Biographical Details
Date of Birth: January 1817
Birth Location: Louisville, KY, USA
Graduation Year(s): 1837
Degree(s) Earned: Bachelors
Date of Death: March 28, 1875
Death Location: Louisville, KY, USA
Samuel Levi Geiger
Life Experience
Samuel Levi Geiger was educated in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a lay member of the Episcopal church. He studied law under Chancellor George M. Bibb of the Louisville Chancery Court, but did not go on to practice law. During his senior year at Indiana College (now IU) in 1837, he organized Bloomington’s 4th of July celebration, which included a reading of the Declaration of Independence.
Geiger was chairman of the board of trustees of the lunatic asylum in Anchorage, Kentucky. He also represented Jefferson County several times as a state representative to the Kentucky Legislature. He engaged for some time in steam boating, manufacturing, and farming. He died on Easter Sunday, 1875.
References
- Wylie
- Findagrave.com
- Bloomington Post 06/16/1837