Individual Details
George Gideon
(9 Oct 1788 - 7 May 1880)
George was a Hotel Manager.
George Gideon, also a Virginian, and a lieutenant in the then recent war of 1812. He and his wife had three children when they came from Virginia."
George Gideon, also a Virginian, and a lieutenant in the then recent war of 1812. He and his wife had three children when they came from Virginia."
Events
| Birth | 9 Oct 1788 | Taneytown, Carroll, Maryland | |||
| Marriage | 19 Aug 1812 | Loudoun, Virginia - Elizabeth Mary Miller |  | ||
| Event | 1817 | Champaign County, Ohio, United States | | ||
| Event | 1819 | Champaign County, Ohio, United States | | ||
| Event | 1847 | Clinton, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Death | 7 May 1880 | Clinton, Dewitt, Illinois | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Mary Miller (1791 - 1864) |
| Child | Armstead M. Gideon (1818 - 1874) |
| Child | George William Gideon (1813 - 1889) |
| Child | Sarah Gideon (1814 - 1900) |
| Child | Catherine "Kitty" Gideon (1816 - 1896) |
| Child | Peter Miller Gideon (1820 - 1899) |
| Child | Ann Catherine Gideon (1821 - 1912) |
| Child | John Wesley Gideon (1824 - 1895) |
| Child | Samuel Hitt Gideon (1824 - 1912) |
| Child | Elizabeth Gideon (1831 - 1903) |
| Child | Jacob Baucher Gideon (1832 - 1909) |
| Spouse | Luann Rowley (1828 - 1921) |
| Father | Peter Gideon (1752 - 1844) |
| Mother | Mary Catherine Ernst (1763 - 1836) |
| Sibling | Henry Gideon (1798 - 1882) |
| Sibling | Catherine Gideon (1787 - 1834) |
| Sibling | Mary Gideon (1792 - 1873) |
| Sibling | William Gideon (1796 - 1875) |
| Sibling | Sarah L Gideon (1804 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Gideon (1802 - ) |
Notes
Marriage
George Gideon was born in Maryland in 1788 and married Elizabeth Miller of Virginia in 1812. During the War of 1812 he served in the Virginia Militia.Event
Their three children were with them when they pioneered into Champaign county, Ohio in 1817.Event
He was born in Maryland and about 1819 removed to Champaign county, Ohio, where he made his home until coming to Clinton, Illinois, in 1847.Event
coming to Clinton, Illinois, in 1847Here he conducted a hotel, where the Masonic block is now located, but the building was afterward moved
Socially he was a member of the Masonic order.
The Gideon family came to Clinton in the spring of 1847 when Clinton consisted of only a dozen or so houses. The trip from Ohio to Illinois was made overland in eight large prairie schooners. George Gideon conducted a hotel in Clinton and laid out the Gideon addition to Clinton.