Individual Details
William Bonham Greear
(June 8, 1868 - June 23, 1959)
"He was very quiet, everybody liked him. Not very strict. They lived in a one story house with 3 bedrooms ... plenty of room. Back then you could graduate from 8th grade and take an examination to become a teacher. 1st class certificate allowed you to teach for 4 years. 2nd class certificate allowed you to teach for 2 years. 3rd class certificate allowed you to teach for 1 year. Everyone in their family that taught had 1st class certificates. He moved from Morgan County, Kentucky to Granger, Texas to Kentucky. He was a lawyer in West Liberty, Kentucky. He was a lawyer for over 50 years." (From taped interview with Nathan Ellington Greear, Sr. via Mary South.)
"He went to Neosha, Missouri and Baxter Springs, Kansas in 1885-1886, and returned to Morgan County for his marriage and where their oldest child was born in 1888. They removed to Oklahoma and Granger, Texas in 1890. Their second child was born in Willston County, Texas in 1894.They returned to West Liberty, Morgan County where their younger children were born from 1895 to 1901. He was a lawyer and farmer." (From The Fugate Family of Russell County, Virginia by David Faris, Gateway Press, 1986, via Mary South. Other information from the research of William Riley Greear.)
The Greear-Cundiff Cemetery is 1 mile east of Grassy Creek.
"He went to Neosha, Missouri and Baxter Springs, Kansas in 1885-1886, and returned to Morgan County for his marriage and where their oldest child was born in 1888. They removed to Oklahoma and Granger, Texas in 1890. Their second child was born in Willston County, Texas in 1894.They returned to West Liberty, Morgan County where their younger children were born from 1895 to 1901. He was a lawyer and farmer." (From The Fugate Family of Russell County, Virginia by David Faris, Gateway Press, 1986, via Mary South. Other information from the research of William Riley Greear.)
The Greear-Cundiff Cemetery is 1 mile east of Grassy Creek.
Events
| Birth | June 8, 1868 | Grassy Creek, Morgan County, Kentucky | |||
| Marriage | July 2, 1887 | Nathan E. Fugate Home, Morgan County, Kentucky - Nevada Drusilla Fugate | |||
| Death | June 23, 1959 | Frenchburg, Menifee County, Kentucky | |||
| Burial | Greear-Cundiff Cemetery, near Grassy Creek, Morgan County, Kentucky |
Families
| Spouse | Nevada Drusilla Fugate (1867 - 1948) |
| Child | Grover Sherman Greer (1888 - 1974) |
| Child | child Greear (1890 - 1900) |
| Child | Noah Preston Grear (1892 - 1963) |
| Child | child Greear (1894 - 1900) |
| Child | Lillian Greear (1895 - 1900) |
| Child | Lola Mae Greear (1897 - 1986) |
| Child | Nathan Ellington Greer Sr. (1898 - 1988) |
| Child | Joseph Bonham Greear (1901 - 1918) |
| Child | Ida B. Greear (1902 - 1904) |
| Child | Volney Beckam Greer (1907 - 1994) |
| Child | Roy Franklin Greear (1910 - 1954) |
| Father | Hiram Greear (1822 - 1911) |
| Mother | Zarilda Higginbotham (1831 - 1901) |
| Sibling | James Washington "Bud" Greear (1853 - 1931) |
| Sibling | Nancy Jane Greear (1854 - 1882) |
| Sibling | Mary Elizabeth "Bett" Greear (1856 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Sarah E. Greear (1860 - 1937) |
| Sibling | Rebecca A. "Bett" Greear (1862 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Robert Lee Greear (1864 - ) |
| Sibling | Preston Greear (1870 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Susannah A. "Susan" "Susie" Greear (1872 - 1953) |