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John White Geary was a giant. Erect, gregarious and committed, he stood six feet 6, and 1/2″ and weighed 250 pounds; he towered over others of his time. There is a solitary plaque today alongside Route 31 as it traverses Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania with the Laurel Mountains rising at one side and the Allegheny Plateau on the other.
JOHN WHITE GEARY
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1867-1873; born, 1819, in Mt. Pleasant. His active career included other important offices: First mayor of San Francisco, 1850; Governor of Kansas Territory, 1856; Major General, Civil War. Died, 1873.
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