Genealogy of the Greenlee families in America, Scotland, Ireland and England About this book Source: Genealogy of the Greenlee families in America, Scotland, Ireland and England : with ancestors of Elizabeth Brooks Greenlee and Emily Brooks Greenlee : also, genealogical data on the McDowells of Virginia and Kentucky. Greenlee, Ralph Stebbins,. Chicago, Ill.. Priv. print.. 1988. Notes: Includes indexes. Subjects: Greenlee family. Brooks family. McDowell family. Greenlee, Michael, 1700-1788. GENEALOGY OF THE GREENLEE FAMILIES IN AMERICA, SCOTLAND, IRELAND AND ENGLAND WITH ANCESTORS OF ELIZABETH BROOKS GREENLEE AND EMILY BROOKS GREENLEE ALSO GENEALOGICAL DATA ON THE McDOWELLS OF VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY BY RALPH STEBBINS GREENLEE AND ROBERT LEMUEL GREENLEE 67 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS PRIVATELY PRINTED 1908 Page 191 ARCHIBALD OF PENNSYLVANIA 35. JAMES FLEMMING GREENLEE 4 (Archibald Greenlee, Margaret E. Bonar 3) (Robert Greenlee, Mary Bonar 2) (Archibald Greenlee, _______Giffen 1) son of Archibald Greenlee and Margaret Everet Bonar, was born November 16, 1838, at Frederickstown, Knox Co., Ohio; married November 20, 1862 at Frederickstown, Ohio, HELEN ADELAIDE SACKETT, born January 4, 1840 at Ashtabula, AshtabulaCo., Ohio, daughter of Rev. John B. Sackett of Ohio and Amanda Bardeen. Children: 77. I. Clarence C., born October 10, 1863; died December 9, 1876. 78. II. Fred Sackett, born January 17, 1867 at Mt. Vernon, Ohio; unmarried. 79. III. John Arthur, born November 25, 1871; unmarried. 80. IV. Charles Archie, born January 11, 1877; unmarried. Page 192 GREENLEE GENEALOGY. JAMES FLEMMING GREENLEE attended the public school, and in 1859 entered Washington College. On the breaking out of the Civil war he enlisted in the 142nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in the Army of the Potomac as orderly sergeant of Company H. In 1868 he removed to Knoxvlle, Iowa, where he engaged in farming and merchandizing. In 1880 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago and voted for James. G. Blaine. He was a member of the Ohio Senate for sessions of 1880 and 1882. In 1884 he removed to Hutchinson, Kansas, where he has since resided, being engaged in banking, wholesale grocery, and farming. In 1892 he was elected to the Legislature, and served in the House of 1893 as a Republican member during the Lewelling administration war. He was the author of the "Greenlee Railroad Bill." On June 20, 1894, Washington and Jefferson College conferred on him the degree of Master of Arts. In religion he is a Presbyterian. FREDERICK SACKETT GREENLEE lived at Knoxville, Iowa until 1884 when he removed to San Francisco. He worked four years as bookkeeper for a commision firm, then started in the brokerage and commission business for himself, in which business he is still engaged. Page 235. JAMES OF VIRGINIA 22. SAMUEL GREENLEE (3), James Greenlee, Mary Mitchell (2), James Greenlee, Mary E. McDowell (1) son of James Greenlee and Mary Mitchell, was born January 26, 1782, or January 17, 1783, near Morganton, Burke Co., North Carolina; died May 5, 1848 at Morgonton, North Carolina; married June 4, 1822 at Morganton, or Rutherfordton, North Carolina, MINERVA KEZIAH SACKETT, born in 1804 at Sacketts Harbor, New York, died in 1849 or 1851 at Morganton, North Carolina, daughter of Judge Augustus Sackett and Minerva Camp, or Ealy; planter; Democrat; Perbyterian(spelling error is in text) ; resided at Morganton, North Carolina. CHILDREN: 63. I. Mary Minerva, born June 20, 1824 or 1823; married Dr. William Lucius McRee; dead; no children. Page 236. GREENLEE GENEALOGY. 64. II. James, born March 26, 1825; married Augusta Minerva Denison.+ 65. III. Samuel Blair, born December 31, 1827 or 1826; died unmarried July 17, 1865. 66. IV. Emily Amelia, born January 11, 1829; married Christopher Happoldt.+ 67. V. Ephraim Edward, born November 16, 1830; married Sarah Louisa Butler.+ 68. VI. Elizabeth Sackett, born September 10, 1832; married John Augustus Dickson, a lawyer and physician; four children; son, John A. Dickson, lives at Morganton. 69. VII. Alexander Sackett, born January, or November 11, 1834; married Elizabeth C. Glass.+ 70. VIII. George Elisha, born January 12, 1837; married Jane Elizabeth McKinney.+ 71. IX. Adelia Augusta, born May 18, 1839; died November 4, 1841. Page 251. JAMES OF VIRGINIA 64. JAMES AUGUSTUS GREENLEE (4), Samuel M. Greenlee, Minerva K. Sackett (3), James Greenlee, Mary Mitchell (2), James Greenlee, Mary E. McDowell (1) son of Samuel Mitchell Greenlee and Minerva Keziah Sackett, was born March 26, 1825, married December 21, 1847 AUGUSTA MINERVA DENISON, who was born December 13, 1825, daughter of Leonard Denison and Phebe Augusta Ely. Resided in Linville, North Carolina. She married second, March 2, 1859, Samuel Ellis. Page 252. GREENLEE GENEALOGY CHILDREN: 184. I. Amelia Denison, born December 24, 1848; married October, 1865, Enoch Floyd Barnum; living (1881) at Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. 185. II. Elizabeth Denison, born September 22, 1850; married September 22, 1869, Charles Gideon Wood; living (1881) at Sauk Rapids. 66. EMILY AMELIA GREENLEE (4), Samuel Greenlee, Minerva K. Sackett (3), James Greenlee, Mary Mitchell (2), James Greenlee, Mary E. McDowell (1) daughter of Samuel Mitchell Greenlee and Minerva Keziah Sackett, was born January 11, 1829 at Morganton, Burke Co., North Carolina; died September 29, 1883 at Morganton, North Carolina; married October 28, 1856 at Morganton, North Carolina CHRISTOPHER HAPPOLDT, born November 27, 1878 at Charleston, South Carolina, died October 10, 1878 at Vicksburg, Mississippi, son of Christopher David Happoldt and Sarah Elizabeth Marlen. CHILDREN: 186. I. Minerva Happoldt, born August, 1858, married Donald McKenzie. 187. II. Lucy Happoldt, born January 10, 1860. 188. III. Mary Happoldt, born December 4, 1864; married Samuel Mitchell Greenlee+ 189. IV. Sarah Elizabeth Happoldt, born September, 1867; married Adolph Dinklespiel. DR. CHRISTOPHER HAPPOLDT was a native of South Carolina. When a boy he attracted the attention and eventually won the friendship of the learned Dr. Bacheman who directed his early education. He began the study of medicine in Charleston but ultimately spent a number of years in France and Germany under the tuition of the leading physicians of the day. Soon after his return he took charge of the Charleston Medical Journal and displayed such ability in conducting it that he became a high authority with doctors and especially with medical writers. A few years after his marriage he removed to Morganton, where he resided, with the exception of about two years, until his death. He nobly lost his life by going to the yellow fever sufferers at Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1878. 67. EPHRIAM EDWARD GREENLEE (4), Samuel Greenlee, Minerva K. Sackett (3), James Greenlee, Mary Mitchell (2), James Greenlee, Mary E. McDowell (1). son of Samuel Greenlee and Minerva Keziah Sackett, was born November 16, 1830 at Morganton, Burke Co., North Carolina; died April 28, 1886 at Arlington Shelby Co., Tennessee; married January 13, 1852 at Morganton, North Caro- Page 252a. has photos of Mrs. Sarah Harlen Happoldt, Christian David Happoldt, No. 234. Lenora Greenlee, No. 66. Dr. Christopher Happoldt. Page 253 JAMES OF VIRGINIA lina SARA LOUISA BUTLER, born October 7, 1833 in Burke Co., North Carolina, daughter of William Claiborne Butler and Margaret Allison Tate. Had daughter. 190. I. Minerva Allison, born June 20, 1853 who married Colonel Thomas Spraggins Gallaway.+ EPHRIAM EDWARD GREENLEE served in the civil war in Company D, Ballentine's Regiment, Cosby's Brigade, Jackson's Division Cavalry of the Department of Mississippi and Louisiana. He lived in or near Morganton, North Carolina until January, 1861, when he removed to Tennessee and settled about twenty-five miles from Memphis, on land that was part of a grant to James Greenlee. He was a planter and merchang; in politics, Democrat; in religion, Presbyterian. Mrs. Greenlee resides at Somerville, Tennessee. 69. ALEXANDER SACKETT GREENLEE (4), Samuel Greenley, Minerva K. Sackett (3), James Greenlee, Mary Mitchell (2), James Greenlee, Mary E. McDowell (1) son of Samul (mistake in text) Mitchell Greenlee and Minerva Keziah Sackett, was born January or November 11, 1834 at Morganton, Burke Co., North Carolina; married May 8, or 5, 1857 ELIZABETH C. GLASS, born January 8, 1837 at Morganton, North Carolina, died August 4, 1897 or 1896 at Mason, Tennessee, daughter of Frank Patton Glass and Margret Dysart. Planter; Democrat; Presbyterian; resided in Mason, Tennessee. CHILDREN: 191. I. Frank Patton, born August 9, 1858; married Miss Lizzie L. Shleton. 192. II. Samuel Mitchell, born July 20, 1860; married Mary Happoldt.+ 193. III. Minerva Sackett, born June 29, 1865 or October 11, 1863; married before February 27, 1899, Jeff Glass. 194. IV. Alexander Sackett, born June 20, 1865. 195. V. Ephraim Edward, born June 29, 1868; unmarried (1899) 196. VI. Fred Allen, born April 15, 1871; unmarried (1899). 197. VII. James Lafayette, born October 7, 1874, or 1878; died August 7, 1898. 198. VIII. David Glass, born October 13, 1877 at Morganton; unmarried; merchant; Democrat; Presbyterian; resided in Texas, Tennessee and Arkansas. 199. IX. Margaret E., born September 13, or 23, 1880; unmarried (1899). 70. GEORGE ELISHA GREENLEE (4), Samuel Greenlee, Minerva K. Sackett (3), James Greenlee, Mary Mitchell (2) James Greenlee, Mary E. McDowell (1) son of Samuel Mitchell Greenlee and Minerva Keziah Sackett, was born January 12, 1837 at Morganton, Burke Co., North Carolina; married January 1, 1873 at Page 254 GREENLEE GENEALOGY Grassy Creek, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, JANE ELIZABETH McKINNEY, born December 20, 1851 at Bakersville, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, died August 4, 1890 at Bakersville, daughter of Merritt McKinney and Susannah Washburn. CHILDREN: 200. I. Ada K., born November 29, 1873; unmarried. 201. II. Henrietta S., born May 28, 1875; unmarried. 202. III. Ida E., born October 26, 1876; unmarried. 203.IV. Eva M., born September 17, 1878; unmarried. 204. V. Maggie Z., born July 12, 1880; died December 14, 1882. 205. VI. Samuel, born March 7, 1887. 206. VII. M. DeWitt, born January 10, 1889; died July 13, 1889. GEORGE ELISHA GREENLEE lost his parents when he was about twelve years old and he was placed in the care of his guardian, Governor Fred. Caldwell. He attended Bingham school in Orange County, North Carolina; also schools at Olin, Asheville and Morganton, North Carolina. He fought in the civil war as a private. After losing all his negroes and everything except his land, he settled in Mitchell County, North Carolina. His three oldest daughters were educated at Greenlee, North Carolina high school, but were prevented from entering college by the illness of their mother. His eldest daughter is teaching (1899), the third daughter is in training school for nurses in Morganton, North Carolina, and the youngest has been educated at Asheville and Greensboro, North Carolina. In politics, he is a Democrat; in religion, Methodist; resides at Mica, Mitchell County, North Carolina. Page 282 GREENLEE GENEALOGY. 190. MINERVA ALLISON GREENLEE (5), Ephraim E. Greenlee, Sarah L. Butler (4), Samuel Greenlee, Minerva K. Sackett (3) James Greenlee, Mary Mitchell (2), James Greenlee, Mary E. McDowell(1) daughter of Ephraim Edward Greenlee and Sarah Louisa Butler, was born June 20, 1853 at Morganton, Burke Co., North Carolina; died April 8, 1892 at Somerville, Fayette Co., Tennessee; married January 23, 1872 at their country residence in Fayette Co., Tennesseee(error in text), COLONEL THOMAS SPRAGGINS GALLAWAY, born June 18, 1840 at "Mon Vue," Rockingham Co., North Carolina, son of Thomas S. Gallaway and Lucinda V. Chalmers. He was a lawyer; Democrat; Episcopalian, resided at Somerville, Tennessee. Page 282 a. Photos of No. 175 David William Greenlee and Family, No. 345 Maud May Elizabeth Greenlee, No. 175 David William Greenlee and Wife. Page 283 JAMES OF VIRGINIA. CHILDREN: 363. I. Lucinda Louisa Gallaway, born January 20, 1873. 364. II. Greenlee Gallaway, born August 31, 1874. He is an agent on I.C.R.R. 365. III. Ephraim Edward Gallaway, born January 19, 1876; died January 20, 1876. 366. IV. Thomas Spraggins Gallaway, born December 2, 1876. He is an agent of L. & N. R.R. 367. V. Sallie Chalmers Gallaway, born July 3, 1878; died July 4, 1878. 368. VI. Sarah Butler Gallaway, born June 6, 1879. 369. VII. Minerva Lee Gallaway, born September 6, 1880; died March 3, 1883. 370. VIII. Alexander Broadwax Gallaway, born December 26, 1884. 371. IX. John Marion Gallaway, born November 22, 1886; died April 15, 1887. 372. X. Mary Laura Gallaway, born November 18, 1889; died August, 1890. 373. XI. James Gallaway, born June 21, 1891; died October 3, 1891. THOMAS SPRAGGINS GALLAWAY was colonel of the 22nd North Carolina Regiment, Seales Brigade, Wilcox's Division, Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A. 192. SAMUEL MITCHELL GREENLEE(5), Alexander S. Greenlee, Elizabeth C. Glass(4), Samuel Greenlee, Minerva K. Sackett (3), James Greenlee, Mary Mitchell (2), James Greenlee, Mary E. McDowell (1) son of Alexander Sackett Greenlee and Elizabeth C. Glass, was born July 20, 1860 at Morganton, Burke Co., North Carolina; married November 3, 1885 at Morganton, MARY HAPPOLDT, who was born December 4, 1864 at Morganton, daughter of Dr. Christopher Happoldt and Emily Amelia Greenelee (No. 66). CHILDREN; 374. I. Gertrude Neuffer, born August 28, 1887. 375. II. Henry Christopher, born December 19, 1890. 376. III. Bessie Lillian, born June 5, 1893. 377. IV. Mary Lucille, born March 16, 1896. SAMUEL MITCHELL GREENLEE left his father's farm when quite young and went on the railroad. He contracted to build roads until 1888 when he went to Atlanta, where he was still living in 1899. He is a Democrat; Presbyterian. Kari (this is a long one, but definitely worth the work!)