Geary, John White
soldier, governor, was born Dec. 30, 1819, near Mount Pleasant, Pa. In 1849 he removed to California, and was postmaster of San Francisco; and was first alcalde of that city, and its first mayor.
He was governor of Kansas; and in 1861 returned to Pennsylvania and raised and equipped the twentyeighth Pennsylvania volunteers. He commanded in several engagements in that year; occupied Leesburg, Va., in 1862; and was brigadier-general of volunteers in 1862. He was appointed military governor of Savannah on its capture in 1864; and was chosen governor of Pennsylvania in 1867. He died Feb. 8, 1873, in Harrisburg, Pa.