallough, of Wimbledon, N. D.; and Albert, of Winnipeg. John 
Geiser attended the public schools, learned agricultural pursuits from his 
father, and as he grew to manhood took charge of the home place, which he 
still conducts. He has made many improvements, and has been very successful 
in carrying on general farming and stockraising. He is interested in the 
progress of the community and has done good service on the school board for 
some five years. In politics he is a Republican. A niece, Gladys E. Mitchell, 
makes her home with her relatives on the home place.