Robert Jordan Greathouse
Sex: M
AKA: Lou 16
RJ 16
Individual Information
Birth: 25 Feb 1851 - Wheeling, Ohio, VA (Later , Marshall, WV) 452,474
Christening:
Death: 28 Apr 1911 - West Plains, Howell, MO 452,474,847
Burial: in West Plains, Howell, MO 16
Cause of Death:
Events
Notes
• He appeared on the census in 1850 in , Marshall, VA (Later WV). 469 Listed with Thomas Greathouse.
• He appeared on the census in 1860 in , Marshall, VA (Later WV). 91 He is listed with Isaac Richmond.
• He owned land sold on 22 Apr 1871 in Glen Easton, Marshall, WV. 848 Robert J. Greathouse and Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Davis sold their interest in the "Greathouse Farm", located on the waters of Bowman's Run, about one mile from Glen Easton in Meade District, Marshall Co., WV, noting that it was 1/28 part of his grandfather's land, noting "aforesaid tract of land descended to the party of the first part by his Grandfather Harman Greathouse deceased". The land was sold to (Abel Bonar or Philip M. Connor??)
• Lived in: 27 Mar 1897, , Howell, MO. 849
• He worked as a stock dealer & farmer. 16
• He owned land sold on 27 Mar 1897 in , Marshall, WV. 106 The heirs of Isaac Richmond and Mary Richmond deceased sold 76 acres to Joseph B. Wayt for $2032.57. Heirs named: Elisabeth (Greathouse) Criswell and her husband Lloyd Criswell; Hiram (Harmon) Greathouse, and his wife Ann Greathouse; Robert J. Greathouse, and his wife Elisabeth Greathouse; Mary V. (Greathouse) Harris and her husband Henry Harris; Emily (Richmond), and her husband Charles Harris; Mary E. (Richmond) Harris, and husband Samuel Harris; Nancy I. (Richmond) Allen, and husband James Allen; Sarah B. (Richmond) Hicks, and her husband Wm. M. Hicks; William H. Richmond, and his wife Laura E. Richmond; Ida V. (Richmond) Bruher, and her husband John Bruher Jr.
• Alt Death: 28 Apr 1911, West Plains, Howell, MO. 474,847
Parents
Father: Thomas Greathouse (Abt 1823-1852) 78
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Davis (1823-Between 1880) 447,463,464
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Elizabeth Davis (30 Jun 1851 - 28 May 1918) 106,452
Marriage: 17 Mar 1871 - Bellaire, Belmont, OH 474
Children:
1. Viola K. Greathouse (1871-1941) 16,452
2. Henry Arthur Greathouse (1872-1958)
3. Clara Bell Greathouse (1875-1961) 16
Notes
Burial Notes:
He is buried in Oaklawn Cemetery.General:
Letter from Iris Lamons of West Plains, MO to Winona Hixson:Marriage Notes (Sarah Elizabeth Davis)
Greathouse-Logsdon-Criswell Families
The Robert Jordan Greathouse family of Wheeling, WV came to this country - West Plains, Missouri, Howell County in covered wagons in 1887, there being three children of the Greathouses (Viola, Clara Bell and Harry). In the wagon train were two Logston boys (James William Logsdon, who was married to Viola Greathouse, and Lewis Frank Logsdon, who married Clara Bell Greathouse). The Criswell boys (don't know how many or their first names) came along to help with the stock. Nothing else is known of them.
William and Viola lived here until 1899 then were divorced and William went back to VA, taking their son Jordon with him. Their daughter stayed here with her mother. Viola then married Mark Summers and lived here till 1944 when she was killed in a car accident. Frank and Clara Bell lived here for several years and in 1912 moved to Iola, Kansas with their youngest daughter Ruth, the two older daughters Goldie and Myrtle having married and stayed here. They took Grandma Greathouse 'Sarah Elizabeth' with them as Grandpa Greathouse had died here in 1911. There they all lived the rest of their lives.
Harry Greathouse had already moved to Iola as here is an item in the paper dated Feb. 3 1910 where they were here on a visit from Iola. Also in the cemetery record is just this one line which says Greathouse infant, son of Harry and Emma. He buried in the Lamons Evergreen Cemetery which is south of town 10 miles and I haven't got to do down there yet and don't know if we can find the graves or not to get name and dates off of it.
Frank and Clara Bell had another daughter born between Myrtle and Ruth, her name Ruby, buried here in the city, about 1 year old when she died. 16
Robert Jordan Greathouse and Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Davis were first cousins. They share the same grandparents (i.e., Robert J. Davis and Elizabeth (Harris) Davis). Robert's mother was Mary Elizabeth (Davis) Greathouse, daughter of Robert J. Davis and Elizabeth (Harris) Davis. Lizzie's father was Elijah Davis, son of Robert J. Davis and Elizabeth (Harris) Davis.