Individual Details

Mahale "Ola" "Allia" Greer

( - )

"Ola Greer; killed by lightening; never married." (OUR GREER FAMILY HERITAGE, 1983, by Thomas H. Greer, 335 Minamontes Avenue, Half Moon Bay, California 94019, page 42.)

"Mahala (Allia) Greer, died at 31 years old. According to what was told to me by Charles Ellison, the father of Mahala's child whose name was Willis, was Larkin Owens, who was married to Elizabeth Greer, her older sister." (Mary Floy Katzman, 57 Leigh St., Framingham, Massachusetts 01701, 508-877-1530, 1998.)

"The father of Mahala's child was Larkin Owens, who was married to her older sister, Elizabeth. Mahala had gone to take care of Elizabeth who was sick. Mahala died when a fire burnt the building she was spinning in. Larkin raised the child (Willis), who is listed in the early Wilkes County census as surname Owens, and then later Greer." (Charles Ellison, was per Warren H. Houck.)

Families

SpouseLarkin Owens (1804 - 1894)
ChildLewis Williams "Willis" Greer (1836 - 1891)
FatherWilliam Greer (1772 - 1862)
MotherHannah H. Cartwright (1772 - 1862)
SiblingSarah "Sallie" Greer (1793 - 1869)
SiblingIsaac Newton Greer (1798 - 1871)
SiblingMary "Polly" Greer (1799 - 1892)
SiblingFrances "Fanny" Greer (1800 - 1866)
SiblingNancy "Nan" Greer (1800 - 1880)
SiblingCharlotte Greer (1802 - )
SiblingElizabeth Greer (1803 - 1850)
SiblingCynthia "Jacintha" Greer (1806 - )