Individual Details

James A. Greer

(October 29, 1839 - April 1, 1925)

1870 Ashe County, North Carolina census, Horse Creek Township, page 486, Dwelling/Family #43/43, taken 18 August 1870: James GREER, 30, m, w, farmer, real estate $1000, personal estate $200, North Carolina; Edith GREER, 27, f, w, keeping house, North Carolina; Nancy GREER, 3, f, w, North Carolina; Caroline STEPHENS, 19, f, w, domestic servant, North Carolina.

1880 Ashe County, North Carolina census, Horse Creek Township, page 192: James GREER, 40; Ediethe GREER, 37; Nancy E. GREER, 13; William A. GREER, 11; Alexander F. GREER, 8; James M. GREER, 6; Wiley T. GREER, 4; Lidia J. GREER, 1.

In 1920 Ashe County, North Carolina census, Horse Creek Township, James Greer was 80 and living with Wiley Thomas Greer and his wife, Alice Shepherd.

Information about the family and descendants of James and Edith Greer was sent by Geneva Greer White, email: ArtGeneva@aol.com>, 2002.

Additional information about the family and descendants of William Andrew "Bud" Greer is from Warren H.Houck, email: whouck@fastransit.net>, April 2001.

Events

BirthOctober 29, 1839North Carolina
MarriageNovember 17, 1865Ashe County, North Carolina - Edith "Edy" Perry
DeathApril 1, 1925Ashe County, North Carolina
BurialGreer-Shepherd Cemetery, Horse Creek, Ashe County, North Carolina

Families

SpouseEdith "Edy" Perry (1843 - 1919)
ChildNancy E. Greer (1867 - 1920)
ChildWilliam Andrew (or Anderson) "Bud" Greer (1869 - 1943)
ChildAlexander Franklin Greer (1871 - 1950)
ChildJames Madison Greer (1872 - 1952)
ChildWiley Thomas Greer (1876 - 1926)
ChildLydia Jane Greer (1878 - 1953)
ChildRhoda Greer (1881 - 1883)
ChildRosa Greer (1881 - 1922)
ChildCora E. Greer (1884 - 1981)
FatherAlexander Greer (1813 - 1880)
MotherLydia "Diddy" Curd (1814 - 1880)
SiblingWilliam Andrew "Spreadie" "Andy" Greer (1833 - 1897)
SiblingMary "Polly" Greer (1835 - )
SiblingAlexander Greer Jr. (1837 - 1919)
SiblingDavid Crocket Greer (1841 - 1881)
SiblingAnn Greer (1843 - )
SiblingBenjamin Greer (1846 - 1928)
SiblingMatilda J. Greer (1849 - )
SiblingJohn Wesley Greer (1851 - )
SiblingElizabeth Greer (1852 - 1880)
SiblingThomas D. Greer (1858 - 1941)