Solomon Greathouse and Catherine Little Family

Solomon Greathouse (1793-After 1860)

Catherine Little (1800-After 1865)

Peter Greathouse (1837-1906)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Barbara Wilcox William Greathouse+ 2. Zedorah Delano "Dora" Wilcox Leonard "Len" Greathouse+ John Greathouse+ George Washington Greathouse+ Mariah Jane "Jennie" Greathouse+ Jacob Alexander Greathouse+ Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Greathouse+ Hezikiah Greathouse+ Anna E. Greathouse+ Rachel Margaret Greathouse+ Peter T. Greathouse+ Barbara E. Greathouse+ Charles Greathouse+ Peter Greathouse 1 2 3 Born: 12 Nov 1837, Lawrence Township, Washington County, Ohio 4 5 Marriage (1): Barbara Wilcox before 1860 in , Washington County, Ohio Marriage (2): Zedorah Delano "Dora" Wilcox on 27 Oct 1864 in , Washington County, Ohio Died: 18 Mar 1906, , Brown County, Indiana at age 68 2 5 Buried: Christiansburg - Christiansburg Cemetery, Brown County, Indiana   General Notes: Fran Campbell found a document in the Probate Office in Marietta, OH where Solomon signed a paper allowing Peter to marry Barbara Wilcox, dated 16 Oct 1858. Children's birthdates taken from the department of the Interior. Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.   Items of interest in his life include: • He appeared on the U. S. Federal census in 1850 in Lawrence Township, Washington County, Ohio. 4 Listed in the Solomon Greathouse household Peter Greathouse 14 , m, b. Ohio • Moved to: first to Kansas then to Brown County, IN. • He appeared on the U. S. Federal census in 1880 in Van Buren, Brown County, Indiana. 3 Peter Greathouse,head, MW, 42, married, Ohio, farmer Zedora D. Greathouse, wife, FW 29, b. Ohio William Greathouse , son, MW, 18 Lenard Greathouse , son, MW, 17 John Greathouse, son, MW, 14 George W. Greathouse, son, MW 13 Moriah J. Greathouse, dau, FW, 10 Jacob Greathouse, son M W, 7 Mary E. Greathouse , dau, FW, 6 Hesekiah Greathouse,son, MW, 4 Anna M. Greathouse , dau, FW, 2 • He served in the military He was an Ohio Civil War Pensioner. • Tombstone: photo on FindAGrave, Christiansburg - Christiansburg Cemetery, Brown County, Indiana. 2 Peter Greathouse Nov 12, 1837 March 18, 1906 Doary D. Greathouse Oct. 25, 1850 March 22, 1924 Peter married Barbara Wilcox, daughter of Absolom Carr Wilcox and Elizabeth Barkheimer, before 1860 in , Washington County, Ohio. (Barbara Wilcox was born in 1843.)   Marriage Notes: Peter divorced Barbara for desertion while he was in the army Location of divorce was Washington County, Ohio. Peter next married Zedorah Delano "Dora" Wilcox, daughter of Absolom Carr Wilcox and Elizabeth Barkheimer, on 27 Oct 1864 in , Washington County, Ohio. (Zedorah Delano "Dora" Wilcox was born on 25 Oct 1850 in , Washington County, Ohio,3 5 died on 22 Mar 1924 in , Brown County, Indiana 5 and was buried in Christiansburg - Christiansburg Cemetery, Brown County, Indiana.)

Sources

1 Debby Mitchaner Allen (Mitchaner/Allen Family Tree, ancestry.com; and emails from Debby Allen).

2 Fran Campbell.

3 1880 U. S. Federal census (National Archives, Washington, D. C.), Van Buren, Brown County, Indiana, NARA Film Number: T9-0267, page 353 B, Entry Number: 2052.

4 United States Census 1850 (United States National Archives, Washington D. C.), Lawrence Township, Washington County, Ohio, household 107, family 107.

5 Find A Grave, Peter Greathouse, Find A Grave Memorial# 7333515, has photo of tombstone.