Biography:

Genealogist. Born– February 1, 1913, Huntsville. Parents– Claiborne T. and Mabel (Landers) Geron. Married– Jackson E. Countess, June 26, 1933. Children– Three. Education– Huntsville High School graduate, 1929; studied at the Nashville Conservatory of Music. Library assistant at Redstone Arsenal, 1951-55.  Member UDC and DAR.  Awarded second place in the Parker Genealogical Contest in 1971 for “They Passed This Way”.  Died March 30, 1975.

Source:

Who’s Who in Alabama, Vol. 3.

Publication(s):

The Ancestry and Some of the Descendants of Theodorick Matthews Hereford, Sr. of Madison County, Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.; s.n., 1961.

The Ancestry of Preston Yeatman of Huntsville, Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.; s.n., 1960.

The Family of Charles McCartney of Madison County, Alabama, in Madison County by 1809. Huntsville, Ala.; s.n., 1960.

The Family of Stephen Chambless of Madison County, Alabama, in Madison County by 1810. Huntsville, Ala.; s.n., 1960.

The Family of Thomas Stewart of Madison County, Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.; s.n., 196-?

Joint_Publications;

They Passed This Way. Huntsville Ala.; s.n., 1969.

They Passed This Way, Errata (and Supplement). Huntsville, Ala.; s.n., 1969.

Through the Years:  A Study of the Geron, Geren, Garren Families.  Huntsville, 1967.