Biographical Sketch of William Geister, Greene County, Missouri,
North Springfield

>From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western
Historical Company, 1883.

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Mr. Geister was born in Franklin County, Missouri, February 4, 1862. 
He is a son of Adam and Fredricka Geister, who moved to Springfield,
Greene County, Missouri, in 1872, where they lived until 1879, and
then moved out upon a farm one mile east of Springfield where they
reside at present.  In 1875 William went to work in the paint shops
o the 'Frisco railway shops where he worked two years.  He then work-
ed in the machine shops eighteen months, and then began firing upon
an engine on the St. Louis & San Francisco railway, which position he
still holds.  He is a member of the Frisco Lodge, No. 51, Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen, of which he is managing agent. 

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