Phillip DeGeer

1842 - 1887  (45 years)

• Name	Phillip DeGeer  [1]
  Birth	1842	Stouffville, Whitechurch Township, York County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	son of John DeGeer and Elizabeth Winterstein
  Gender	Male
  Memo	1868	Lexington, Sanilac County, Michigan   [3]
  	In 1868 the Council voted to expend seventy-five dollars as part payment for brass horns to be used by a band which had recently organized with Philip De Geer as director, the horns to be and remain the property of the village. The band became a famous one. The following list contains as many names of members of that first band as could be ascertained: Philip De Geer, Leader; Rens De Geer, Horn" ... and others
  Census	14 Jul 1870	Lexington, Sanilac County, Michigan   [4]
  	David Maybee, 69, Male, White, Farmer, $1800 real estate, $800 personal estate, born in New York, Male citizen of United States Mary Maybee, 64, Female, White, Keeping House, born in New York Margaret Maybee, 31, Female, White, At Home, born in United States, father and mother of foreign birth [sic] Philip Degeer, 27, Male, White, Musician, born in Canada, father and mother of foreign birth, Male citizen of United States
  Reference Number	4765
  Military Service	Philip DeGeer was a buglar in the Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry regiment in the civil war. He was wounded in the wrist in the battle of Spotsylvania Court House in northern Virginia (May 8 - 21, 1864) and while being taken to the hospital in an ambulance composed the 'Drummer Boy at Vicksburg
  Death	15 Apr 1887	Wright County, Minnesota   [2]
  	He had no children
  Person ID	I4738	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Margaret Maybee,   b. Jul 1836, Michigan d. 1 Jan 1901, Lexington Township, Sanilac County, Michigan (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	7 Mar 1870	Fremont, Sanilac County, Michigan   [5, 6]
  	Maggie Mabee, age 28, born in MI, married Philip Degeer, age 28, born in Canada, on Mar 7, 1870 in Sanilac County
  Family ID	F1246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S396] Alice Edith George, Submission by Maybee Society Member, Sanilac Co Marriages 1849-1867, SL film # 72660-014828. [S241] Barbara Miller, Emails from Barbara Millar; Compiler Address: millarbje@sympatico.ca, from family notes compiled by direct descendents of John DeGeer and Elizabeth Winterstein (i.e. Myron DeGeer, Eugene DeGeer (Sr. and Jr.), Raymond Hill, and Murial DeGeer, among others). [S241] Barbara Miller, Emails from Barbara Millar; Compiler Address: millarbje@sympatico.ca, from A History of Lexington, Sanilac County by Florence H. Walther; Music and Musicians. [S99] 1870 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Lexington Twp, Sanilac, Michigan, Roll M593-703, Page 82B, Family 208, Image 168. FHL Film 552202. [S66] Steve Mabie, MS 257 - Steve Mabie; Number: 257, Sanilac Co Marriages 1849-1867, SL film # 72660-014828. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 & Michigan, County Marriage Records, 1822-1940.