Excerpt from History of the Descendants of J. Conrad Geil and His Son Jacob Geil, Emigrated From Wurttemberg, Germany, to America in 1754 and a Complete Genealogical Family Register and Biographies of Many of Their Descendants: From the Earliest Available Records to the Present Time; Dates in Three Centuries The writer is historically inclined. He has completed three family histories, in each of which there is some reference to the Geil family. This created a desire on the part of David S. Geil, of this place, and other Geils, for a history. They urged the writer into the work. Your humble servant, at the age of 77 years, promised to do what he could and to leave the remainder for David S. And others to complete. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.