Updates to the Kersey family, descendants of Samuel Kersey and Hannah R. Pearce, have recently been posted.

An interesting discovery was made: a grandson of this couple, George Russell Kersey (1866-1916), was considered to be a giant. Reports of his actual height vary, but it appears he was at least 7 feet tall – something that was quite rare 140 years ago.

According to one source, both his mother and father were over 6 feet, and all of his brothers and sisters were quite tall as well. But it was George who was celebrated as Pennsylvania’s Giant. He served as the drum major in the Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania marching band, and for a time he was an attraction in Adam Forepaugh’s Circus. Ultimately he settled down into the same profession as his father – he became a dentist.