Individual Details
John Greer
(May 4, 1806 - December 24, 1899)
"John Greer was born May 4, 1806, in Franklin County, Virginia; died in Bourbon, Indiana; married, February 26, 1835, Penelope Miller Parks, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Hughes) Parks. Issue, eight: Elizabeth Ann, James Martin, Mary Jane, John Frazier, George Riley, Christopher Columbus, Marshall Finley and Oliver Perry (information and descendants listed)." (GREGOR, MacGREGOR, MacGHEE, MAGRUDER, GRIERSON, GRIER, GREER --- A HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN OF THE ABOVE FAMILIES AND MANY OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1954, compiled by Robert M. Torrence, A.B., F.G.S.P., F.I.A.G., 110 Edgevale Road Baltimore 10, Maryland, pages 155 - 156.)
"John Greer, as a young man, owned land in Fayette and Rush Counties, Indiana. Then he and his brother-in-law, W. C. Parks, bought land in Delaware County, Indiana. In 1836, when the Parks family all moved to Marshall County, John Greer and his wife, Penelope M. Parks and baby daughter, went with the family group to Marshall County. All of John's children, except George Riley Greer remained in Marshall County, Indiana. George Riley Greer moved to Nebraska, with his family." (Edna Greer Hatfield, 1965 - Lois Temple FGS 850.)
"John Greer, as a young man, owned land in Fayette and Rush Counties, Indiana. Then he and his brother-in-law, W. C. Parks, bought land in Delaware County, Indiana. In 1836, when the Parks family all moved to Marshall County, John Greer and his wife, Penelope M. Parks and baby daughter, went with the family group to Marshall County. All of John's children, except George Riley Greer remained in Marshall County, Indiana. George Riley Greer moved to Nebraska, with his family." (Edna Greer Hatfield, 1965 - Lois Temple FGS 850.)
Events
| Birth | May 4, 1806 | Franklin County, Virginia | |||
| Marriage | February 26, 1835 | Penelope Miller Parks | |||
| Death | December 24, 1899 | Bourbon, Marshall County, Indiana | |||
| Burial | IOOF Cemetery, Bourbon, Marshall County, Indiana |
Families
| Spouse | Penelope Miller Parks (1814 - 1890) |
| Child | Elizabeth Ann Greer (1835 - 1892) |
| Child | James Martin Greer (1837 - 1919) |
| Child | Mary Jane Greer (1840 - 1848) |
| Child | John Frazier Greer (1844 - 1901) |
| Child | George Riley Greer (1842 - 1925) |
| Child | Christopher Columbus Greer (1846 - 1848) |
| Child | Marshall Finley Greer (1849 - 1911) |
| Child | Oliver Perry Greer (1852 - 1943) |
| Father | James Greer Jr. (1769 - 1847) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Frazier ( - 1843) |
| Sibling | George Washington Greer (1800 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Mary Greer (1802 - 1856) |
| Sibling | Eleanor Greer (1804 - 1867) |
| Sibling | Nancy Greer (1808 - 1892) |
| Sibling | James Greer (1810 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth "Betsy" Greer (1812 - 1876) |
| Sibling | Sarah Greer (1814 - 1848) |
| Sibling | Jane Greer (1816 - 1895) |
| Sibling | Moses Greer (1819 - 1876) |
| Sibling | Delilah Greer (1822 - 1922) |