Missouri Historical Review, Vol. 48, Issue 3, April 1954:
General Gist was born Dec. 18, 1795, at Westminster, Md. In 1830 he moved to Tiffin, Ohio, where he became a surveyor and dealer in real estate. In 1832 he was elected by the officers and men a brigadier general of the 1st Brigade, 17th Division, Ohio Militia. in February, 1832, he was commissioned by Gen. William Clark, Indian agent at St. Louis, to escort the Seneca tribe of Indians of Ohio to Missouri. He settled in Missouri with his family at Weston early in 1840, where he became a justice of the peace, surveyor, real estate dealer and farmer. He became the president of a land company of Weston citizens who surveyed and townsited Leavenworth, Kan., 1854. Gen Gist died Nov. 29, 1854, and is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Weston.
General Gist was born Dec. 18, 1795, at Westminster, Md. In 1830 he moved to Tiffin, Ohio, where he became a surveyor and dealer in real estate. In 1832 he was elected by the officers and men a brigadier general of the 1st Brigade, 17th Division, Ohio Militia. in February, 1832, he was commissioned by Gen. William Clark, Indian agent at St. Louis, to escort the Seneca tribe of Indians of Ohio to Missouri. He settled in Missouri with his family at Weston early in 1840, where he became a justice of the peace, surveyor, real estate dealer and farmer. He became the president of a land company of Weston citizens who surveyed and townsited Leavenworth, Kan., 1854. Gen Gist died Nov. 29, 1854, and is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Weston.
Missouri Historical Review, Vol. 48, Issue 3, April 1954:
General Gist was born Dec. 18, 1795, at Westminster, Md. In 1830 he moved to Tiffin, Ohio, where he became a surveyor and dealer in real estate. In 1832 he was elected by the officers and men a brigadier general of the 1st Brigade, 17th Division, Ohio Militia. in February, 1832, he was commissioned by Gen. William Clark, Indian agent at St. Louis, to escort the Seneca tribe of Indians of Ohio to Missouri. He settled in Missouri with his family at Weston early in 1840, where he became a justice of the peace, surveyor, real estate dealer and farmer. He became the president of a land company of Weston citizens who surveyed and townsited Leavenworth, Kan., 1854. Gen Gist died Nov. 29, 1854, and is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Weston.
General Gist was born Dec. 18, 1795, at Westminster, Md. In 1830 he moved to Tiffin, Ohio, where he became a surveyor and dealer in real estate. In 1832 he was elected by the officers and men a brigadier general of the 1st Brigade, 17th Division, Ohio Militia. in February, 1832, he was commissioned by Gen. William Clark, Indian agent at St. Louis, to escort the Seneca tribe of Indians of Ohio to Missouri. He settled in Missouri with his family at Weston early in 1840, where he became a justice of the peace, surveyor, real estate dealer and farmer. He became the president of a land company of Weston citizens who surveyed and townsited Leavenworth, Kan., 1854. Gen Gist died Nov. 29, 1854, and is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Weston.
Family Members
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
