HISTORY: Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia, Chapter 7, Geddes, Dauphin County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Bookwalter Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/dauphin/ http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/dauphin/runk/runk-bios.htm _______________________________________________________________ Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers. Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Company, 1896, pages 110-111. _______________________________________________________________ GEDDES, OF DERRY. I. JAMES GEDDES, born the year 1704, near Randallstown, county Antrim, Ireland, emigrated to America, landing in August, 1752, with his wife Margaret and three sons. He died in 1764; and his wife, born in 1699, died 1783; and with her husband lies buried in old Derry church graveyard. They had issue: i. Paul, b. 1732, in Ireland; d. May 25, 1814, in Northumberland Pa.; he removed to what was subsequently Turbut township, now Chillisquaque township, that county, about 1765; was quite active during the Revolution, and a member of the Committee of Safety for Northumberland. 2. ii. William, b. 1735; m. Sarah McCallen. iii. Samuel, b. 1739, in Ireland; d. in 1788. II. WILLIAM GEDDES (James), b. 1735 in Ireland; came to America with his father's family in 1752; his farm was located six miles west of Harrisburg in Cumberland county, on which he died in 1789. He married Sarah McCallen, daughter of John and Sarah McCallen, b. in 1733; d. 1773, in Londonderry township; both buried in Derry churchyard. They had issue: i. James, b. July 22, 1763; d. August 19, 1838, in Onondago county, N. Y., where he resided and left a family. ii. Margaret, b. December 31, 1764; d. in 1818, near Fannettsburg, Franklin county, Pa. iii. John, b. August 16, 1766; d. December 5, 1840, near Newville, Cumberland county, Pa. iv. Paul, b. June 9, 1768; d. October 22, 1832, in Path Valley, Franklin county, Pa., where he resided and left a family. 3. v. Robert, b. September 30, 1771; m. first, Jane Sawyer; secondly, Mrs. Martha McClure. III. ROBERT GEDDES (William, James), b. September 30, 1771, in Londonderry township, then Lancaster county, Pa. He inherited the farm of his mother's brother, Robert McCallen; situated near Campbellstown, Lebanon county, Pa. He died July 14, 1832, and is buried in the grave of his grandmother, Sarah McCallen, in Derry churchyard. He m., first, March 2, 1797, by Rev. James R. Sharon, Jane Sawyer, daughter of John Sawyer, b. May 25, 1770; d. November 29, 1803. They had issue: i. Robert, b. December 11, 1797; d. March 11, 1866. ii. Sarah, b. July 10, 1799; d. August 25, 1819. 4. iii. John, b. March 19, 1801; resided in Ypsilanti, Mich. iv. William, b. December 28, 1802; d. May 21, 1877; removed in 1844 from Pennsylvania to Michigan, where he died. v. Jane, b. August, 1804; d. February 8, 1882. vi. Isabella, b. September 17, 1806; d. November 21, 1834. Robert Geddes m., secondly, March 22, 1810, Mrs. Martha McClure, and they had issue: vii. James, b. December 12, 1810; m. and resided near Decatur, Macon county, Ill. viii. Thomas, b. September 10, 1812; d. May 6, 1837. ix. Agrippa, b. September 31, 1814; d. December 25, 1849. x. Anna, b. July, 1818. IV. JOHN GEDDES (Robert, William, James), b. March 19, 1801, in now Londonderry township, Lebanon county, Pa. In company with his brother Robert, he left DAUPHIN COUNTY. 111 Pennsylvania April 19, 1825, arriving in Ann Harbor, Mich., May 11, 1825. John resided at Ypsilanti, Mich. He m., first, April 6, 1837, Fanny Savage; b. February 19, 1806, in Orange county, N. Y.; d. December 6, 1855, and there was issue: i. John, d. s. p. ii. Sarah, m. and had two sons and three daughters. iii. Rachel, m., but had no children. John Geddes m., secondly, Julia Ettie Savage, a sister to his first wife, b. July 22, 1800; d. August 18, 1883.