Ralph Carey Geer | |
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| Member of the Oregon Territorial Legislature | |
| In office 1854–1855 | |
| Constituency | Marion County |
| County Clerk | |
| In office July 1868 – June 1870 | |
| Constituency | Marion County |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 13, 1816 Willimantic, Connecticut |
| Died | January 9, 1895 (aged 78) Waldo Hills, Oregon |
| Spouse | Mary Catherine Willard |
| Relations | Homer Davenport |
Ralph Carey Geer (March 13, 1816 – January 9, 1895) was an American farmer and politician in what became the state of Oregon. A native of Connecticut,[1] he lived in Ohio and Illinois before taking the Oregon Trail west to Oregon where he started a nursery and later raised livestock and grew flax. At times a Republican and later a Democrat, he served in the Oregon House of Representatives and as the clerk for the county. He was related to both Homer Davenport and T. T. Geer.
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Geer, Walter; Youngs, Florence Evelyn (1914). Genealogy of the Geer family in America from 1635 to 1914. New York, New York: T.A. Wright. p. 217. ISBN 133433398X. OCLC 981208381. OL 7219211M.
