Mathias GEDEON

Theresia GEDEON

Aloysius BRÖSTL (1799-1856)

Sibilla STROMPL

Andreas GEDEON (1832-1898)

Catharina BRÖSTL (1842-1923)

Louis GEDEON (1877-1950)

 

Family Links Louis GEDEON Born: 19 Sep 1877, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA 1 Died: 11 Oct 1950, Washington, DC 1 Buried: National Cemetery, Washington, DC 1 • Census: 1880, 18 Jun 1880, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. 2 • Military Service: Army. 3 Louis served as a private in Company G, 19th U.S. Infantry and saw action in the Philippines. • Military Award: Congressional Medal of Honor, 10 Mar 1902. 3 At Mount Amia, Cebu, Philippine Islands, 4 February 1900 he "singlehandedy defended his mortally wounded captain from an overwhelming force of the enemy." • Census: 1910, 26 Apr 1910, Richfield, Hennepin, MN. 4 • Census: 1930, 8 Apr 1930, Washington, DC. 5

1 Pearl Orient, The Annals, Official Publication of the Medal of Honor Historical Society, Volume 13 (Sep 1990).

2 Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, 1880 U.S. Census, Population Schedule (Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Administration), ED 160, Page 89, Line 25.

3 US Army Center of Military History (http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/mohphil1.htm).

4 Minnesota, Hennepin County, 1910 U.S. Census, Population Schedule (Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Administration), ED 218, Sheet 8, Line 83.

5 District of Columbia, 1930 U.S. Census, Population Schedule (Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Administration), ED 328, Sheet 7, Line 53.