Individual Details
Sarah Willmirth "Willie" Greer
(November 12, 1856 - October 23, 1875)
"Willie Greer she was engaged to a Kopperl doctor, but was murdered near a flowing well in a peach orchard behind her home on her wedding day by a jilted boyfriend, a cattle drover named Robert J. Simms who committed suicide on the spot. Her birth site and name are given in letter dated 27 March 1920, from Ellen C. Greer to Sophia E. Greer." (William Greer, Illinois, 1995.) (NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: William Greer uses the birthdate 10 December 1856, other sources give 12 November 1856.)
Events
| Birth | November 12, 1856 | Hill County, Texas | |||
| Death | October 23, 1875 | Kopperl, Bosque County, Texas | |||
| Burial | Kimball, Bosque County, Texas |
Families
| Father | Captain Gilbert Dunlap Greer (1822 - 1910) |
| Mother | Marian Bonita Lane (1838 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Margaret Greer (1855 - 1865) |
| Sibling | Nancy Matilda Greer (1858 - 1935) |
| Sibling | James Riley Greer (1860 - 1892) |
| Sibling | Mary Elizabeth Greer (1863 - 1948) |
| Sibling | Susan Lavina "Nanie" Greer (1865 - 1945) |
| Sibling | Thomas Addison Greer (1867 - 1947) |
| Sibling | Luna (or Lena) Virginia Greer (1869 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Emma Victoria Greer (1872 - ) |
| Sibling | Columbus "Tummy" Greer (1874 - 1876) |
| Sibling | William C. (or G.) Greer (1877 - 1878) |