Individual Details
Benjamin Franklin Greer
(June 12, 1815 - May 4, 1865)
"Benjamin F. Greer, born ca. 1816; m. Sarah Ellis 6 May 1847 Lowndes County, Ms. bk3, p. 89; moved to Texas ca. 1857; settled in Falls County west of Marlin; died near Tyler, Texas 4 May 1865 on way home from the Civil War. Grave not located. Sallie Ann married (2) a Mr. Cranford and is buried at Chilton, Falls County, Tx." (MY GREER LINEAGE, 1992, by Mary Lee Barnes, page 69. Their children are also from this source.)
1860 Falls County, Texas census: B. F. GREER, male, 46, farmer, Tenn; Sarah C. GREER, female, 30, NC; Fannie GREER, female, 9, Miss; Louisa D. GREER, female, 7, Miss; M. J. GREER, female, 5, Miss; H. F. GREER, male, 1, Miss.
"The probate record of Ben F. Greer was left in Falls County, Texas, 1871. The names of his children were given and they correspond to the names listed from the census of 1860." (MY GREER AND RELATED FAMILIES, VOL I by Clayton Alvis Greer, about 1975.)
"Of the daughters of Ben F. Greer, one married a Hackett and was living at Chilton, Texas in 1937. Her son was Dr. Charles T. Hackett of the University of Texas, Austin (deceased by 1975). Another daughter of Ben F. Greer married a Hailey and was living at Marlin, Texas in 1937. Mrs. R. J. Worrell (Sallie Bennett Greer) lived at Angleton, Texas and was a descendant of Ben F. Greer." (MY GREER AND RELATED FAMILIES, VOL I, about 1975 by Clayton Avis Greer, page 166.)
1860 Falls County, Texas census: B. F. GREER, male, 46, farmer, Tenn; Sarah C. GREER, female, 30, NC; Fannie GREER, female, 9, Miss; Louisa D. GREER, female, 7, Miss; M. J. GREER, female, 5, Miss; H. F. GREER, male, 1, Miss.
"The probate record of Ben F. Greer was left in Falls County, Texas, 1871. The names of his children were given and they correspond to the names listed from the census of 1860." (MY GREER AND RELATED FAMILIES, VOL I by Clayton Alvis Greer, about 1975.)
"Of the daughters of Ben F. Greer, one married a Hackett and was living at Chilton, Texas in 1937. Her son was Dr. Charles T. Hackett of the University of Texas, Austin (deceased by 1975). Another daughter of Ben F. Greer married a Hailey and was living at Marlin, Texas in 1937. Mrs. R. J. Worrell (Sallie Bennett Greer) lived at Angleton, Texas and was a descendant of Ben F. Greer." (MY GREER AND RELATED FAMILIES, VOL I, about 1975 by Clayton Avis Greer, page 166.)
Events
| Birth | June 12, 1815 | Mississippi | |||
| Marriage | May 6, 1847 | Lowndes County, Mississippi - Sarah C. Ellis | |||
| Death | May 4, 1865 | near Tyler, Falls County, Texas |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah C. Ellis (1830 - ) |
| Child | Fannie Ellen Greer (1851 - ) |
| Child | Louisa d'Aubra "Lou" Greer (1853 - ) |
| Child | Mattie Jane Greer (1855 - ) |
| Child | Henry F. Greer (1859 - ) |
| Child | John Crawford Greer ( - ) |
| Child | Mittie Matilda Greer ( - ) |
| Father | Edmund Petus Greer (1788 - 1852) |
| Mother | Frances L. Hodnett (1791 - 1859) |
| Sibling | Asel "Asa" Greer (1811 - 1889) |
| Sibling | William Franklin Greer (1813 - 1864) |
| Sibling | Mary Haynes Greer (1817 - 1848) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Collier "Betsy" Greer (1818 - ) |
| Sibling | Matilda Greer (1820 - ) |
| Sibling | Emily Jane Greer (1822 - ) |
| Sibling | Lucy Ann Greer (1824 - 1903) |
| Sibling | Frances "Franky" Laura Greer (1825 - ) |
| Sibling | Eliza Isabella Greer (1827 - ) |
| Sibling | Edmund Petty Greer (1833 - ) |