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Greenberry B. Monroe

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Greenberry B. Monroe

Birth
Knox County, Ohio, USA
Death
14 Dec 1918 (aged 87)
Sedan, DeKalb County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Sedan, DeKalb County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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According to his biography in the History of DeKalb County Indiana Inter-State Publishing Company Chicago 1885:

GB was born in Knox County Ohio Dec 6, 1831. His father, William Monroe, was born in Fairfax County Virginia in 1803. William came to Ohio with his uncle, William Harris. His uncle was a distiller, and he worked with him till thirty years of age.

GB's father was married in 1823 to Rachel Knight, a native of Knox County Ohio and in 1836 moved to DeKalb County and settled in Concord Township. He paid $1.25 an acre for eighty acres of heavily timbered land. He also manufactured brick and was the first to establish that industry in the county. He died July 14, 1867, and his wife Sept. 20, 1881.

Greenberry came from a family of thirteen children: Aseneth, Susannah, Rhoda, Missouri and Mary. His deceased sibligs are David, William, Elias and Elijah (twins), Sophronia and Priscilla.

Greenberry was married May 20, 1855 to Didamia, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Van Gordon) Hall, who came to DeKalb County from Pennsylvania in 1842. They are farmers and have had five children---Ella, William (deceased), Nettie, Jonathan, Mary Belle.

*Biography information provided by LMafera #48395226
According to his biography in the History of DeKalb County Indiana Inter-State Publishing Company Chicago 1885:

GB was born in Knox County Ohio Dec 6, 1831. His father, William Monroe, was born in Fairfax County Virginia in 1803. William came to Ohio with his uncle, William Harris. His uncle was a distiller, and he worked with him till thirty years of age.

GB's father was married in 1823 to Rachel Knight, a native of Knox County Ohio and in 1836 moved to DeKalb County and settled in Concord Township. He paid $1.25 an acre for eighty acres of heavily timbered land. He also manufactured brick and was the first to establish that industry in the county. He died July 14, 1867, and his wife Sept. 20, 1881.

Greenberry came from a family of thirteen children: Aseneth, Susannah, Rhoda, Missouri and Mary. His deceased sibligs are David, William, Elias and Elijah (twins), Sophronia and Priscilla.

Greenberry was married May 20, 1855 to Didamia, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Van Gordon) Hall, who came to DeKalb County from Pennsylvania in 1842. They are farmers and have had five children---Ella, William (deceased), Nettie, Jonathan, Mary Belle.

*Biography information provided by LMafera #48395226


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