Individual Details
Robert Autry Greer
(April 16, 1854 - )
"HON. ROBERT AUTRY GREER, well known to Beaumont and this section of the state as a prominent and successful lawyer, as well as through his association with the banking interests of the city, has been a resident of the state since 1875, in which year he came to Texas to give attention to the large landed estate of his mother. He was born at Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi, in 1854, and is the son of James M. and Mary (Autry) Greer, both natives of Paris, Tennessee.
"The Greer family is one of distinguished stock, of Irish origin, the first American progenitors having settled in Virginia. James M. Greer was a lawyer, but he was also a planter when he lived in Marshall County, Mississippi. His home place there was completely devastated by General Grant 's army on its way to Vicksburg, and he came with his family to Texas in 1877, locating in Navarro county, about nine miles from Corsicana, although he made his home in the latter named place for several years before his death, being engaged in the practice of law.
"Mr. Greer 's mother is still living at the advanced age of ninety-eight years, making her home in Beaumont. She is one of the most revered members of the Daughters of the Republic, and although, because of her advanced age, she does not actively participate in the work of the society, she has been accorded high honorary positions in the society. Her father, Micajah Autry, was one of the martyrs of the Alamo, where he met his death with the others of that heroic band in March 1836. He had come to Texas from Tennessee with Davy Crockett, with whom he was associated in the Texas War for Independence, and Mr. Greer 's aged mother has in her possession a greatly treasured relic, - a letter written by her father to her mother back in Mississippi, on the day before the fall of the Alamo. A farewell letter in I which he expressed his full knowledge of the impending doom of the besieged Texans. The widow of the martyred Texan was given a large tract of land by the Republic of Texas, about 20,000 acres in all, and it was for the purpose of reclaiming some of this land that Robert Greer came to Texas in 1875, some months in advance of his parents. Mrs. Greer still retains the old Greer home place, nine miles from Corsicana, that being a part of the original grant.
"Robert Autry Greer studied law under his father and was licensed to practice in 1880, beginning the practice of his profession in Corsicana, where he continued to be so engaged until 1890, in which year be came to Beaumont. This city has since represented his home and the center of his activities. The early education of Mr. Greer, it should be stated, was gained in the common schools of Holly Springs, and in the University of Mississippi at Oxford.
"Mr. Greer is a member of the law firm of Greer, Nail & Bowers, enjoying a large general civil practice in these parts. He is vice president of the Texas Bank & Trust Company of Beaumont. A brother of Mr. Greer's, D. Edward Greer, is general counsel for the Gulf Pipe Line Company and the Guffey Petroleum interests in Texas. Another brother, Hal W. Greer, wh& was formerly associated with Robert A. Greer in legal practice, is now practicing law at Laredo, Texas, while still another brother, James M. Greer, is a prominent lawyer at Memphis, Tennessee.
"Mr. Greer served in the Nineteenth Session of the Texas Legislature, House of Representatives, from Navarro County, and after coming to Beaumont he was elected state senator, serving as such in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth sessions, also a member of the House of Representatives during the Twenty-seventh session. In all these sessions he acquitted himself with his accustomed energy and ability. During his service he was the author of and saw to the passing of the Material and Mechanics Lien Law, and took a prominent part in various other measures. He is a member of the Elks fraternity.
"Mr. Greer married Miss Jeanette Stone, who was born at Henderson, Rusk County, Texas, a member of a pioneer family of that county that came from Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Greer have one daughter, Miss Mary Greer, who is now in the University of Texas." (A History of Texas and Texans, by Frank W. Johnson, 1914, page 1330.)
"Robert Autry Greer married Jeannette Stone, they had one child, Mary. He is in law partnership at Beaumont, Texas, with Hal, has been in the Texas House and Senate. Robert stands about five feet ten inches, has dark eyes, thin hair and not much physical strength. (THE GREER'S by Judge James Micajah Greer of Memphis, Tennessee, May 1905, page 16.)
"Robert Autry was a Democrat and an Episcopalian." (Lois Temple FGS #1362.)
"The Greer family is one of distinguished stock, of Irish origin, the first American progenitors having settled in Virginia. James M. Greer was a lawyer, but he was also a planter when he lived in Marshall County, Mississippi. His home place there was completely devastated by General Grant 's army on its way to Vicksburg, and he came with his family to Texas in 1877, locating in Navarro county, about nine miles from Corsicana, although he made his home in the latter named place for several years before his death, being engaged in the practice of law.
"Mr. Greer 's mother is still living at the advanced age of ninety-eight years, making her home in Beaumont. She is one of the most revered members of the Daughters of the Republic, and although, because of her advanced age, she does not actively participate in the work of the society, she has been accorded high honorary positions in the society. Her father, Micajah Autry, was one of the martyrs of the Alamo, where he met his death with the others of that heroic band in March 1836. He had come to Texas from Tennessee with Davy Crockett, with whom he was associated in the Texas War for Independence, and Mr. Greer 's aged mother has in her possession a greatly treasured relic, - a letter written by her father to her mother back in Mississippi, on the day before the fall of the Alamo. A farewell letter in I which he expressed his full knowledge of the impending doom of the besieged Texans. The widow of the martyred Texan was given a large tract of land by the Republic of Texas, about 20,000 acres in all, and it was for the purpose of reclaiming some of this land that Robert Greer came to Texas in 1875, some months in advance of his parents. Mrs. Greer still retains the old Greer home place, nine miles from Corsicana, that being a part of the original grant.
"Robert Autry Greer studied law under his father and was licensed to practice in 1880, beginning the practice of his profession in Corsicana, where he continued to be so engaged until 1890, in which year be came to Beaumont. This city has since represented his home and the center of his activities. The early education of Mr. Greer, it should be stated, was gained in the common schools of Holly Springs, and in the University of Mississippi at Oxford.
"Mr. Greer is a member of the law firm of Greer, Nail & Bowers, enjoying a large general civil practice in these parts. He is vice president of the Texas Bank & Trust Company of Beaumont. A brother of Mr. Greer's, D. Edward Greer, is general counsel for the Gulf Pipe Line Company and the Guffey Petroleum interests in Texas. Another brother, Hal W. Greer, wh& was formerly associated with Robert A. Greer in legal practice, is now practicing law at Laredo, Texas, while still another brother, James M. Greer, is a prominent lawyer at Memphis, Tennessee.
"Mr. Greer served in the Nineteenth Session of the Texas Legislature, House of Representatives, from Navarro County, and after coming to Beaumont he was elected state senator, serving as such in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth sessions, also a member of the House of Representatives during the Twenty-seventh session. In all these sessions he acquitted himself with his accustomed energy and ability. During his service he was the author of and saw to the passing of the Material and Mechanics Lien Law, and took a prominent part in various other measures. He is a member of the Elks fraternity.
"Mr. Greer married Miss Jeanette Stone, who was born at Henderson, Rusk County, Texas, a member of a pioneer family of that county that came from Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Greer have one daughter, Miss Mary Greer, who is now in the University of Texas." (A History of Texas and Texans, by Frank W. Johnson, 1914, page 1330.)
"Robert Autry Greer married Jeannette Stone, they had one child, Mary. He is in law partnership at Beaumont, Texas, with Hal, has been in the Texas House and Senate. Robert stands about five feet ten inches, has dark eyes, thin hair and not much physical strength. (THE GREER'S by Judge James Micajah Greer of Memphis, Tennessee, May 1905, page 16.)
"Robert Autry was a Democrat and an Episcopalian." (Lois Temple FGS #1362.)
Events
| Birth | April 16, 1854 | Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi | |||
| Marriage | Jeannette Stone |
Families
| Spouse | Jeannette Stone ( - ) |
| Child | Mary Stone Greer ( - ) |
| Father | James Madison Greer (1816 - 1878) |
| Mother | Mary Elizabeth Autry (1827 - 1915) |
| Sibling | James Micajah Greer (1848 - ) |
| Sibling | Henry Greer (1851 - 1852) |
| Sibling | Hal Wyche Greer (1851 - 1923) |
| Sibling | De Edward Greer (1856 - 1928) |