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Bessie Ludlow; Horace, Lizzie and Clyde.
Emmett and Bessie L. Green were the parents of
one son, James Ray Green.
James M. and Emma E. Green were buried in
Smith Cemetery.
BEVERLY H. GREER, born in Marshall, Texas
in 1852, moved to Mineola about 1876. He was the son
of an outstanding patriot, Elkanah Greer, who had
fought under Jefferson Davis in the Mexican War, later
serving as major general of the Mississippi militia
before 1848, when he moved to Marshall, Texas. In
1861, Elkanah Greer entered the Confederate Army as
colonel of the 3rd Texas Cavalry.
He married Ella K. Arthur in 1879. In the early
1900's, B. H. Greer established a general merchandise
store at the village of Crow on present Highway 80.
This store was in continous operation by members of
the Greer family until the 1960's.
B. H. and Ella K. Arthur Greer were the parents of
six children. One infant died, and a daughter, Hallie,
died at a young age. The four sons who lived until
maturity were:
Arthur, married Bessie Dunahoe
Albert (Bert), married Verna Moody
Roy, married (1) Maud Davis; (2) Eda Moore
Eric, married Arce Beerhalter
B. H. and Ella Greer were buried in the Mineola
City Cemetery.
Source: Mrs. Ed Allen; Mrs. Eda Moore Greer
GAINES W. GREER, born 22 January 1826 in
Overton County, Tennessee settled on a headright in
present Wood County in 1842. He was issued a land
grant for 320 acres about 4 miles northeast of present
Mineola. The grant was signed by Governor Pinckney
Henderson 6 December 1847.
On this tract of land in 1850, a group of men met to
organize the county and appoint county officials. A
State Historical Marker marks the site.
Gaines W. Greer married Indiana P. Varner, born
1834 in Brazoria County, Texas, on 23 May 1850. She
was the daughter of Martin and Elizabeth Varner, first
white settlers in Wood County.
To this union were born:Sarah Elizabeth Jane (Sally), born 1851
Stephen Jasper, born 1853Gaines Alek Abner, born 1856
George N. H., a twin to Abner
Nancy Eveline, born 1860
Welcome Greer, son of Gaines Abner, and grand-
son of Gaines W. Greer, owns the original land grant
and continues to make his home on the property.
Gaines W. and Indiana Varner Greer died in 1881,
and were buried in the Dumas Cemetery.
Source: Greer Bible Record
HILTON ROSS GREER, son of Samuel J. and
Isabella Jane Boren Greer, and a noted poet - jour-
nalist, was born at Hawkins 10 December 1879. His
parents had moved to Hawkins in 1876, and his mother
taught school in the Sand Springs Community.
Hilton Ross Greer attended school at Pittsburg,
Texas and was a student at the University of Texas.
Austin College conferred the Doctor of Literature
degree on him in 1924.
Greer was an outstanding newspaperman. From
1902 to 1910, he was reporter and editor of several
newspapers and in 1910 became associate editor of the
Dallas Journal. He later became editorial writer for the
Dallas Morning News. He helped to organize the Texas
Poetry Society and served as president for twenty
years. He was a member of the Texas Folklore Society,
the Texas Institute of Letters, the Poetry Society of
America, and the Texas Geographic Society. He was
the author of numerous books of poetry.
Hilton Ross Greer married Imogene P. Agard in
1914. They were the parents of four daughters. He died
in Dallas 26 November 1949.
Source: Wood County Democrat; Handbook of Texas
WALTER C. GREER, born in Tennessee
February 1822, came with his brothers, Gaines W.,
Adam, and Samuel Greer to a headright in present
Wood County issued in 1842. After the required 3 years
residency the grant was secured. W. C. Greer built a
two story log house on his property which was located
in the southern part of the county. This house stood for
more than a century.
Walter C. Greer's first wife was Eliza J. Wilson.They had three children: Lorenzo, James, and Nancy
S. M. Greer. Eliza Greer died at the birth of Nancy,94
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