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William Henry HARRISON was born in Mt. Eden, KY and fought in the Civil War

Son of James Harrison and Sally Cooper.

William Henry Harrison married Mary "Sallie" E. Howser on 6 Apr. 1864. He was known as "Captain" Harrison from his activities in the Civil War.

William H. Harrison is listed as a Captain in Company B according to The History of Spencer County, KY"" by Mary Frances Brown, Page 87.

William H. Harrison is also listed as Captain of Co. B, 15th KY. Infantry on 09 Oct 1862. He was born and raised in Mt.Eden, KY.

William H. HARRISON also married Emma PIGG..

My thanks to Hallie MARTINSON for the information and this picture.

Daniel Edwin LYON moved to Ventura, California.

Daniel Edwin LYON was born September 21, 1876 in Shelbyville, KY. He married Zena Harcourt LYON, daughter of Harrison & Nancy Whitaker "Whitt" Terrell LYON and granddaughter of John Berry & Lettie Harrison Lyon.

Daniel Edwin LYON died in Ventura, California in 1966. Zena was born 22 May 1888 in Spencer County, Kentucky and died 26 April 1925 in Ventura, California.

Two of their daughter are still living in 2008!!!!

Thanks to Hallie MARTINSON for these pictures and also this information.

According to his obituary, William Austin LYON had the following children.
Sons:

• S. B. Samuel Buckley
  
• D. E. Daniel Edwin
  
• Benjamin had already died by the time
  
• Wm. A. died
  Daughters: Mrs. John Perry Minerva "Minnie"
  
• Mrs. W. W. Simpson Susan Mary (Should be M. W Simpson)
• Mrs. E. T. Sharp Lydia Kate
  
• Mrs. J. A. Campbell Annie Bell
  

The ones that raised Bill Metcalf. Mrs. Philip Hambel Laurah Alpha first m to Hedden. Thanks to Hallie MARTINSON (Nancy Agnes) for this information and photo

Lillian Albinia LYON was a d/o William Austin & Elizabeth Jane Buckley LYON

Lillian Albinia Lyon was born 30 Jan 1884, probably in Shelby County, KY and died 29 May 1900. Lillian was a granddaughter of Minerva Harrison Lyon.

Note in the photo that her hand is bandaged. My grandpa told me she had cancer in that hand. Grandpa always had this photo on display wherever he lived. She was his baby sister.

The handwriting is my grandpa's, Daniel Edwin LYON.

Hallie

ELIJAH OTE LYON was a son of Josh LYON and his wife Lettie HARRISON. He was born 12 Jun 1825 in Shelby Co., KY, and died 18 Mar 1898 in Kansas City (

ELIJAH OTE LYON was a son of Josh LYON and his wife Lettie HARRISON. He was born 12 Jun 1825 in Shelby Co., KY, and died 18 Mar 1898 in Kansas City (Jackson County), Missouri.

He married (1) CATHERINE HIEATT 22 Dec 1846 in Anderson County, KY. She was born 01 Dec 1828 in Shelby County, KY, and died 14 Apr 1857 in Sandyville (Warren County), Iowa. He married (2) MARY ELEANOR BEEMAN 11 Oct 1857 in Sandyville (Warren County), Iowa. She was born Apr 1841 in Crawford County, IN, and died 11 Sep 1879 in Near Warrensburg, MO.. He married (3) MARY ELLEN HANCOCK 13 Apr 1881 in Centerville, Missouri. She was born 25 Apr 1841 in Owen County, Indiana.

Elijah Lyons is listed next door to Daniel Lyon in the Shelby County, KY 1850 census.
Elijah Lyon died at a Kansas City sanitarium Friday, March 18, 1898. He was stricken with paralysis three years prior to his death and never recovered. He dated his last illness from harvest of 1897. He lived 73 yrs. 9 months, & 6 days, married 3 times and sired 25 children, 16 of whom were living at the time of his death. He was born in Harrison City, Kentucky and married there, moved to Warren County, Iowa where his 1st wife died and he remarried. He moved to Jackson City, Misssouri and married his 3rd wife. All of his children from the last marriage attended the funeral held at the Christian Union Church, Elder Arnett officiated. The remains were buried with Masonic honors.

Taken from the HENNESSEY CLIPPER, OKLAHOMA newspaper. My thanks to the individual who provided me with this information.

MT. EDEN IN SHELBY COUNTY, KY WELL REPRESENTED IN THE CIVIL WAR

Printed in the Friday 22 March 2002 Sentinel News, Shelbyville, KYTwo Captains of Mount Eden in the Civil WarByWilliam METCALF

Mount Eden was represented during the Civil War by men of that area. Many of these men were of both members of the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment and the 15th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

One man in Company B, 15th Kentucky Volunteer Regiment was Captain William Henry HARRISON. He was born 15 September 1837, died 19 January 1909 and is buried in Stodghill Cemetery near Mount Eden, Kentucky. He was the son of James and Sarah COOPER HARRISON.

HARRISON served in Company B from 1861 until his discharge on 18 February 1863.

He contracted typhoid fever in Huntsville, Alabama in May 1862. He was treated and nursed for several weeks before he could return to his unit. He never fully recovered and had to resign his commission because of his disabilities. It affected his health for the rest of his life. After the war, HARRISON returned to the Mount Eden area, where he was a farmer.

A group of men from the Company B were known as the "Mount Eden sharpshooters". The 15th Kentucky Infantry Regiment earned the name the "Bloody Regiment" for its part in the Battle of Perryville in October 1862.

Private Archie Lewis HEDDEN in Company B served under HARRISON. He served from 01 October 1861 to 14 January 1865. He was born 22 May 1840, the son of Squire B. and Sarah PULLIAM HEDDEN. After the war, he returned to the Mount Eden area where he farmed and raised a large family. He Isabel Frances CORBIN 11 March 1869. He died 15 September 1925 at the age of 85 and is buried in the Grove Hill Cemetery in Shelby ville, KY

Of the 888 men of the 15th Kentucky Calvary, more than 400 were killed or wounded, anotehr 113 died of illnesses or non battlefield related causes.

Another Captain from Mount Eden was HARRISON'S brother in law, Elisha HEDDEN, of Company D, 6th Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted October 1861.

HEDDEN was born near Mount Eden 25 March 1834, the son of Elisha and Mary CARRESS HEDDEN. He married Miranda (Mandy) HARRISON, HARRISON'S sister on 05 October 1854. The reared six children.

HEDDEN suffered serious wounds to the head at the Battle of Shiloh. He and four others were wounded when they tried to capture a big gun from the enemy. Several of the men of the company were killed over this gun. HEDDEN was sent to a hospital in Mound City, Illinois. He recovered and nine months later was wounded at Stone's River in Tennessee.

HEDDEN resigned his commission in the fall of 1863. He returned to Mount Eden where he pursued farming. In October 1886, HEDDEN sold his farm and moved to Hutchinson, Kansas where he spent the rest of his life. He died there 28 November 1906 and is buried in the Lone Star Cemetery near the town of Pretty Prairie (Reno County), Kansas. HEDDEN had a first cousin, Jacob Richard HEDDEN, who married a sister of Jefferson DAVIS..

Another man from Mount Eden of the 6th Kentucky Infantry was Henry Clay TERRELL. He served under HEDDEN and he, too, was wounded at the Battle of Shiloh on 07 April 1862. He served form 10 January 1862 until 28 June 1862. He kept a diary of his time served until several weeks after his hospitalization. He was wounded in the back and hip. He died 24 February 1868 and is buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery at Mount Eden. He was born 24 August 1821 and was the son of Zachariah and Polly FLOYD TERRELL

James H. HARRISON died at the Battle of Perryville, KY in the Civil War.

James H. HARRISON was killed in the Civil War at the Battle of Perryville in Perryville, Kentucky. James was a member of the 1st Regiment of the Kentucky Calvary. It was formed at Liberty, Burkeville and Monticello, Ky. in October, 1861. The Battle of Perryville was the largest Civil War battle in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. More than 7,500 Union and Confederate troops were wounded and killed.

James H. HARRISON is among those buried in Hedden Cemetery near Mt. Eden, Kentucky. (Discover more about Hedden Cemetery on the Greer Heritage Map.)

James was a son of Nancy Agnes GREER and John HARRISON. He was a grandson of Rebecca Howard and Samuel GREER.

Captain Elisha HEDDEN died in Hutchinson (Reno Co.), Kansas

Captain HEDDEN Dead

He passed away this morning after a long illness.

Captain Elisha HEDDEN died this morning at his home on Fourth East. He had been in poor health for some time and had been confined to his room for the last six months.

Mr. HEDDEN was born in Shelby County, Kentucky 25 March 1834. He was married 05 Oct 1854 to Miss Miranda HARRISON also of this county. When the war broke out Mr. HEDDEN organized a company for service in the Union cause. His company was mustered in as Co. E, 6th Kentucky Infantry. Mr. HEDDEN was elected captain and served through the war. He was wounded at the battle of Shiloh and Stone River. He was in the Revenue Service of the government after the war for 16 years. He moved to Hutchinson in January 1886.

In March 1894, his wife having died, he was married to Mrs. Susan Cardwell CARRIS who survives him. He has six children by his first wife who are all living. They are Charles M. HEDDEN of El Paso, TX, Ben C. HEDDEN of Nevada, MO, Mrs Mary J. SNYDER of Lake Charles, LA., E.V. HEDDEN of Shelby County, KY, Mrs. Sarah B. CONNELLY of New York City, and G. H. HEDDEN, also of New York City. He also leaves three stepchildren; Lena TURNER, George CARRIS of Shelby County and Miss Lillie CARRIS of this city.

Captain HEDDEN was assistant marshal and also marshal of this town. He was well known and well liked. He had a kindly disposition and his friends were numbered by the score. He wads a member of the Joe HOOKER Post of the Grand Army and they will attend his funeral which will be held from his late home tomorrow afternoon. The services at his house will be conducted by the Rev. BEAVER of the Baptist Church of which he was a life long member.

The relatives have the sincerest sympathy of the community in their loss. He died in Hutchinson (Reno Co., Kansas

My thanks to the individual who gave me this obituary . It was published in the Daily Independent on Wednesday 28 Nov 1906. Thanks also for the photograph of Elisha.

He was a nephew of Oliver HEDDEN who married Mary )Polly) GREER, daughter of Samuel. Elisha's father was Elisha, Sr., son of Jacob and brother of Oliver.

CULBERTSON, MONTANA....the site of the murder of WILLIAM WATER GREER

CULBERTSON, MONTANA....the site of the murder of WILLIAM WATER GREER

William Walter GREER was born near Bloomfield (Nelson County), Kentucky. Hi sparents were Thomas Newton and Sally Foster GREER. After college graduation, he left for Montana and bought a ranch. He was murdered. His body was brought back to Bloomfield for burial He is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery there. His grandfather was James and his great grand father was Samuel GREER.


William Walter (W. W.) Greer (13 January 1874 - 26 January 1905) graduated from Centre College as Valedictorian of his class. He was unmarried and lived on a ranch in Culbertson Valley, Montana. He was called the "duck man" in the newspaper. I think maybe he had tame ducks living in the cabin with him. He was murdered by a rustler named James Malcolm on 26 January 1905. Read the article from the Searchlight. It is a classic.

MURDER MOST FOUL

The Dead Body of W. W. Greer Found in His Own Cabin at Big Lake with Two Bullet Holes in His Body.

R. P. Bowman Found the Dead Body While Out on Horseback Last Friday Looking for Some Stray Horses. James Malcolm, who Was Arrested Saturday for Stealing a Horse, Is Suspected of Committing the Crime. Malcolm Visited the Duckman's Ranch on Thursday, Jan. 26th, the Day Before the Body Was Found. A Coroner's Inquest was Held in Culbertson Today.

While looking for stray horses belonging to the Bowman Ranch last Friday, Rusaw P. Bowman rode to the cabin of W. W. Greer, known in the Big Muddy District as the Duckman cabin and when he entered he found Greer lying near the door dead.

At first Mr. Bowman thought the man died from near-------, as he lay in an apparently natural position and that was the first report sent out, but the next day when Coroner Getty arrived on the scene, a closer examination was made and the man was found to have been murdered. ………………(lines missing) ranch, notifying Mr. Bedford of the occurrence, and from there to the ranch of Gay Allen, whom he notified. He also met the stag on its way from Plentywood to Culbertson, and sent a message by the driver to Agent Stanfield, who telegraphed to Coroner Getty at Glasgow to come to Duckman's cabin as soon as possible.

Mr. Bowman then returned to Duckman's Ranch, accompanied by Messrs. Bedford and Allen, where they all remained until Dr. Getty arrived there the next day, Saturday, January 28th.

Coroner Getty was accompanied by Thomas Moore and Orrin Denn, the latter driving the team.

The coroner and party brought the remains of Greer to Culbertson, arriving here about noon on Monday, when the body was laid on a table in the restaurant building opposite the Evans Hotel. Dr. Getty immediately empaneled a coroner's jury composed of W. S. Evans, foreman, Alb. Manderbach, W. T. Stephens, Thomas Darwin, P. J. Nagy and Walter S. Patch.

In the meantime County Attorney John J. Kerr and Sheriff Griffith had arrived from Glasgow in response to telegram and were present at the inquest. The examination of the witnesses took place in the office of G. H. Coulter, beginning about 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, and the reporter was present during the proceeding.

The principle witness at the inquest was R. P. Bowman, Orrin Denny and Thomas Moore simply corroborating his testimony. The awful story of the tragedy is best told in the language of Mr. Bowman, as follows:

"My name is Rusaw P. Bowman. I reside near the Big Muddy River, about 27 miles from Culbertson, in Valley County, Montana. "On Friday, Jan. 27th, I left home about 1 o'clock p.m., on horseback to look for some stray horses. I rode over to the Duckman's cabin, which is about four miles from my ranch. I went to the door and knocked but there was no answer. Again knocked and on receiving no reply was about to go away when I heard a noise in the shack, which I afterwards concluded was made by some tame ducks in the cabin.

"I opened the door and saw a man lying there with his feet near the door. I afterwards found that his name was W. W. Greer, known in this vicinity as the "Duck Man," for the reason that he was raising tame ducks.

"I spoke to him and he did not answer. I shook him and found that he was dead. I closed the door and rode back and found Mr. Bedford and Guy Allen and the stage driver to send a message to the coroner.

"I then rode back to ---- Duckman's Ranch accompanied by Bedford and Allen and we stayed there --- the next day when Coroner Getty arrived, when I assisted him to search the premises.

"After the coroner arrived, we made a ………..(lines missing)

"After examining the body, we looked around outside of the cabin and found tracks indicating that some person had recently ridden up on horseback, accompanied by three dogs, from the east. The tracks of the horse showed that there was a part of the right front hoof of the animal broken off so that it did not make a perfect impression, making it easy to follow the trail.

"This trail was traced up to within a short distance of the cabin where it was evidently obliterated by other tracks. On the west side of the cabin, tracks of the same horse were found, going in a northwesterly direction from the cabin.

"On account of darkness, we discontinued the tracing of the tracks until the next day. That night Mr. Bowman went home for the night and the coroner and his party stopped with a neighboring rancher, with the understanding that they would meet on Saturday morning at the Duckman's cabin. Continuing his testimony, Mr. Bowman said:

"The next morning I took up the trail of the horse and three dogs from my own ranch to this dugout or cave called Duckman's cabin where Greer was killed. I met Dr. Getty and his party there and we made a circle around the cabin about a quarter of a mile away to see if there were any other tracks leading to the Greer ranch, but found no other recent trail leading to or going away from the cabin, except the ones mentioned and one other, that of a man leading a horse. This trail had been partly obliterated by the wind filling the footprints with snow and appeared to be several days older than the trail of the horse and dogs.

"After this I and Dr. Getty's party took up the trail of the horse and dogs leading to the Duckman's ranch from an easterly direction, and traced it back about 10 miles to the ranch of J. H. Smith at the head of Big Lake.

"We asked Mrs. Bell if anyone had been there recently with three dogs. She answered that Jim Malcolm had been there with three hounds; that he left there saying that he was going to the Duckman's cabin to stay all night; that he left the Smith ranch about 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 26th, for the Duckman's ranch.

"The same Jim Malcolm," continued Mr. Bowman, "came to my place on that same Thursday night, arriving about 10 minutes to 7 o'clock, and staid all night. He was accompanied by three hounds. My place is about four miles from the Duckman's cabin. While at my place, Jim Malcolm stated that he had intended to stay at the Duckman's ranch that night, but that he could not find the place. "He had a 30-30 barrage rifle with him. The Savage rifle was placed in evidence and handed to the witness. Mr. Bowman continuing, said: "This is the same rifle that Jim Malcolm had when at my house to the best of my knowledge. It is the one here in front of Mr. Crohn.

"The morning Jim Malcolm left my ranch I found ---- cartridge shell near the barn door where he kept his horse that night." Here Mr. Bowman produced the shell in court. "This scratch," he said, "is a mark I put on the shell myself to identify it."Question, by Judge Kerr. "Have you tried the empty shell in the gun since that time?" Answer: "Yes, Sir, and it fits this rifle."

The empty shell when compared with three other shells, one fired from the same gun since the first one was found, and two fired from other rifles using the same kind of cartridges, showing that the two fired from the Savage rifle that Malcolm had have the same peculiar markings from the ones fired from the discharge, and that they differed from the ones fired from other guns.

Continuing, Mr. Bowman said, "I have since seen the horse that Mr. Malcolm rode to my house Friday night. I saw it Sunday evening at Mr. Sherman's ranch. It was in Billy Crohn's possession. I examined the horse's hoof to see if it was the same horse I had been trailing and found that the hoof made the same footprints that I found near the Duckman's cabin.

Question: Who was with you during your search for the tracks around the Duckman's cabin and while following the trail of the horse and three dogs? Answer: Thomas Moore, Orrin Denny and the coroner, Dr. Getty.

After taking the testimony, the Coroner and jury proceeded to the Humphrey restaurant, where the body lay. Coroner Getty, assisted by W. T. Stephens, stripped the body by cutting the clothes from him.

Mr. Greer was rather a slight man, weighing perhaps 120 pounds. He was warmly clothed and as clean as a man could well be. He had on thin cotton underwear next to his skin, with heavy woolen underwear over this. His outside clothes consisted of a conductor's or motorman's uniform that he had recently used while working for the street railway in Chicago.

When he was stripped, it was found that he had been shot twice, each ball going clear through the body. The ball supposed to have been shot first entered the left breast near the arm and went clear through the chest emerging almost straight across on the right side near the arm. The second ball, which was probably fired when the man was falling, entered the small of the back, a little to the right of the backbone, going through the abdomen and coming out a little above and to the right of the navel. Either shot would have been fatal.

Dr. Getty said after performing the autopsy on Tuesday morning that the first shot could not have been made in a manner to cause a quicker or more painless death, as it severed all the large blood vessels leading from the heart. Both lungs were pierced and the aorta or main artery was cut just above the heart.

Walter W. Greer was a well educated man, holding a diploma from a Kentucky college as a Bachelor of Science. He was an inoffensive man, fond of reading and experimenting in raising vegetables, etc. He had several dozen tame ducks which he was wintering in his shack, and intended making a business of raising ducks. From the pockets of the dead man were taken the following articles: A five-dollar bill, a nickel, a cheap watch, a common jack-knife, a bill of sale of a black mare, signed by Arthur Charlesworth, a union card from a Chicago Union and a couple of books of postage stamps, one empty and the other with only two stamps gone.

A message was sent to his attorney, Bedford C. Cherry of Bardstown, Ky, who communicated with his relatives.

A message was received by Coroner Getty Tuesday morning to have the body embalmed and held until the arrival of the sender, and the message was signed, E. A. Walton, Salt Lake City, Utah.

VERDICT OF CORONER'S JURY

We the jury summoned at the inquest held by the Coroner of the County of Valley over the body of one W. W. Greer, on the 30th day of January 1905 A.D., after hearing the testimony and examining the body, upon our oaths do say that the person here lying dead and upon which the inquest was held, was Walter W. Greer, and that he came to his death on January 26th 1905 at said Greer ranch, about thirty miles north of Culbertson and in Valley County, Montana, and that he came to his death by means of --- shot wounds ……………..some person or persons unknown ………… ------ in Culberson, Montana, January 30th 1905.

JURORS: W. S. Evans, foreman, Albert Manderbach, W. T. Stephens, Thomas Darwin, F. R. Nagey, W. R. Patch.

THE OTHER MAN

The only other man who is known to have been at the Duckman ranch within a week of the tragedy is Hugh Crohn, who was probably the last man who could have seen W. W. Greer alive except the murderer.

Hugh Crohn took dinner with R. P. Bowman on Tuesday, Jan. 24th, and told him he had staid all night at the Duckman cabin on Monday night and that he intended to stay with Greer again that night, Tuesday --- Crohn …….. wolf traps in the county and that he was ……………. to look after them ……… Hugh Crohn went to ……… Mr. Bowman's ranch …….. he is at present, but if information is filed against Mr. Malcolm for the murder of Greer, Mr. Crohn will be subpoenaed as a witness.

Court Attorney Kerr told the reporter that the matter would be taken up in due ---- a full investigation is made into the case.

MALCOLM ARRESTED FOR HORSE STEALING

On Saturday last Jim Malcolm was arrested in Culbertson for stealing a horse ………… . and was taken before Judge Coulter where he pleaded guilty to the charges. He was taken to Glasgow on Sunday and lodged in jail to await the action of the district court. While in Judge Coulter's office Malcolm, who is only 18 years old, said that he did not care if he got ---- years for stealing the horse, that he had been kicked and caffed around all his life and that he would be of age when he got out of prison.

As near as can be ascertained, the whereabouts of Malcolm last week were about as follows. About a week before, before he was arrested, he stole the horse, saddle and gun from George Bolster, while Bolster was absent from home. He went to the Crohn ranch on Monday of last week and stayed there a couple of days, and while there traded the stolen horse and gun to Billy Crohn for the Savage rifle and the horse which he rode on Thursday.

On Thursday about 11:30 o'clock a.m., he left the Smith ranch on horseback with the Savage rifle and the three dogs, saying he was going to stay all night at the Duckman's ranch. After being seven hours on the road, he arrived at R. P. Bowman's ranch and said he could not find the Duckman's cabin. Malcolm staid Thursday night at the Bowman's ranch and on Friday came to Culbertson.

In the meantime, Geo. Bolster had traced his horse to Billy Crohn's ranch where he found it and he and Billy Crohn came to Culbertson and filed information against Malcolm for horse stealing.

JAMES FRANCIS GREER WAS KILLED IN A RUNAWAY HORSE ACCIDENT IN WACO, TEXAS

JAMES FRANCIS GREER WAS KILLED IN A RUNAWAY HORSE ACCIDENT IN WACO, TEXAS

James Francis (24 January 1858 - 13 January 1907 in Waco, Texas) Greer who married Virginia Lee, a teacher in Waco, Texas. James Francis Greer died in a horse accident. He was a graduate of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky and graduated first in his class of twenty (Baylor Roundup, 1896) was active at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He also received what is termed an A. M. which I assume is a Master's degree. He was a professor of Latin, German, and French at Baylor University. In 1893, he was elected Vice President of Baylor. Sue Harris has sent me his picture and he truly has the "forehead of a Greer"!

His daughter states he was a noted educator and scholar. He and Virginia Lee were married 19 June 1883.

James F. Greer was killed in an accident with a runaway horse, 13 January 1907. This is taken from the Waco Daily Times Herald 14 January 1907. His daughter, Miss Lillian, was "painfully though not dangerously, bruised. They were returning home from a funeral and the horse started running and finally nearly ran into another buggy. In order to prevent a collision, he turned sharply and the buggy overturned. He was "rendered unconscious and carried to the home of his brother-in-law, Nat Harris. He died within an hour. At the time of his death he was principal of Sanger Avenue Public School (Waco Daily Times Herald 14 January 1907).

The entire obituary reads:

One of the most disturbing accidents which has happened in Waco in a long while happened late yesterday afternoon, in which Professor J. F. Greer, principal of Sanger Avenue public school, was killed, and his daughter, Lillian, who was in the buggy with him was painfully though not dangerously bruised.

Professor Greer and Miss Lillian were returning home form the funeral of Miss Evelyn Kyger, and when they reached a point about two blocks to the other side of the South Waco Fire station, and near to the residence of Alderman Garrett, the horse began running being eager to get home. Professor Greer turned the horse on a cross street about two blocks the other side of the fire station, and the animal went running at a rapid gate towards Seventh street. Professor Greer held firmly to the lines, guiding the animal safely until about the time the vehicle reached Seventh street, when he met a buggy. In trying to avoid a collision with this buggy and to make the turn into Seventh Street necessitated a double turn and Professor Greer did his best to make it, but this was impossible as the curve was too acute and the buggy was overturned, throwing both of the occupants to the ground. Professor Greer struck on his head and was rendered unconscious. He remained in this state and never spoke afterwards, though breathing and circulation kept up for a little more than an hour. He was carried to the residence of his brother in law, Nat Harris who lived near the point of the accident and died there.

Miss Lillian was given attention at once, but it was found that she was not dangerously hurt. A peculiarly sad feature of the matter is that Bachman Greer, a 12 year old son of Professor Greer, lies at home very ill from typhoid fever, and has not been apprised of his father's death. The entire community will be shocked by the news when it reaches them and all who heard of it today expressed deepest sorrow. Professor Greer has been a resident of Waco since 1892 when he came here form Nacogdoches, and as a citizen and educator has won a place in the estimation of the people only good and desirable men can secure and hold. He was one of the foremost educators of the state and has had a wide experience in school matters. He held positions of responsibility in school matters before coming to Texas and was in charge of the school at Nacogdoches for four years. After coming to Baylor he was for several years professor of Latin in that institution being also vice president; he was later co-principal of of the Grayson College at Whitewright; he was also co-principal of the Lancaster Military Institute and at the time of his death, one of the proprietors of that institution.

At the beginning of the present term of the Waco Public schools, professor Greer was elected principal of the Sanger Avenue school and has been holding this place with the same marked outcome and ability which have characterized his past career. He was 52 years old (?) and leaves a family.

The funeral will take place at 4 o'clock this afternoon from the residence of Home Wells... Interment at Oakwood Cemetery...

The Sanger Avenue School will be dismissed for the funeral.


James Francis was the oldest son of Thomas Newton GREER. Thomas Newton was a son of James GREER who was, in turn, a son of Samuel GREER.

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Maple Grove Cemetery

MAPLE GROVE CEMETERY

BLOOMFIELD, KENTUCKY

These are the Greer gravestones in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Bloomfield, Kentucky. Hopefully, I have pictures of all these and their correct placement. These graves are in two imperfect rows on the right side of the cemetery as you enter it. They are in the front half of the right side.

These stones are in same row as James and Elizabeth Greer's graves.

1. Sallie M. daughter of James and Elizabeth Greer
Born 29 April 1828
Died 9 May 1842
Age 14 years 10 days

2. Elizabeth Greer, Jr.
Born 14 January 1845
Departed from this life
13 November 1855

3. Samuel H. Greer
8 November 1837
2 October 1905

This is a very large stone with the following:

Our Father and Mother

4. Elizabeth Greer James Greer
Born 1 October 1802 Born 7 September 1797
Died 7 June 1871 Died 11 July 1871

5. R. J. Greer Catherine Wats
Born 9 February 1842 Born 9 October 1845
Died 28 April 1907 10 July 1894

6. Infant son
R. J. and K. W. Greer
19 February 1875

7. Infant Son
R. J. and K. W. Greer
Born 16 October 1877
Died 23 October 1877

We could not read the top part of this stone. I believe it is in line with the others above.

8. 4 November 1885 (I believe this was the only date)

At Bottom of stone

"Father and Mother for me
Waiting in glory for thee"

9. Richard J.
son of R. J. and K. W. Greer
18 May 1883
8 February 1907

This row is nearer the highway and this above grave is farther from the road.

10. Robert E. Lee Greer
son of T. N. and S. L. Greer
Born 6 February 1870
Died 30 March 1871

11. W. W. Greer
13 January 1874
26 January 1905

At the bottom of his grave is the inscription " thy will be done".

12. Mary
Daughter of T. N. and S. L. Greer
Born 30 July 1859
Died 26 July 1863


Farther from the road than the above graves is one for

William R. Milton
15 January 1805
22 July 1833

I would guess this is a younger brother of Elizabeth Milton but I do NOT know this for sure.

It was a beautiful day. We visited the cemetery after we had made pictures of where Samuel Greer built his home near Bloomfield, Kentucky. Near there, we also saw the beautiful home of Elizabeth Milton. It was recently purchased by two physicians and has been renovated. In order to get to this area, take Highway 62 from Bardstown and continue til you get to Highway 162 or "Old Bloomfield Road". Jack Briggs now owns the farm that Samuel Greer once owned. It is difficult to get to the location of the DAR marker. You can go through the Jack Briggs farm or continue along Highway 162 to a mailbox that says "Sparrow" on it. It is about 0.7 mile from the Jack Briggs farm. The Elizabeth Milton home is near here.

The Maple Grove Cemetery is located in Bloomfield, Kentucky.

As is always the case, no matter how careful, I left out a grave. I know it is there since I have a picture of it. I do not know its placement however.

This is another of the sons of James and Elizabeth Greer.

Sallie L. Greer Thomas N. Greer
Born 9 January 1838 Born 6 October 1826
Died 8 June 1911 Died 7 January 1897

Owensboro, Kentucky....Home of some of the Western Kentucky GREERS

Samuel Greer II was born about 1801 and married Minerva Cooper on 05 December 1822. Minerva was the daughter of John and Mary Cooper. The wedding ceremony for Samuel and Minerva was performed by Isaac Taylor and witnesses included David Huston and Samuel Huston.

Minerva Cooper was born in Nelson County, Kentucky about 1802 and died in Daviess County, Kentucky 14 November 1871. According to the tombstone, she was 68 years 6 months indicating she was born about May 1802. She might have been born as late as 1804 though. I am not sure who made up their birth dates!!!

Samuel II was the youngest of the three sons of Samuel and Rebecca Howard Greer. Part of Samuel II's life was spent in Nelson County, Kentucky. He did not marry until after his father died in 1820. In the Samuel Greer I's will, Samuel II received 100 acres of land on the southeast end of the survey which included the "mantion" (mansion house). He was also willed a "black boy named Johnson and a good featherbed and common furniture".

James and Samuel II also received after Rebecca's death "the black man Peter and the black woman Pat and all their increase from the date of his death". They were "Not to sell or barter blacks but to treat them in a human like manner".

Samuel and Minerva lived in Nelson County and Shelby County near Mt. Eden until they moved to Daviess County, Kentucky in 1832 according to Sallie Carter, a daughter of William Boyd GREER..
Samuel II died 20 October 1846. Samuel's tombstone says he was 75 years indicating he was born in 1771. This is not correct. As I am sitting here tonight with a magnifying glass trying to figure out what is written on the bottom of the stone, a thought just occurred to me. I would bet a 4 was mistaken for a 7 by a German carver. Of course, it should have been a four and he was 45 years old.

He was dead by the 1850 census where Minerva was left with seven children but in no way was he born much earlier than 1800. Samuel Greer ‘s tombstone also says across the left hand top on a Holy Bible ""Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord". At the bottom it says "Tis .... to gaze upon the sad; That wraps thy moldering clay ..... (another full line" which was in the grass). [The inscription presumably ran: "Tis sweet to gaze upon the sod that wraps thy mouldering clay. To think thy spirit rests with God who called it hence away." It appears to be a common sentiment on tombstones from the era. -Ed.]

Coleman D. GREER was the oldest son of Samuel, Jr. and Minerva Cooper. One of his sons was Coleman Henry GREER and he was the father of Della GREER who married Heber MIDKIFF. Heber and Dellie had five children, three of whom are Markley FREER, Lincoln MIDKIFF, and Esther (Sissy) EDGE This family is very musically inclined and are wonderful to be around.

They are shown here with Markley on the left, Link in the middle and Sissy on the right.
A much older picture taken about 1906 shows Coleman and Nellie Greer with some of their children. Included are Aaron GREER (in back between his parents), Delia to the left and behind her father, Erbit to the far right, Dillie standing between his dad's legs and Mary Elizabeth in her mother's lap. Mary Elizabeth died young. The family lived in Ohio County, KY when the children were young. Aaron died in Walkerville, Michigan.

HARRIS HOUSE ON BAYLOR CAMPUS NAMED FOR NAT HARRIS, HUSBAND OF MAGGIE GREER

MAGGIE GREER WANTED TO GO TO COLLEGE AWAY FROM HOME SO SELECTED BAYLOR COLLEGE IN WACO, TEXAS. THERE, SHE MET NATHANIEL HARRIS AND MARRIED HIM.

Here are some related photos.

Nat Harris was born 25 August 1875 in Raymond, Mississippi and came to Texas as a youth. He attended Baylor University for a Bachelors and Masters, Yale University for another Masters, and George Washington University for his law Degree. He taught at Baylor University Law School beginning in1922 and described lawyers as "unbonded agents of humanity" He later described his terminal illness and soon to come death as " For me it is a great adventure".

Obituary of Nat Harris.....

Judge Nat Harris, 73, prominent Waco attorney for many years died Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. G. Marion of 3128 Parrott Avenue following along illness.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:30 pm at the Austin Avenue Methodist Church, Dr. A. Norman Evans, officiating, burial in Oakwood Cemetery.

Born near Raymond in Hines County, Mississippi, Judge Harris moved to Waco in 1892. He graduated from Baylor in 1900, took his MA degree form Yale in 1902 and his LLM degree from George Washigton Univeristy in 1905.

He returned in 1905 to Waco to become assistaant to Pat M. Neff, who at that time was prosecuting attorney of this county. He was elected Justice of the peace in 1906.

He taught Constitional Law at the Baylor Law School from 1923 until his retirement in 1943.

Surviving are four children, Mrs. Marion, Mrs. Sam H. Amsler, Jr. of Waco, Nat Harris, Jr. and Thomas Greer Harris both of Austin, one brother Martin Harris of San Antonio; two sisters Mrs. Edgar McLendeon of Junction and Mrs. Roberta Jones of Mineral Wells; and six grandchildren.

Taken from the Waco News Tribune 20 Dec 1948.

In Memoriam..... Nat Harris

Judge Nat Harris was born in Raymond, Mississippi, on August 25, 1875. His early youth was spent there. Always and everywhere he reflected the State of his origin, in that he was the embodiment of traditional Southern virtues --- fastidious in dress --- courtly in manner -----chilalrous in disposition --- a generour host----- a boon companion ----teller of good stories-----quick of temper--- family man ----patriot----friend of God.In youth, he came to Texas. His early interest vocationwise was in carpentry.
Baylor men, here and yonder, have heard him say, with a twinkle in eye, how he ruined a good carpenter when he decided to abandon that calling for the law. The change was a fortunate one for bench and bar, as the law became the beneficiary of his talents. In a larger sense, he never ceased to be a carpenter. He spent his life as an active practitioner, always adding a principle of law whenever possible to the jurisprudence of Texas. As a teacher he was always the architect of human souls. As such, he lives "again and far away in the stuff of other men's lives.

He was educated in Baylor Preparatory, Baylor University (A.B. 1900, M.A. 1901), Yale University (M.A. 1902), George Washington University (LL.B. 1904, LL.M. 1905) His undergraduate and graduate records as a student and as a leader were enviable. Throughout life he maintained an active interest in secondary and university education. He appreciated the force and the power of a trained intellect. He had respect and admiration for a mind that could select from the maze of legal decisions a consistent line of authority. He did not tolerate loose thinking by others or himself. He once paid a judgment against a client because he felt that if he had handled the case differently the verdict would have been favorable.

Baylor became one of the absorbing interests of his life. He began teaching law in Baylor Law School with its reorganization in 1822. He taughter withour interruption until the law school was closed on account of the war in 1943. He taught a great variety of subjects, such as Constitutional Law, Equity, Corporations Personal Property, and Legal Biobliography. He had unbending ideas as to the importantance of the lawyer and his obligations to the social order. Who could forget his description of the lawyer as the "unbounded agent of humanity"? Through his teaching was laid the foundation of that detailed familiarity with the law so potently reflected in his arguments in the trial and appellate courts, in his matchlees briefs, and in the solidity of his judgments on points of law to his inquiring and troubled clients. He had an unquenchable love for the teaching of the law, which requires in evenly mixed proportions the learning of the scholar and th eunderstanding necessary to lead the student.

In the field of Constitutional Law he found the path, above all other legal footways, upon which he delighted to walk. I must confess some difficulty in cataloguing his attitude toward the more recent interpretations of the Constitution of the United States by the Supreme Court. You will vividly recollect his admiration for Chief Justice Marshall. It was Marshall who viewed the Constitution as a broad charter of government, "intended to endure for ages to come, and, consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs". Nevertheless, he was a rugged individualist. Indeed, his ruggedness was his chief characteristic. His face reflected the granite of which he was made. As an individualist, he believed in the individual and his rights. As a Mississippian and as a Texan, he believed in the reserved power of the States. He resented some of the interpretations of the Supreme Court sustainingthe invasion by the Federal Government of fields formerly thought to have been reserved to the States. Accordingly, he spoke warmly of Roger B. Taney. In any event, he had an abiding faith in the power of reason and he was skeptical of generalizations contained in opinions, unanchored to the facts of the particular case. His views were matters of vital moral conviction. In their defense, he dedicated the full resources of his ever-expanding intellect. Complete conformity of opinion is reserved to robots. Out of the clash of opposing views do we approach truth. And so there was room in the thinking of this sincere, independent, and forthright man for the concept that he might be wrong.

He began his practice at Waco in 1906. After assuming his teaching duties at Baylor he carried on concurrently a heavy teaching load with an active private practice. He reoresented large financial interests, corporate and individual. He also represented with equal zeal those of small means.He served as Justice of the Peace, member of the Board of Commissioners of the city of Waco, and as special judge of the 54th Judicial District of McLennan County. City politics in Waco have always been highly controversial. As a candidate for City Commissioner, Judge Harris declred well in advance of the election and without any hedging, the beliefs that were his with respect to the highly controversial issues of the campaign.
And the people, contrary to the usual political concept, elected him by an overwhelming vote.

No verbalizing on the career of Judge Harris can reflect the esteem in which he was held by his brethern of the Methodist Church, his brethern in the Waco

Bar, the "young gentlemen" whom he taught through the swiftly succeeding years, or by his family. He had a serenity which reflected the happy family life he shared with his wife, their two sons, two daughters, and the grandchildren.

In a visit with him near the end he spoke of the fact that he must soon make the long journey. I asked him if he was frightened by that prospect. With a quiet and almost casual negative, he added "For me, it is a great adventure. The judge went "on his great adventure" on Decemebr 19, 1948. Baylor men have been enriched by his touch. Baylor men will draw upon his strength in all of their tomorrows.

This was written by Sam Darden who was an attorney at law, Waco, Texas;


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1000 Templin Avenue, Bardstown, Kentucky

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A Farm Story

by

Anne Greer Denner

It was December in the year 1940 and it was cold. It was moving time for Nellie and Ike Greer and their two sons, "Junior" and Donald. They were moving from Botland (Nelson County), Kentucky to a mile just outside of Bardstown, also in Nelson County, Kentucky. Their new home would be close to good schools. That was what was important to Nellie. The boys could walk to school or their Daddy could take them. There were no school buses then.

Their new farm had only 80 acres and all their relatives said they could never make it on that little land. His brother had a farm with over 400 acres. They bought the farm and moved there anyway.

The house wasn’t much, my Mother said. It wasn’t nearly as nice as the two homes they had lived in prior to this one. But, it was going to be home, their home. On moving days, they did not hire movers but moved themselves. I do not know if they had help but suspect they did. First, they moved the furniture and the children. Then came the animals. They had chickens for the hen houses and cows for the barns and pasture. They had hogs for the front lot and also a pair of mules named Queen and Jewel who had their own stall in the new barn that was to be built. All in all, they had to make several trips from Botland to Bardstown, a trip of about seven miles one way. They hadn’t even moved the tractor or the drill or the plows yet. All of Daddy’s tools needed to be moved too. They finished the job before New Years 1941. They were never to move again.

Ike, Jr. (Junior in his younger years) who was eight was able to start school early the next year. He would go to a "real school" and not the one room school he had been used to. Donald would not begin school until the fall of the next year and would never miss a day of school in his twelve years at the Bardstown City Schools. He would also graduate first in his class (Valedictorian) in 1954.

Daddy grew barley, oats, rye, wheat and corn. The wheat he took to the Bardstown Mill to have it ground into flour. I always wondered why that was so important to him but later learned the mill was owned by his grandfather when he was a little boy. During the 1940's, it was run by his first cousins. This was one way he could visit with them and Daddy loved to visit. He had spent a lot of time at the mill because his Mother had died when he was five. He remembered his grandparents well. Daddy also grew tobacco but always less than an acre. That was the main "cash crop". Sending hogs and cows to the stock yards was another good source of income for the farm.

On the farm, where I was born in June 1942 (the end room on the right hand side), we had our own cows so we had our own milk and Mother made butter and ice cream. However, we drank "separated milk" or skim milk and sold the cream to the local creamery. We grew all our own vegetables and fruits. At one time, we had 10 peach trees in a row in the garden and an apple orchard. We also had a big pear tree by the chicken house and two large cherry trees in the back yard. There was another cherry tree in the chicken lot and still two more in the orchard below the hen house. My Mother and I did most of the canning in the "wash house". That is where we kept the jars and canner. We canned mostly in quart jars. The canner was old but allowed us to preserve most of our vegetables. The fruits could be preserved by cold-packing. The wash house also was built over a great cellar. That was where we kept our canned goods, potatoes, and onions. Canning there was a hot job but it kept the heat out of the main house.

That was important in the summer since we did not have air conditioning. We kept cool by darkening the house in the day time and by sitting outside under the shade trees in the afternoon and evening. We could also swing on the front porch. Nor did we have a furnace. We had two stoves in the house. In the kitchen, we had the combination wood/gas stove. It was great "to warm one side at a time" when we got up in the morning. We used wood we had cut up on the farm or that we had bought. This wood was kept in the woodshed, a small building attached to the meat house. The meat house was where my Mother cured the country hams and sausages. Mother was also able to burn some of the trash in the stove that we accumulated.
However, we accumulated a very small amount of it. My Mother recycled almost everything. She re-used egg cartons many times; she washed and re-used plastic bags; she washed and re-used aluminum foil; she reused cottage cheese containers for freezing and mayonnaise jars for canning. Even the plastic jars which came later in our lives she used for scraps of material for her quilting. She even took the paper off cans we purchased and burned that. We collected what little trash we accumulated in a barrel and took that to a sink hole on the farm and occasionally to the city dump.

Our other source of heat was the coal stove. It was placed in the living room and provided heat for the entire house... in a manner of speaking. The only heat for the upstairs bedrooms where we kids slept was an opening in the ceiling above the stove. It was called the "register". It was nice to stand on when we were getting dressed. Otherwise, it was not a great source of heat. However, my brothers had no stove under their register. It was very cold in that room.

We did have two fireplaces in the house but we used those only rarely. They were not efficient enough.

Daddy went to the mountains (Manchester, KY) every year to get a load of coal for the winter time. He brought it back on his old black truck and put it in the coal shed. It was our job to carry in the coal on a daily basis. We also carried out the ashes. I will have to admit; it was mostly my brothers who did those jobs.

Our chickens laid eggs and were the chief source of meat for the family. We did kill two hogs every year. My mother sugar cured the hams for the best hams you ever ate. After adding the salt and sugar mixture, the hams were hung to "cure" in the meat house. She also canned part of the pork. That was also the best thing you ever ate. I canned it for my husband and children when they were at home. I even brought some home to my mother who loved it.

The only time we had oranges, tangerines, and nuts in the winter was at Christmas time at my Mother’s Father’s (my grandfather’s) home.

As the years passed, we children grew up and none of us wanted to farm so Daddy retired and rented the farm out to one of my cousins. My cousin helped take care of the farm and my Mother after Daddy died in 1983. In 1987, lightening struck the home and it almost burned. The old tin roof was holding the fire in the house and causing it to spread. There was much damage but it was rebuilt. My Mother lived until 1999 and loved every moment of her life at that farm. They were not necessarily easy but she loved them anyway. In May 1999, when my Mother died, it was time to consider selling the rest of the farm. My older brother had died and Donald and I both lived outside of Bardstown. In 2001, the last portion of the farm was sold eventually to the Bardstown School Corporation who built a Primary School there. Later, they also built a school for early childhood education on the hill by the water tower.

The home that held so many memories for many of us had to be destroyed. The Bardstown Fire Department requested to use the home as a training area for their fireman. They needed to learn new ways to put out fires and save people from burning houses. By then, the beloved home was no longer useable. The barns and other outbuildings were also bulldozed and taken away.
And so the home that was over one hundred years old was no more... However, a beautiful new school with its wonderful playground has taken its place....... *This story was originally written for the library at the Bardstown Primary School. It was written to tell the story of the home, the land, and the lady (Nellie Catherine Marks GREER) for whom their playground at the Bardstown Primary School was named.

Please note that Isaac GREER Circle was named both for my father and my deceased brother, Ike (Isac Earl GREER, Jr. was born 26 July 1932 and died 09 November 1993) . Since the death of our mother and before the dedication of the playground, my other brother, Donald Leelan GREER (17 January 1936 - 31 March 2003) died.

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Memories of a Kentucky Country Church Camp Ground (Beech Fork) Methodist Church

Memories of a Kentucky Country Church Camp Ground (Beech Fork) Methodist Church
A Hidden Kentucky Icon
by Anne Greer Denner

Map for Camp Ground (Beech Fork) Methodist Church.

If you look at the internet for Camp Ground Church, you find many nationwide and even several in Kentucky. My Camp Ground is located about five miles south of Bloomfield near Maud (Nelson County), Kentucky. It and its associated cemetery are nestled in the woods off a back country road. I would never go there by myself because I would never get out! I can barely make it in and out with competent help. However, I have never been there that the grounds of the cemetery were not beautifully mowed and the areas around the stones carefully trimmed.

The steps of the church lead to two front doors. One door was for the men and the other for the women and children. The single back door was the "fast escape" route for the minister just in case his sermon had stomped too many toes! I remember going there many times as a child.

Once, about 1955, we took my grandfather and two of my aunts. I have pictures of that trip. I am not sure why they went unless it was to find the grave of a Jury aunt who died at a young age. Of course, it was probably really because my Daddy was driving and that is where he wanted to go on this particular Sunday afternoon ride.

This cemetery holds just about as many memories as Poplar Flat does for me. I don’t think we have quite as many relatives buried here though as in Poplar Flat. At rest here are many of my distant Shehan relatives as well as Milton and Adahline Greer (my great grandparents), and two of their children..... little Harriet Elizabeth who died of the croup at about age 3 years and also Francis Foster Greer who died from complications of the measles and pneumonia at age 20 years. They were their oldest daughter and son, respectively.... how sad....

The walls of Camp Ground Church are brick and since the church has been restored, oil stoves have replaced the pot bellied ones and electric lights have replaced the old chandeliers which held kerosene lanterns.. The original church was log and was used as a camping facility for those who wished to come, stay and pray for several days. I suspect this must be the origin of the poplar nickname of the church and, maybe, of all Camp Grounds.

Sunday mornings in the mid 1880's meant that the Bodines, the Briggs, the Browns, the Greers, the Humphries, the Shehans, the Wakefields and many others came by foot, buggy or horse back to attend the services at the Old Camp Ground Church. They sang songs from books which held verses but no music and listened to ministers preach "fire and brimstone" sermons. I often wonder if baskets of food weren’t spread after church on those beautiful grounds. It would have made for a perfect Sunday afternoon. (Information similar to this as well as a picture of Camp Ground Church can be found in Sarah Smith’s Historic Nelson County written in 1971).

According to Miss Parrish and Mrs Crume, one member of the church was Mr. Sanford Bishop. He always occupied "his" seat and carried a whale bone umbrella whether it was hot or cold, dry and wet. Mr. William Humphrey, another member of the church, was Superintendent of the Sunday school. I am not sure what all the responsibilities of this job are but Isaac Greer, Jr. held this position at the Bardstown United Methodist Church for many years. I know he went from room to room to take attendance for Sunday School (an easy job at Camp Ground), counted Sunday School collections, and made reports for the church but what else I don’t know. Country churches all over our land were known for their "Amen Corners". and Camp Ground was no different. The "corner" was formed by six or seven old men who nodded their agreement with the minister. Long after their deaths, the walls retained the greasy spots where they rested their heads. (The church history portion of this narrative about Camp Ground Church was originally written by Miss Verlie Parrish and Mrs. Thelma Crume, Camp Ground Church historians. There is no date on my document but I obtained it about 1996.)

I often wondered why my Mother and Daddy didn’t know very much about the history of their families. It wasn’t that they weren’t interested but .....If you had as many brothers and sisters as they did and first cousins as I do, you probably wouldn’t worry about second cousins or other more distantly related persons either. And, in later years, my mother thoroughly enjoyed discussing her family history and exchanging letters with a fellow from Illinois who was interested in Marks genealogy. Mother, thankfully, spent many hours with me identifying many of her old pictures. Therefore, the love was there; but, like so many of us, she just needed the time to express it.

Cemeteries

You can see photos of the Maple Grove cemetery here.

And more of Campground Beech Fork Cemetery here.