Talk:Ralph Carey Geer

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Did you know... that Oregon politician Ralph Carey Geer's grandson, Homer Davenport, was a political cartoonist?

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Political career

Citation for {dead-link}: I could not locate this source in any fashion. Replaced with alternate sources for the statement and thought it better to archive the information here than straight delete it.

Bell, Sue. Marion County Commissioners.^{[permanent dead link]} Salem Online History, Salem Public Library. Retrieved on December 22, 2008.

Political party

I could find no reference to these affiliations one way or the other. Placing here until sourced.

Originally a Republican, he later switched party affiliations to the Democratic Party.<ref name=mcr/>

---> Darryl.P.Pike (talk) 14:53, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sources to improve article

Geer Family - Willamette Heritage Center - contains several other related sources of information on the whole family.

GeerCrest Farm & Historical Society - The portion remaining of his original Donation Land Claim is now a large non-profit farm organization and historical society.

Kristine Thomas (August 2012). "Silverton's farm: GeerCrest finds new ways to embrace tradition". www.ourtownlive.com. Silverton; Mt. Angel; Scottsmills; Oregon. Arts, Culture & History, Community. Retrieved April 12, 2018. - The farm has two buildings on the NRHP and an Oregon Heritage Tree. It was also the 2nd completed donation land claim in Oregon.
NRHP Application - National Park Service

He had a daughter Florina Geer who married their neighbor Timothy Woodbridge Davenport who became known as "the Sage of Silverton"

GeerCrest Room - 206 - A local hotel offered suite themed in his honor. I did find browsing from the hotel's current home page the suite is not appearing in the current list of suites for reservations.

New park is named after Geer family. - Statesman Journal: City council unanimously votes to change the facility's name from "State Lands Ballpark" to Geer Park - cityofsalem.net (A state correctional facility, accents, the park in background of the photo)

<--- These are diggins' from attempting to locate a replacement source for the {dead-link}, the citation that lacks any information (not done yet), and duplicating the copyrighted source with materials. Feel free to pick a piece and make it fit. ---> Darryl.P.Pike (talk) 18:09, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"MARRIED-". oregonnews.uoregon.edu. Vol. 1, no. 21. Oregon Free Press. August 26, 1848. p. 3. Retrieved April 13, 2018. Elizabeth Geer (sister) marries Mr. Charles Sanborn August 20th, 1848 her first of four husbands. She had two children with each of the first three. (Geer Genealogy 1914)

President of the "Union Club No. 1 - Silverton Precinct for 1868

Order of Oddfellows Geer is elected "Herald" in May 1869.

<--- Couple more. Darryl.P.Pike (talk) 18:16, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]