George H. Greathouse Sr.

  Notes:

Source: Family Group Sheet from Mrs. Raymond E. Johns, 224 W. Lake Howard Road, Winter Haven, FL 33880 dated Apr 1, 1985
Will: dated Oct 6, 1887, filed in Probate Court, Cloud County, KS Jan. 6, 1894. Mentions wife Caroline, and son, Stephen A. Douglas. Probate Court records names heirs as follows: Frank Greathouse, Lancaster, WA; Rosetta Barnes, Chandler, OK; Daniel Greathouse, Brownsville, OR; George Greathouse, Bepew, OK; Mary W. McMillan, Council Grove, KS; John Williams; William Chigbrow, Morganville, KS; Henry Chigbrow, San Diego,CA. His son Isaac M. was not mentioned in the record.

Kansas State Board of Agriculture
First Biennial Report
Cloud County 1878


First settlements: Elk township, 1860, by Moses Heller; Lawrence township, 1864, L. D. Lawrence; Sibley township, 1860, John Allen; Buffalo township, 1865, John White; Grant township, 1869, Reg. Reed; Summit township, 1866, Seth and George Porter; Arion township, 1866, W. M. Wilcox; Center township, 1870, Z. Swearingin; Lincoln township 1866, R. N. H. Eaves; Nelson township, 1866, George Greathouse; Shirley township, 1860, J. M. Hagaman; Colfax township, 1870, George Ginder; Starr township, 1869, William Zaughn; Aurora township, 1869, F. A. Thompson; Meredith township, spring of 1865, A. W. Hopper; Lyon township, 1867; Solomon township, 1865, H. H. Spalding; Oakland township, 1870, M. Bagley. - First church buildings: Elk township, June, 1872, Missionary Baptist; first church organization, 1865, Methodist. There are church organizations in all the townships, but few church buildings, the public school houses being used. - First school houses: Elk township, at Clyde, 1866, by private subscription; Lawrence township, 1870, district No. 10; Sibley township, 1869, district No. 16; Buffalo township, 1871, district No. 50; Grant township, 1876, district No. 33; Summit township, 1872, district No. 41; Arion township, 1872, district No. 17; Center township, 1871, district No. 12; Lincoln township, 1870, district, No. 4; Nelson township, 1873, district No. 13; Shirley township, 1867, by J. M. Hagaman and John Thorp; Colfax township, 1873, district No. 71; Starr township, 1874, district No. 24; Aurora township, 1872, district No. 20; Oakland township, 1874, district No. 55; Meredith township, 1873, district No. 63; Lyon township, 1872, district No. 22. - First business established in the county: Davis & Cowel, 1866, at Clyde. - First marriage: Mat. Wilcox and R. Hovey, 1861. - First birth, Moses Hagaman, Shirley township, 1860. - First post office: 1865, at or near the present city of Clyde, Moses Heller, postmaster, which, position he still holds.

The county was organized in 1866.

  Details of his life include:

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in West Salem, Edwards County, Illinois
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George married Caroline Hill, daughter of William Hill and Mary A., on 6 Sep 1847 in , , Illinois. (Caroline Hill was born in Mar 1821 in , , , England and died on 7 Apr 1901 in Nelson Twp, Concordia County, Kansas.)