George W. Greever1,2

b. 1831
Birth1831 George W. Greever was born in 1831 in Virginia.1 
Marriage3 Feb 1853 He married Sarah Hutton Porterfield, daughter of James Porterfield and Jeannette Clark, on 3 Feb 1853 in Washington County, Virginia.3,4 
Migration  George and Sarah did not remain in Virginia. They settled first in Ohio where their son William was born - probably in late 1853 or early 1854. In 1856 they moved to Andrew County, Missouri.1 
Cens-186010 Jul 1860  There the 1860 census enumerator recorded them living in the home of [Sarah's brother] John Porterfield. George was enumerated as Leonidas Greber, age 31. He owned real estate valued at $1,360. Sarah was 22. Two children were listed with them: William, age 6 (b. "O") and James, age 3 (b. MO).5 
  Another source states that George owned and operated the Cherry Grove Farm and Highland Stock Farm in Platte County, Missouri.2 
Military  When the Civil War broke out George raised the first company of Union troops in northwest Missouri which joined the 12th Missouri Regiment. Following reorganization it was known as the 52nd Missouri Volunteer Cavalry. George served with the regiment for 6 months, as captain of his company.1 
Migration1868  Following the Civil War (1868) the family migrated to Kansas.1,4 
Cens-187015 Jul 1870 They lived in Prairie township in Wyandotte County where they were enumerated in 1870 with 4 children: William (17), James (15) John (9) and Charles (6). A 15 year old girl named Lizzie Dewey (b. IL) was also enumerated with the family.6 
  George owned a stock farm known as the "Reserve Stock Farm" where he raised short-horn cattle, sheep, hogs and race horses.1,2 
  Sarah and George appear to have followed a migration pattern established by other relatives. Sarah's aunt, Nancy (Clark) Beattie and her husband David Beattie settled in Andrew County, Missouri in the mid 1840s (David's brother, James Beattie was in Missouri by 1820). David Beattie died in 1847. By 1860 Nancy was living with her daughter Elizabeth (Beattie) Strock in Wyandotte County, Kansas. 
Widowed1875  George was widowed when Sarah died in 1875. 
  George married for a second time, in 1878, to Margaret Newland. They had one child together, a son named Fred. He served in the Kansas State Legislature for several years and was known as the man who made Kansas dry.1,2 

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Family

Sarah Hutton Porterfield b. 1832, d. 1875
Children
  • William Greever1 (circa 1854 - )
  • James Greever5 (circa 1857 - )
  • John Greever1 (circa 1861 - )
  • Charles Greever1 (circa 1864 - )
  • Sarah Greever1
Last Edited25 Jun 2011

Citations

  1. [S1626] William G. Cutler, History of the State of Kansas, digital transcription, The Kansas Collection (http://www.kancoll.org/: accessed Dec. 2006). Biographical sketches for Leavenworth County, part 39.
  2. [S9] Frank B. Porterfield, The Porterfields, 160.
  3. [S6] Thomas Colley, Washington Co. VA Marriages 1853-1880, p. 139. Record transcribed as: L.W. Griever and Sarah H. Poterfield; 3 Feb. 1853. There is also a footnote to this transcribed record which states the following: "Ministers Returns; Hiatt & Scott, p. 53 lists Leonidas W. Griever and Sarah H. Porterfield 26 Dec. 1851.
  4. [S537] Hutton Family Data, authored by Dr. J. B. Hutton. J. B. Hutton and Sarah Porterfield were first cousins, once removed. He states she married Lee Greever and removed to Kansas.
  5. [S977] Jno Porterfield household, 1860 U.S. census, Andrew Co., MO, pop. sched., Jackson township, p. 100 (original script), dwelling 723, family 707, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Dec. 2006, image 2 of 38. Enumeration includes: Jno Porterfield, 32, farmer, owns land val: $2,700 and pers. prop. of $630, b. VA; Martha, 32, b. TN; Frances, 6; Sarah, 4; Harriet 2; Nancy 1; Elizabeth 2/12; all children b. MO; William Burn 24, farmer, b. IN; Marion Dylis, 20, farmer, b. MO; Sarah Cammell, 70, b. VA; Leonidas Greber, 31, farmer, b. VA; Sarah Greber, 22, b. VA; William Greber, 6, b. O; James Greber, 3, b. MO.
  6. [S1625] George W. Greever household, 1870 U.S. census, Wyandotte Co., Kansas Territory, pop. sched., Prairie township, p. 18 (original script, dwelling 139, family 139, viewed online at Genealogy.com, Dec. 2006, image 18 of 24. Enumeration includes: George W. Greever, 40, farmer, real estate val at $4,000, pers. prop at $1,200, b. VA; Sarah, 37, b. VA; William, 17, b. OH; James 15, b. MO; John, 9, b. MO; Charlies, 6, b. MO; Lizzie Dewey, 15, b. IL.