Will get a better picture when I visit in Newton County again.
The Newton County Historical Society Museum does have many old
photos that you can obtain copies of at the Bradley Museum
Their E-mail address is on my website on main page.
Believe the Newton County Library has old photographs and that you
can get copies of these old photos.
Kinfolks
by Evelyn Flood
My husband's Greenhaw roots go deep and spread widely through
many Newton County and Searcy County, Arkansas families.
George W. Greenhaw, born 5 October 1839 in
Lawrence County, Tennessee, was my husband's
maternal great-great-grandfather.
When starting to write a Kinfolks column, have to gather many family
files as my husband was related to so very many Northern Arkansas
families.
One advantage of having my information written on family group sheets
is that I do not have to use the computer for information.
I can shuffle the family group sheets around while writing these
stories.
I am not collecting names just to have a collection, but really
believe each person has a story of their own.
My records show:
George's parents were Rebecca Ethridge and Ephriam B Greenhaw.
George was Rebecca Ethridge's son before her marriage to Ephriam,
and George was listed as Ethridge on an early census. He later adopted
the name Greenhaw.
It is said that George's real father was William Reddell.
Ephriam B. Greenhaw's parents were Greenberry Greenhaw
and Sally Bridges.
Ephriam had been married previously to Angeline Foster on
12 Sept 1837 in Lawrence County,Tennessee.
By his first wife Ephriam was the father of :
i:ELIZA JANE GREENHAW who married DANIEL HEFLEY.
ii: WILLIAM GREENHAW(wife unknown) who died before 1902 in
Dardanelle(Yell Co),Arkansas.
iii:EPHRIAM "UNCLE PACE" GREENHAW who married MARTHA HEFLEY.
Ephriam B. Greenhaw and Rebecca Ethridge were married on
12 March 1846 in Lawrence County, Tennessee.
Rebecca Ethridge was from the Mathew and Mary Greenhaw Ethridge family.
Rebecca's brothers and sisters were:
i:FRANKLIN ETHRIDGE who married NANCY ELIZABETH BUCHANAN.
ii:ALFRED ETHRIDGE who married PERSILLA REDDELL.
iii:WILLIAM HENRY ETHRIDGE who married:
(1)MARGARET WYATT DOWNEY, and
(2) MYRAH CASTLEBERRY.
iv:MARIAH ETHRIDGE who married JAMES ANDERSON REDDELL.
v:SARAH ETHRIDGE who married ROBERT A REDDELL.
vi:MARTHENA PERSILLA "AUNT PUS" ETHRIDGE who married JAMES H. HENDRIX.
vii: MARY ETHRIDGE who married GREENBERRY GREENHAW
George W. Greenhaw served in CO. D, Second Arkansas Cavalry (Union)
during the Civil War, also
called the "War of the Rebellion."
His physical description states he was 6 feet tall, of light
complexion, and had blue eyes.
He enrolled 18 of July 1863 and was discharged at Memphis, Tennessee
on 20 August 1865.
He applied for a Civil War Pension in 1890 but did not get it
through for several years.
George married Margaret Lavina Cook ca 1864, probably in
Newton County Arkansas.
Margaret was the daughter of Thomas Cook Sr. and Mary Margaret
Maddox.
George and Margaret Lavina's children were:
(1)MARY FRANCES GREENHAW born 1865, who married
JOSEPH C HAMILTON in 1880 in Newton County, Arkansas.
This couple were my husband's great grandparents.
See the "John 'Jack' Hamilton Story" in my 'Kinfolks Stories'for all
their children
Their children were:
i: JOHN ALVA HAMILTON who married MARTHA ALICE HEFLEY.
ii: LULU HAMILTON who married GROVER CLEVELAND "Cleve" SMITH.
These were my husband's grandparents.
iii: THOMAS FRANKLIN HAMILTON who married PEARL RIDDLE.
iv: JAMES HAMILTON who married ZELLA CLYDIE HEFLEY.
v: ALEX HAMILTON who married OSHIA BURDINE.
vi: TWIN TO ALEX HAMILTON, died at birth
vii: INFANT DAUGHTER HAMILTON, born and died 1906.
Mary Francis Greenhaw Hamilton died in 1918 with burial in Mt. Judea
Cemetery in Newton County, Arkansas.
Joe Hamilton died in 1926 in Seminole,Oklahoma but was brought
back to Newton County and buried in Mt.Judea Cemetery, in
Newton County, Arkansas.
(2)FRANK GREENHAW , born April 1867, married MINNIE BOX
ca 1902. I do not know the death dates of either Frank or Minnie.
Minnie's parents were William R. Box and and Emily Branson.
I believe Frank and Minnie are buried in Maplewood Cemetery,
Boone County,Arkansas although some say they are buried in the
Mt. Judea Cemetery there in Newton County.
Frank and Minnie's children were:
i:ALVA H GREENHAW(no marriage record).
ii: CLARENCE GREENHAW who married HELEN HOLT.
iii:WALCIE FAY GREENHAW who married VICTOR TREET and ROSS CROSS.
iv:WALTER "Bud"GREENHAW who married CLEVIE HOLT.
v: LONNIE GREENHAW who married FLORA MOPPINS.
vi: BONNIE GREENHAW (twin to Lonnie), born 15July1915.
All of these children are buried in Mt.Judea Cemetery
in Newton County, Arkansas.
(3)SARAH ELIZABETH "Sallie"GREENHAW.
One birth record states she was born 18 December 1869,
while her tombstone gives date of 26 November 1871.
Sallie married:
(1)ISAIAH D McCUTCHEON.
Their daughter IDA McCUTCHEON married
PETER THEODORE CAMPBELL.
(See the "Peter C Campbell Story" in my 'Kinfolks Stories' for their
children.
Isaiah McCutcheon died ca 1885 and Sallie Greenhaw McCutcheon married
(2)DAVID VINCENT REDDELL.
David had previously been married to ELIZABETH CRINER who died in
1886.
David was the father of 16 children by his first wife.
I have record of the following children of David and Sallie Greenhaw
Reddell (taken from David's Civil War Pension records).
i:Francis B "Frank"Reddell who married Victoria Foster.
ii: Nancy Jane Reddell who married Willie Freeman.
iii: Anna Lea Reddell who married Casel Campbell.
iv: Richard McKinley Reddell who married Effie Reddell.
v: Margaret Reddell who married Joe M Sexton and Walter Haddock.
vi:George "Dry Creek George"Reddell who married Sendi Hicks.
vii: Rosie Bell who died young.
viii: Sarah Emma Reddell who married Velt Campbell.
ix:Frances V"Fanny"Reddell who married Zoney Davis.
Sallie Greenhaw McCutcheon Reddell died 7 Jan 1957
with burial in Sexton Cemetery,Newton County,Arkansas.
She is one of the last Civil War Widows living in Newton County.
(4)NANCY ROSEY GREENHAW,born 20 June 1872 by
tombstone date.
She married JAMES FRANK GREENHAW
(son of Ephriam Kingston Greenhaw and Martha Hefley).
Their children were:
i: William H "Will" Greenhaw, born 27 Aug 1889 in Arkansas.
He married MATTIE MAE SPEARS on 5Aug1914 (page 394)Newton County.
Mattie was born 12 Nov 1896 and died 27 May 1988.
William "Will" Greenhaw died in Sept 1980.
Children:
1) Elma Lee Greenhaw, born 21 Aug 1915. She married EMILE VIEUX.
Elma Lee died 15 May 1989. Emile Vieux, born 23Nov1911, died 26Dec1997.
Two known children.
2)Lavern Greenhaw, born 24 Feb 1919. She married FRANK VIEUX.
Lavern died 1 Sept 1944 in Oklahoma.
ii: Elmer Greenhaw, born 24 Apr 1892, who married GENNIE LEE DUCK on
17 Oct 1915 (page 82)Newton County. Gennie was daughter of William Gaither and Della Hattie George Duck. Gennie, born 22Nov1896, died 11Nov1981 with burial in Mt. Judea Cemetery.
Elmer died 17 May 1954 with burial in Mt. Judea Cemetery.
known children:
1) Rheba Carol Greenhaw, born 1916. Died 1941, Mt. Judea Cemetery.
2) Leland Greenhaw, born 1 Nov 1921 at Mt. Judea. Leland married
THELMA (mnu)and they had one son:
1. David Coy Greenhaw.
Leland Greenhaw, age 64, of Springdale, died Friday, March 14, 1989 at Springdale.
He was born November 1, 1921 at Mount Judea, a son of Elmer and Jennie Duck Greenhaw. He was retired from the Arkansas Highway Department. He was a World War II Veteran, a member of the Masonic Lodge and a member of the Hickory Flat Freewill Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Thelma Greenhaw of the home; a son, David Coy Greenhaw of the home; an uncle, Walter Duck of Harrison and an aunt, Grace Gilmore, Napa, California.
3)William Bailey Greenhaw, born 1923. Died 1942 with burial in Mt.Judea Cemetery.
iii: Kingston G. Greenhaw, born June 1895. He married VELMA NICHOLS
on 28 July 1920 (page 610)Newton County.
iv: M.V. (female),born 4 Jan 1897. Died 8 April 1897 with burial in
McCutcheon Cemetery, Newton County.
v:James Carroll Greenhaw, born Feb 1899, who married WALCIE CRINER
on 29 Aug 1918 (page 419)Newton County. They were in Oklahoma in
1920
vi: Alta Greenhaw, born 1902. Alta married LEE CASEY (son of Uriah R Casey and
Nancy Cooksey Essex Casey) on 3 August 1919 (page-508)Newton County
Alta died on 18 September 1984 at Fresno, California.
vii:Mitchell Greenhaw, born 1909 who married Miss EDDINGS
Rosey died in 1952 with burial in Mt Judea Cemetery.
James Frank Greenhaw died 27 Aug 1909 with burial
in Mt. Judea Cemetery.
(5) JIMMY A GREENHAW, born 6 April 1874.
He married MINNIE E. TURNEY(daughter of William Henry Turney and
Margaret Jane Woody)on 17 June 1897 (page 52) in Newton County.
Their children were:
i:Zola Greenhaw, born 1899 in Arkansas.
ii: Alpha Greenhaw, born 1904 in Arkansas
iii: Gerdie Greenhaw (twin)born 1906 in Arkansas.
iv: Turney H Greenhaw (twin), born 25 Mar 1906. He died 30Nov1970
with burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Eufaula, Oklahoma.
Minnie Turney Greenhaw died 20 Dec 1914 at Eufaula,Oklahoma of pellegra
I have her funeral death record.
Jimmy remarried to MARY(mnu) ca 1916.
1920 McIntosh County, Oklahoma Census, Eufaula, ED 47
GREENHAW, James A, Head, 44, AR
........ Mary, wife, 39, TX
........ Alphey, daug.,16, AR
........ J.V.(I.V?),stepson, 14, TX
........ Girddie, daug., 13, AR
........ Turney, son, 13, AR
........ Lonnie, stepson, 11, TX
........ Kingston, son, 2, OK
CRIDER, Maud, se?, 22, AR
v: Kingston Greenhaw, born 1919 in Oklahoma.
Jimmy A. Greenhaw died 17 Dec 1921 and is buried beside Minnie in
the Greenwood Cemetery,Eufaula,Oklahom.
Their tombstone reads:
loved ones sleeping here".
Wonder whatever happened to their children??
Does anyone know?
Mary (mnu) Greenhaw, 45 of Mellette, married (3)ALEX J. JENNINGS,60
on 18 Oct 1923 in McIntosh County, Oklahoma.
(6)BERRY EPHRIAM GREENHAW,born 22 Oct 1878.
Married LAVORTA "Vartie Lee" HOLT, daughter of
Charles K Holt and Mary Campbell in 1898 in Newton County.
Their children were:
i:Lola who died at a young age (baby on mother's lap)
ii: Lesker Horace Greenhaw who married NETTIE CANSADA CARVER on
22June1919 (page 498) Newton County.
Children:
1) Hazel Lorene Greenhaw who married (1)W.A.THOMPSON and (2)CARL MOORE
2) Berry Kenneth Greenhaw, born 26Nov1921. He married ELISABELL HAMILTON
He died 28Feb1989 at Harrison, Arkansas.
3)Vartie Gelene Greenhaw (twin) who married DOYNE HAM
4)Rosa Maxine Greenhaw (twin)
Lesker Horace Greenhaw died 4Nov1988 in Harrison, Boone County,
Arkansas.
Nettie, born 30 Sept 1901, daughter of Pembrook T Carver and Rosa
Sarah Owen, died 14 June 1972 with burial in Maplewood Cemetery in
Boone County, Arkansas.
iii: Mary Hazel Greenhaw who married WILLIAM FRANK CHEATHAM I on
26 Oct 1922 (page 195)Newton County.
She died 20 April 1979 with burial in Sexton Cemetery,Newton County.
iv:Vivian Greenhaw who married BURR McCUTCHEON on 17 Mar 1933(page 579)Newton County.
Berry died 19July1956. Vartie died 17June1962. They are buried in
Sexton Cemetery in Newton County, Arkansas.
(7)THOMAS L GREENHAW, born 24 Jan 1880.
He married NELLIE SEA PEARL HOLT,daughter of Charles K Holt and
Mary Campbell, on 24 Jan 1901 (page 473)Newton County.
Thomas died 27Sep1956 with burial in Sexton Cemetery.
Nellie Sea Pearl Holt Greenhaw died 7May1970 with burial in Sexton
Cemetery.
Their children were:
i:Thomas Roosevelt"Velt"Greenhaw, born 1902. He married
VESTA MIRANDA CARVER on 21Oct1923 (pg 308)Newton County.
children (not in order of birth)
1)Evon Greenhaw Davidson
2)Joyce Greenhaw Hankins
3)Darrell Greenhaw
4) Charles Greenhaw, born 1941. Died 1985. Mt. Judea Cemetery.
5) Carolyn Greenhaw Purdy
6) Shelby Jean Greenhaw Powell
7)Glenna Jo Greenhaw, born 10Nov1932. Died 23Nov1932. Mt. Judea Cemetery
ii:Charles Floy Greenhaw, born 31Dec1904. Floy married INEZ NORTON
on 10Aug1929 (page 242)Newton County.
Children:
1)Eldon Harold Greenhaw who married ALENE FIVEASH.
2)Willard Dale Greenha who married (1)JOYCE CHEATHAM and (2) VICKI
WURDERMAN
3)Louella Greenhaw who married HAROLD DEAN HEFLEY
iii:Mary Erma Greenhaw, born 26July1909. She married RUEBEN BONNER.
Mary died 9Sept1935
iv:Ruby Lee Greenhaw, born 20Aug1912. She married RUSSELL HOLT,
son of John R & Lela Wheeler Holt.
Known children:
1)Thomas John Holt
2) Nellie Holt
3)Jane Holt
v:George Aaron Greenhaw, born 21Apr1917. He married VONNIE YOUNG.
George died 2 Oct 1980 with burial in Boone County, Arkansas.
vi:Adath Greenhaw who married FINIS L. HUDSON. Finis was born 7Dec1919
, son of Columbus B. & Delia Molly Holman Hudson.
vii:Zella Greenhaw who married (1)WILBERT M.TENNYSON .Wilbert was
born 8June1919 on Eigo Mt.and died 25Dec1979 at Little Rock,Arkansas
He is buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas.
Zella married (2)KENNETH MONTGOMERY. She had no children
viii:Jewel Greenhaw who married (1)KENDALL FOWLER (1924-1969) and
(2)EARL TENNYSON.
Jewel's children:
1) Franklin Burdine, born 5June1943.Died 6June1959 with burial in the
Sexton Cemetery. He was son of Clinton T Burdine.
2)Larry Fowler
3)Dianne Fowler Mitchell
4)Pam Fowler
5)Timothy Fowler
Earl Tennyson died 13 Feb 1999 at Fayetteville, Arkansas. He was son
of Bert & Minnie Criner Tennison. His first wife was Velma(mnu)
Thomas L Greenhaw died 27 Sept 1956.
Nellie died 7 May 1970 and they are buried in the Sexton Cemetery,
Newton County, Arkansas.
There is a Sarah A. Greenhaw, born November 1883 on the
1900 Newton County,Arkansas census living with the George W Greenhaw family.
Am unable to identify her at this time.
MARGARET LAVINA COOK GREENHAW died on 21 March 1883.
She is buried in Old Dodson Cemetery, Newton County,Arkansas.
George W Greenhaw married
(2)LILLY REDDELL on 25 Feb 1884 in Newton County.
She was daughter of Hugh C Reddell and Mary
Serena Wyatt.
Lilly Reddell Greenhaw died on 4 Dec 1886 with burial in McCutcheon
Cemetery in Newton County,Arkansas.
George married :
(3)AMANDA YATES MARTIN JONES on 23 December 1888
(license from Boone County, Arkansas)
They had three daughters.
(8)REBECCA BERNATIL GREENHAW,born 1889.
She married JOHN W. "WES" GENTRY ca 1904.
Found them on the 1910 Newton County,Arkansas census,
Prarie Township,Visit #133 with children:
1)Otto Gentry
2) Rosy Gentry
3) Fay Gentry.
Know that Rebecca was alive in 1936
but have no further records on this family.
(9)VIRGIE ELVIRA GREENHAW,born 1892.
She married Francis M "Roy"Bethany in 1914.
No children from this marriage.
Virgie was the mother of Herman and Herschel Criner.
William Manson Criner was the boys father.
Virgie died on 7 Dec 1916 of Tuberculosis and is buried in the
Mt.Judea Cemetery, Newton County, Arkansas.
(10)LILLIE IDELLA GREENHAW born 1895.
She married :
(1)Sam McDougal in 1912 and she married:
(2)John"Little Henry" Smith in 1914.
Little Henry Smith was son of John Henry Smith and
Nancy Ann Mackey.
Little Henry Smith had been previously married to Zella Davis.
They had one daughter Nancy Smith. Zella died young.
Lillie Greenhaw McDougal Smith died on 25 Oct 1920 of Tuberculosis
and is buried in the Mt.Judea Cemetery.
Lillie and Henry Smith had one son, John Clay Smith,
who lived a short distance from me here in California.
John Clay Smith married DALLAS HEFLEY.
He has been my family consultant on much information.
John Clay Smith died in November of 2001 and is buried in French
Camp Cemetery, French Camp, California.
Ephriam B Greenhaw was born 10 Jan 1818 in either
Lauderdale Co.,AL or Sumner County,Tennessee.
He appied for pension from the Indian War of 1837 but his claim
claim was rejected. I have copies of his claim.
Ephriam and Rebecca Ethridge Greenhaw's other children
were:
(1)SARAH A "Pink" GREENHAW who married ANDREW JACKSON McCUTCHEON.
She died in 1923 and is buried in Dodson Cemetery, Newton County,
Arkansas.
(2)FRANK MARION GREENHAW who married MARGARET C BAKER.
He died 1913 and is buried in Mt.Judea Cemetery.
(3)ELIZABETH GREENHAW who married :
(1)Dr.Thomas Kelly Goodman and (2)M.E. Benbrook.
Elizabeth died in 1907 and is buried in Spring Creek
Cemetery, Calico Rock,Izard County, Arkansas.
(4)TENNESSEE(Umyme M)GREENHAW who never married.
She died in 1906 with burial in Mt.Judea Cemetery.
(5)JAMES GREENHAW who married MARY CHEATHAM.
They raised their family in Oklahoma.
(6)CHARLES GREENHAW who married SARAH TENNISON.
Charles died 16 Aug 1931 in Okmulgee,Oklahoma.
A family member sent me pictures of Charles and his family.
(7) JOHN CALHOUN BRECKENRIDGE "Brack" GREENHAW
who married LIZZIE BEN HUFFMAN.
He died in 1948 at Springfield, Missouri.
(8)ANDREW JACKSON GREENHAW who married CAROLINE SHULER.
in 1891 in Newton Co.AR. He died in 1952 and is buried in
Mt.Judea Cemetery.
George W Greenhaw died on 26 Oct 1907 of tuberculosis
and is buried in the Mt. Judea Cemetery.
Although birth and death dates vary from pension records
versus tombstone records, one can get a good idea of the
history of this family. Have his Civil War Pension records.
Amanda Yates Martin Jones Greenhaw was able to draw George's Civil
War Pension and at the time of her death in 1936 she was receiving
$40.00 a month (a tidy sum for that day and age).
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