Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Matthew Smith Greer and Elizabeth Young




Husband Matthew Smith Greer 1 2

           Born: 24 Mar 1851 - Jefferson Twp, Butler Co, PA 3
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         Father: Thomas Greer (Abt 1817-1880) 4 5
         Mother: Elizabeth Cooper (      -Aft 1895) 1


       Marriage: 6 Jan 1892 3



Wife Elizabeth Young 3

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         Father: Lewis Young (      -1894) 3
         Mother: Mary Stepp (      -      ) 3




Children
1 F Anna Elizabeth Greer 3

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2 M William Thomas Greer 3

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3 M Robert Lewis Greer 3

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General Notes: Husband - Matthew Smith Greer


He obtained his educa­tion in the schools of Jefferson Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania. The only time he ever left the home farm to work, was for a short period on the con­struction of the Western Pennsylvania Railroad when he stretched the first tele­graph wire into Butler. With this excep­tion, Mr. Greer devoted himself to the cultivation and improvement of his land. His residence was one of ele­gance and fine proportions. It was of brick construction and slate roof and contained ten rooms. It was by far the finest private residence in that section of the county.
He and his wife were active members of the Lutheran Church and he was a member of the church council. He was an Odd Fellow, connected with Saxonia Lodge, No. 496, at Saxonburg and passed all the chairs, while Mrs. Greer was a charter member of the auxiliary order of Rebekah.

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Sources


1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 863.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 970.

3 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 973.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 70.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 862.


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