Good Morning Suzanne, Great story! I printed it and will add it to my "look-for" file. In the meantime, I did find a few more names to "add to the pot." I say that as these two children and one woman, don't show up on the cemetery lists and of course the early records don't show parent's names or spouses names on the death records, however ....... they all died in the Grand River Township or Macksburg area and that is where the Moon Cemetery is located .... so ...... you never know, here goes Greer, Nellie Elizabeth - b. Grand River Twp. - d. 8-29-1880, 10pm - 19m 15d - cholera - Grand River Township - "buried , Grand River Township Greer/Grier, Daisie - b. Grand River Twp. - d. 8-30-1884 - 2y 4m - Gray Flux - Grand River Township - buried, "Craven ? graveyard Greer, A. C. - b. Ohio - d. 11-18-1892 - 8am - cancer - Macksburg - buried, Macksburg - resident of M/C 30y Hope this helps a bit ... or .... maybe it will add more mysteries to the Greer line! Judy jlwight@northlink.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Suzanne Rousseau <ewok@clarkston.com> To: <IAMADISO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 11:14 PM Subject: [IAMADISO] GREER brick wall > Okay, here goes nothing... > > John Leland GREER and Orlando H. Greer were brothers. Now, according to John's Civil War pension file, I think he was born in Morgan County, IN, perhaps circa 1844. And of course, since he was 18 when he joined, there is no mention of parents' names on the application to join up. Anyway, John married Kathryn (possibly Rebecca Catherine?, although she always was known to family as Kate) Hatter 30 June 1864 in Madison County, IA. She died 2 Nov 1892 and is buried in Moon Cemetery, Macksburg, IA. Her headstone reads "Greer, Rebecca C., wife of J.L. Died Nov. 2, 1892 50 y.8m.1d." Now, the spot right next to Rebecca's only has a Civil War marker with no name or any other info. I have to assume this is John's burial place, but of course I have no way of knowing that for sure. I have tried to find when/where he died, but there is no record of his death anywhere in Iowa from 1904-1929. But backing up...John and Kate had 8 children: Ira Andrew (b. 31 Aug 1874), William Or! > lando (b. 25 Oct. 1876), Virgil, Della, George, Glen, Mary, and Elizabeth (Lizzie). Of those children, Ira married Ethel Walker (born in England and moved to Canada in 1911, I think). They were married 8 Nov 1911 in Kamsack, Saskatchewan, Canada. Ira's brother, William Orlando, married Nora Mae Miller 12 Aug 1909 in Council Bluffs, IA. William and Nora were living in Clarkston, WA in 1925 (and actually they both eventually died here as well, and one of their children is living here now with his family). Virgil married a woman married Alphia, and was living in Boise, ID in 1925. Della married a man with the last name of Flowers, and was living in Hopkins, MO in 1925. Glen married Nora Mae Miller's sister, Pearl Belle Miller, and they were living in Clarkston, WA in 1925. Lizzie married a man with the last name of Augustine, and was living in Coon Rapids, IA in 1925. Mary married a McCallum and was living in Council Bluffs, IA in 1925. I don't know if George ever marr! > ied or not, but apparently he was living in Lacompte, LA in 1925 when Ira died. > > I know this is getting confusing, but bear with me. John Leland's brother, Orlando H., married Flora Brownell 6 Dec 1876 in Madison County, IA. > > Now, to the best of my own knowledge, these two (John and Orlando) could have been the only two children in this family. However, a few years ago, I corresponded briefly with someone who was convinced that these two were brothers of a whole bunch of Greer siblings he was working on. This person thought that there were 6 boys and 6 girls in the family. William Sanford Greer was the ancestor of the man I had corresponded with, and he was born 1 Sep 1861 in Creston, IA. The stories this man had heard stated that one brother had drowned as a teenager, two brothers rode off as teenagers to look for work and were never heard from again, that one was living in Kansas in the 1920s, and that Orlando was living in Lewiston, ID and was hit by a Model T Ford and killed in 1926. As for the girls of this family, there was an Elizabeth that married a Badley, and was living in Portland, OR for a while. Sara married a Baldwin and was living in the Lewiston area. Daisy married a Payne ! > and lived in Boise, ID. Matty was another sister, but it was unknown if she'd married, and where she was living. Corine lived in Lewiston. The sixth sister's name wasn't known to this man. > > It's been a couple of years since I've done much with the Greers, simply because I was so frustrated at not being able to get anywhere with them. Now that I sit back and look at all of this, there are a few pieces that just came out that I think I can at least check into. If this Sara Greer Baldwin was living in Lewiston, I might be able to find something here on her, as well as finding some information on Orlando, if he really did die here. I've never heard that Orlando and his wife were living here, but of course 1926 was a very long time ago, and most of my family that would remember anything of that time period are long deceased. A couple of other things that I have tried to check into and haven't been able to get a straight answer on, are the questions of a couple of towns in this area that this Greer man I had talked to said were named after William Sanford and his daughter, Lenore. There is a town in Idaho named Greer, and he said that it was named after W.S., an! > d that the town of Lenore, ID was named for William's daughter, Lenore. I can't ignore the fact that a lot of the names this man gave me for possible siblings of Orlando and John have popped up later in the line again and again, so I suppose it's really possible that he was right about them all being siblings. I have been unable to get anywhere with it though, and I'm hoping that somebody out there will recognize a name or something here and be able to help, or that somebody can see something I've missed and just offer a suggestion on what to do next. > > Thanks for listening to me ramble, > Suzanne Rousseau >