Ralph Carey Geer

Ralph Carey Geer
Member of the Oregon Territorial Legislature
In office
1854–1855
ConstituencyMarion County
County Clerk
In office
July 1868 – June 1870
ConstituencyMarion County
Personal details
BornMarch 13, 1816
Willimantic, Connecticut
DiedJanuary 9, 1895(1895-01-09) (aged 78)
Waldo Hills, Oregon
SpouseMary Catherine Willard
RelationsHomer 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.

  1. ^ 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.Open access icon