Geiger, was on American stages for years under the professional name of Clay Clement. A grandson, Clay Clement II (dropped the name Geiger) was on New York television programs in 1951. (See article on "Clay Clement" in Chapter 17, "Name & Fame.")

GEIGER, Lewis A. – Came into Woodford County from Pennsylvania in 1857 and settled on the middle west side of Section 33 of Panola Twp. (the Mrs. Roy Kingdon farm today). He was a farmer and stockman. He was a charter member of the first Panola-El Paso Methodist Church organized in 1857.

GEISELMAN, F. – Came from Germany in 1856 and settled then or later on the S 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 29, Palestine Twp.

GERBERICH, Andrew W. and Sarah Brubaker (1830-1907) – Andrew was born in Germany on July 2, 1816. He emigrated into Woodford County from Pennsylvania in 1839 and later settled on the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 in Section 2 where he and Sarah lived for many years, later known as the Frank Koerner farm. Major General Robinson E. Duff, a grandson, was born on this farm. (See Chapter 17, "Name and Fame," for article on General Duff.) Andrew Gerberich died December 10, 1905. He and his wife are buried in Evergreen Cemetery.

GIBSON, Cyrus – Brother of the town's co-founder, George L. Gibson, and with him, operator of the early lumberyard where the El Paso greenhouses are now. In 1868 the Gibsons sold out to A. S. McKinney who came from Elmwood that year, and James Hotchkiss, probably a relative of Eben who then lived here, and who moved from Peoria to El Paso in 1868. The Gibsons later operated a hardware store on the east side.

GIBSON, George L. and Matilda Heath (1825-1872) – George was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, October 2, 1818, and died in El Paso, December 21, 1896 and is now interred in the Evergreen Mausoleum. With James H. Wathen, he founded El Paso, Illinois, patenting the land on September 18, 1852 and staking out the Original Town as of April 20, 1854. He was then a resident of Henry, but his home had been in Washington. He served twice as Mayor, and often as Councilman. George built the "Cryer Apartments" as his home, finally selling it to his son-in-law, Ed A. Hodgson, after which he lived nearby at 487 Elmwood Court with his son-in-law and daughter, Mrs. May Gibson Fleming. He served on the committee which purchased Evergreen Cemetery in 1859. (See Chapter 4, "Railroads and Founding Fathers.")

GINGERICH, Daniel and (1) Adelia Engel, (2) Missouri B. Bateman – Daniel was born in Germany, April 29, 1832. He came into Illinois from Germany in 1852 and later settled on land just north of the Mackinaw River in Sections 5-6 of Kansas Twp., buying a part of it in 1867. He eventually accumulated over 700 acres in the area there. Gingerich operated the mill and the distillery located near Moore's Mill, where Ancil Shoup lived in 1853. For ten years he was an El Paso saloon owner.

GISH, Christian and Mary Catherine Pleasants – Bought a "metes and bounds" survey in the NW corner of the SW 1/4 of Section 28, Greene Twp., November 22, 1851.

GISH, Gabriel – The Pleasants family records say a "Gabe" Gish ran the Gabetown store when their ancestors arrived there in the fall of 1857, and that it is probably for him the town was named, although early histories say it was for Gabriel Woods, later a Lieutenant in a Civil War company. The Woods family also lived nearby. It was possibly because of two "Gabes" that the town was so named.

GISH, James R. and Barbary – Bought N 1/2, and the E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 28 in Greene Twp. July 5, 1851.

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