Biographies

* Source:
1803
History of Knox County, Ohio
It's Past and Present,
containing
A Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio, Including an Outline History of the North-
west; A complete History of Knox County; It's Townships, City, Towns, Villages,
Schools, Churches, Societies, Industries, Statistics, etc.; A Record of Its
Soldiers in the Late War; Portraits of its early settlers and
Prominent men;  Views of Its Finest Buildings;
Miscellaneous Matter; Map of the
County; Biographies and Histories
of Pioneer Families, etc.
Compiled by N. N. Hill, Jr.
- Illustrated -
Mt. Vernon, Ohio:
A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers
1881
 

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George Gann 674a	GEORGE GANN Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 668
	JACOB GANN Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 669
	STEPHEN H. GANTT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 669
	WILLIAM F. GANTT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 669
	W. S. GARDNER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 669
	LEWIS GATES Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 670
	LYMAN W. GATES Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 669
	JOHN F. GAY Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 670
	SMITH GEARHART Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 671
	JAMES GEORGE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 671
	W. P. GERHERT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 671
	JOHN GETZ Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 672
	JAMES F. GHRIST Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 672
	GEORGE W. GIBSON, was married to Mary Garrett; they had one daughter, Abigail, who was married to Issachar Gregg.  Mr. G. W. Gibson subsequently married Frances Green.  There are three of their children living, viz.:  Caroline, now Mrs. John Wagner, of Middlebury township; Eliza, now Mrs. Dove; Hiram M., a resident of Berlin; George W., resides on the farm with Hiram M. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 672
	HIRAM M. GIBSON, farmer, Berlin township, post office, Fredericktown was born in Richland county, in a cabin, in 1845, and was married in 1874 to Clara Comfort, who was born in this county in 1851. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 675
	SAMUEL GIBSON (deceased), was born in Frederick county, Maryland, and was married to Ruth Elliott, who was born in Montgomery county, Maryland, in 1815.  They emigrated to Jefferson county, Ohio, and remained there until the spring of 1818, when they came to Knox county.  He bought one quarter section in Richland county.      They had nine children: George W., Sarah, Hannah, John, and Hiram - all born in the State of Maryland.  John died in infancy; Ann, who was born in Jefferson county; William, born on the Farquahar farm; Mary (deceased) and Ruth, who were born on the farm where Joseph Crane now resides.  Ruth was married to Joseph Crane.      William Farquahar and Henry Roberts settled on the farm where Nicholas Darling resides, in Morris township.  They had to cut the road through from Mt. Vernon.  They raised corn at that time in that neighborhood fourteen feet high.  Basil Farquahar, when fourteen years of age, climbed a stock of corn, which incident is still remembered by some of the older citizens. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 675
	LAURISTON GIFFIN Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 672
	ROBERT GIFFIN, SR. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 672
	JOHN GILBERT, son of Samuel and Thompson Gilbert, was bom in England, Mar. 23, 1836.  In 1850 he came with his parents to America, and located in Mt. Vernon.  In 1851 he commenced an apprentice at the blacksmith trade in Mt. Vernon, and remained one year; then, in 1852, he came to Monroe Mills, where he finished his apprenticeship in 1854 with Stephen Parmenter.  He at once commenced business for him self, purchased Mr. Parmenter's shop and accouterments, in which he worked until 1861, when he erected his present shop at Monroe Mills, in which shop he has since carried on the business of blacksmithing in all its branches.      In 1856 he married Miss Phcebe E. Lyharger, born in Knox county, November, 1838, daughter of Jesse Lybarger.  They settled at Monroe Mills, where they now reside.  Their union resulted in four children, two sons and two daughters.  In May, 1864, he enlisted in company F, of the One Hundred and Forty second Ohio volunteer infantry, and served until the close of the war.  He was then discharged from the service, returned home and again engaged at his business, which he has since been following. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 673
	WILLIAM H. GILBERT, farmer, Liberty township, was born Dec. 28, 1848, near Fredericktown, and is the son of Samuel and Joanna Gilbert nee Hicks.      Samuel Gilbert was born in Devonshire, England, and when about nineteen, came to the United States with his brother John.  He remained in New York city two years, and then emigrated to Wayne township, subsequently to Clinton and Hilliar townships, where he died in September 1875.  He was twice married, his first wife was Joanna Hicks, who had two children, William H. and Mary E.  His second wife was Mrs. D. Mar shall, with whom he had four children.  She is yet a resident of Hilliar township.      The subject of this notice was reared on a farm, and has always followed farming.  Nov. 23, 1872, he married Miss Mary Ann Sharpnack, who is the daughter of Daniel Sharpnack, who was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, Jan. 23, 1804.  He married Miss L. Coleman in Fayette county, Pennsylvania.  She was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, Aug. 30, 1803.  They came to Ohio about 1838.  They are both dead.  They had ten children, four of whom are living.  Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert have one child, Mary L., born Sept. 25, 1875. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 673
	FRANCIS GILMORE, farmer, Pike township, post office, North Liberty, born in Pike township, this county, July 9, 1839, and was married Jan. 25, 1864, to Mary Jane Loney, who was born in Pike township, this county, Sept. 6, 1844.  They have the following children: Mary, born Apr. 12, 1867; John L., Jan. 26, 1874; Blanche, July 21, 1876; William Calvin, Apr. 24, 1879. He owns the old homestead and has resided on it since his marriage. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 673
	JOHN GILMORE, Pike township, farmer, post office.  North Liberty, born in Knox county, and was married to Maria Clawson, who was born in Belmont county, Ohio.  They had four children: Lovena, Eddie, Willie (deceased), and Walter. Mr. Gilmore is a farmer hy occupation, and has a beautiful farm in Pike township, with all the modern improvements, his buildings being among the very best in this county, and he is a model farmer. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 673
	JAMES GLASGOW, JR., Pike township, farmer, post office, North Liberty, born in Pike township, this county, Sept. 10, 1860, and was married by Rev. W. Ferguson, in Mt. Vernon, Sept. 16, 1861.  they reside in Knox county, Ohio.  His father, James Glasgow, sr., was born Jan. 10 1809, and was married in 1833 to Nancy Robinson, who was born in N1817.  They had four children: Isabella, born in 1835; Nancy, born in 1837; Eliza A., 1839; Margaret J., 1842.      Mrs. Nancy Glasgow  died Jan. 18, 1842.      Mr. Glasgow subsequently married Alice A.  Petterson, born in 1807.  they had two children, Robert and James, deceased.  Mrs. Alice Glasgow died in 1850.  His third marriage was in 1850 to Mary Jane Armstrong, who was born in 1824.  They had eight children: Emma, born in 1851; Abigail, in 1853; John, in 1855; Mary, 1858; James, Jr.,  1860; Robert, 1863; Harvey, 1866, and Elizabeth, 1869.  Elilzabeth died in 1875.  The following are married: Isabella and Samuel Ruby, Nancy and Newton Blair, Eliza and William Reed, Margaret and Nelson Hushberger, Emma and William Dunmire, John and Mary Guthrie, Abigail and Eliza Guthrie, James, Jr. and Kittie Hively. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 673
	JOHN W. GLASGOW, Pike twp., farmer, post office, Democracy, born in Pike township in 1855, and was married in 1876 to Mary Guthrie, who was born in Pike township in 1853.  They have two children, John, born in 1876, and Edith Rachel in 1878.      Mr. Glasgow has always been identified with his county and is one of its leading citizens. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 673
	ABSALOM GLASENER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 673
	DAVID GLENN Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 673
	LEROY GLOSSER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 674
	JOSEPH GORDON, M. D., Mt. Vernon, was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, Mar. 6, 1841.  His father, Silas Gordon, is of Scotch extraction, and a native of Pennsylvania.  He married a Miss Coffman, of the same county.  They had a family of ten children, eight of whom are living.  In 1853 Mr. Gordon with his family, emigrated to Knox county, Ohio, and located near Mt. Vernon, where they remained some years, and then removed to near Fredericktown, where they yet reside.  They are estimable citizens, by ocupation farmers.      Ths subject of this notice spent his youth with his parents on the farm, obtaining his education mostly at the schools of Fredericktown, after which he taught school for several terms,.  In August, 18616, he enlisted in company A, Twentieth regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, and participated in the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Iuka, Chatahoochie, Savannah, Atlanta, Champion Hills, Marietta, Jonesborough, Kennesaw Mountain, Port Gibson, Jackson, Boliver, Ackwood, Vicksburgh, Raymond, Black Creek, Grand Junction, Goldsborough, Fayetteville, besides numerous minor engagements.  He was discharged in the fall of 1864.  He began reading medicine in the spring of 1865 with Dr. Russel.  After his course of reading he graduated at the Jefferson Medical college, of Philadelphia in 1868, and remained for a short time in New Jersey.  He then came to Mt. Vernon, where he began practice, and soon succeeded in building up an excellent reputation.  He is president of the Knox County Medical society, and clerk of the board of education.  He married Miss Clara L. Corey in 1871.  They have three children, viz.: Mary P., Lula M., and Stella S. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 674
	SIDNEY W. GORDON, Middlebury township, dealer in hardware, born in Knox county, now Morrow, June 24, 1831, and was married Oct. 3, 1852, to Mahalia L. Gardner who was born in Knox county, Sept. 12, 1834.  They have the following children: Helen A., born Dec. 5, 1853; Rosa D. Oct. 15, 1855; John W., Oct. 28, 1857; George H., Feb. 1, 1860; Charles N.,  Feb. 25, 1862; Sidey L., Feb. 25, 1864; Mary A., May 30, 1868.      Mr. Gordon is engaged in the hardware business in Waterford,  He began there in the spring of 1880, and carries a general stock of hardware, keeping the stock well supplied, and is ever ready to compete with larger towns in this line of goods.  All who need anything in his line will do well to call and see him.      His father, William G. Gordon, was born in Manchester, England, Sept. 17, 1772.  He came to America in 1802, and was married in New Jersey Sept. 25, 1809, to Mary Hedden.  He now resides in Chester township, Morrow county, Ohio. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 574
	SAMUEL GOWER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 674
	WASHINGTON GOWER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 674
	SAMUEL GRAHAM Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 674
	MANUEL GRANDLE, farmer, Milford township, was born in Licking county, in 1833.  Jacob Grandle, his father, came from Virginia about 1824, and settled in Licking county.  He married Elizabeth Conard, and they had a family of eight children, five of whom are living.  The subject of this notice was reared on a farm, and has always followed farming as his occupation.      In 1859 he went to Iowa in a two horse wagon, and located in Linn county, where he remained twelve years, and then returned to Ohio, settling in Milford township, where he has resided ever since.      His farm is well improved, and gives evidence of careful management.  He married Miss Rachel Ann Jaggers, in 1859, who was born Apr. 30, 1834.  She is the daughter of David and Ann Jaggers.      David Jaggers was born in New Jersey, Sept. 20, 1803.  He married Anna Brown Aug. 3, 1833.  She was born in Knox county, August, 1809.  Mr. Jaggers died in 1844, and Mrs. Jaggers died in December, 1876.  They had five children, Mrs. Grandle being the only child living.  Mr. and Mrs. grandle had three children born to them, two of whom are dead.  Frank A., a promising boy, born Nov. 9, 1867, is their only living child. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 675
	BENJAMIN GRANT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 675
	E. D. GREAR, Howard township, farmer, post office, Howard, was born in Maryland, July 31, 1842.  He went to Stark county, Ohio, in 1855, and worked at farming five years, but not liking it changed his occupation and engaged in the sale of agricultural implements.  After three years he left this business and commenced herding cattle on the Mexican plains for Mr. Jacob Sager at sixty dollars per month,  expenses paid.  But this was connected with much exposure and many hardships, and he began to think that the old farming business, though slow, was sure, and so, Dec. 25, 1866, he married and settled in Knox county, Ohio, on a rented farm, and in 1869 he came to his present home.  He had three children, two of whom are now living, Mary and Johnny. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 675
	SILAS GREAR, Union township, farmer, post office, Gann, born July 25, 1822, in Jefferson township.  In 1849 he was married to Amanda Bradfield, and settled in Coshocton county, Ohio, where he was engaged in the mill business until 1856, when he sold the mill property and bought one hundred and twenty acres of land near the same place, and lived here until Apr. 1, 1860, when he moved to Mt. Holly and engaged in the mercantile trade until 1865.  Then he bought a farm in Union township, where he now lives.  He had the following children: Winfield born in 1849; Cecelia, 1852; Clementine, 1855; Francis, 1857; Clifford, 1860; Newton, 1863; Charming, 1866, and Murtilla, 1869.  Francis died Dec. 10, 1862; Clementine  Nov. 9, 1861. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 675
	CHARLES GREEN, farmer, Berlin township, post office, Fredericktown; was born in this county, May 26, 1827, and was married in 1854, to Emily Ewers, who was born in Virginia, April 15, 1826.  Her parents emigrated to Ohio when she was five years of age.  They have one son (Wilson), who was born April 3, 1857.  He is married to Laura White,  and lives in Palmyra. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 675
	WILLIAM GREEN, farmer, Monroe township, is a native of England, and was born in Kent county, July 13, 1810.  In 1830 he engaged in butchering in London, and continued in it for butchering in London, and continued in it for about five years.  In 1835 he emigrated to American, locating in Rochester, New York, where he again engaged in the butchering business, which he continued about six months, after which he engaged in farming.  In 1837 Mr. Green returned to England for the purchase of some Southdown and Leicester sheep.  He remained in England about six months, when he returned to America with the sheep he had purchased while absent.  He settled at Rochester and engaged in sheep raising.  In September, 1837, he was united by marriage to Miss Mary Ann Barker, daughter of Lyman and Mary Barker.  Mrs. Green was born in Monroe County, New York, May 10, 1817.      Mr. and Mrs. Green remained in Monroe county, New York, for two years.  In 1839 they came to Ohio and located in Monroe township, Knox county, on the farm now owned by Thomas Harris.  He still continued at sheep raising, having brought with him thirteen of his Southdown and Leicester sheep, they being the first sheep of the kind ever brought into Knox county.  Mr. Green remained on the Monroe township farm for about two years, when he purchased and removed to a farm in Delaware county, Ohio.  On this last named farm he remained about six years.  In 1847 Mr. Green purchased the farm in Monroe township now owned by him, where he and his family have resided ever since.  Their first residence was a hewed log house, twenty-four by thirty, which stood on the north side of the road from where his present residence stands.  The old log house served them as an abode until 1859, when he erected his present frame residence.      Mr. Green continued in the sheep raising business until 1867, when he sold his sheep and gave his attention to feeding cattle.  This business he has since followed in connection with farming.  He owns about two hundred and fifty acres of land in Monroe township.  He has cultivated his land, and enriched it so highly, that he can raise forty bushels of wheat, and seventy bushels of corn to the acre.  He has everything arranged for convenience on his farm.  He has an engine, a corn-sheller, a French burr, on which he grinds his own feed for his cattle.  He also has a saw mill, which he runs by the same engine, and it is so arranged that it furnishes the power for threshing his grain.  In fact it is one of the most convenient arrangements that can be found in the county for farm use.      Mr. Green is known all over the county as being one of the leading farmers..  He is the father of four children, William H., Maria, Mary, and Charles, all of whom are living and married. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 675
	ARCHIBALD GREENLEE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 676
	ALEXANDER GREER, deceased. - Mr. Alexander Greer was one of the pioneers of Jefferson township.  His parents were natives of Antrim county, Ireland, and about the year 1800 emigrated to America and settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania, where, on the eleventh of March, 1805, the subject of this sketch was born.  In 1811 John Greer, father of Alexander, moved to Knox county and located in its eastern portion, at or very near the site of the present Village of Rossville, in Union township.  There they remained a few years and then settled upon an improved tract of land situated about two miles north of the present village of Danville, where Alexander spent the years of his minority, working industriously in clearing land and in farm labor generally.  He attended school in winter and managed to secure a limited education.  He was a young man of good mind and excellent habits.  Of quick perceptions, he early became familiar with the practical affairs of life.  He was of studious habits, a careful reader and close observer; his mind was soon stored with useful knowledge, and an unusual fund of information for one of his years and limited opportunities.      In August, 1826, Alexander Greer entered into the married relation with Margaret Robeson, who is still living.  He settled upon a tract of woodland he purchased of the Government, situated a little more than a mile north of the present village of Danville, and had there the usual experiences, hardships and privations incident to pioneer life.  Here, being industrious, frugal and temperate, he made life a success, and acquired more than a competency.  He had the well merited reputation of a man of integrity, and of one who favored educational enterprises and whatever tended to promote good morals, religion, and the welfare of the people, physically, mentally and morally.      Mr. Greer served as justice of the peace of Jefferson township for twelve years, deciding about one thousand cases.  Few appeals were taken from his decisions, and none were reversed.  In 1859 he was elected treasurer of Knox county, but his health failed him and he had to discharge its duties by deputy, consequently he was not a candidate for reelection.      Alexander Greer's death took place Mar. 24, 1868, at the age of sixty-three years, his widow and some children surviving him.  He reached the end of a well spent life in philosophic composure and Christian resignation, and was mourned by many surviving neighbors, friends and acquaintances, who knew him as one who had been faithful in all the varied relations of son, brother, husband, father, magistrate, friend, neighbor, patriot, and Christian. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 677
	ALEXANDER W. GREER, farmer, post office Greersville, son of Robert and Sarah Greer, was born in Jefferson township, Knox county, Feb. 7, 1830, where he was reared and educated.  On the eighteenth of May, 1856, at the age of twenty-six years, he was united in marriage with Miss Caroline Baker, a daughter of Philip and Sarah Baker, who was born in Jefferson township, Knox county, Dec. 26, 1835.  In 1857, after his marriage, he located in the town of Greersville, where he engaged in the mercantile business, in which he continued about three years, when he sold his store to A. C. Tuttle.  He still remained in town and farmed his home place for his father until 1863, when he purchased a new stock of dry goods and opened a new store in the town of Greersville, where he continued to sell goods eleven years in connection with farming, when he sold the store to J. J. Freiermuth.  Mr. Greer is at present giving his attention to farming.  He is a good farmer, and now resides on and owns the old farm formerly owned by his father, and is among the most desirable farms of Jefferson township.      Mr. and Mrs. Greer are the parents of seven children, viz.: Emma Z., born Apr. 29, 1857; Ella A., Oct. 29, 1859; Elmer C., Apr. 7, 1862; Ellsworth B., Sept. 10, 1864 (died) Sept. 23, 1864); Edith J., Mar. 14, 1866; Edwin B., Oct. 10, 1858; Eldon P., Nov. 22, 1873.      Mr. and Mrs. Greer are the members of the Wesleyan Methodist church of Jefferson township. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 677
	HENRY HARRISON GREER, Mt. Vernon, lawyer, was born in Knox county, Ohio, July 22, 1837.  He spent his youth on a farm.  He attended school at Millwood, Haysville, and Dennison university, and commenced reading law with Messrs. Delano, Sapp & Smith.  The firm dissolving, he finished his course of reading with Walter H. Smith, esq.  He was admitted to the bar May 8, 1860.  His father having been elected treasurer of Knox county, he (Henry) entered the office as deputy treasurer.      In 1861 young Greer was nominated by the Republican party as their candidate for treasurer, and was elected.  He continued in that position until 1864.  He declined nomination for another term. He commenced the practice of law with the Hon. W. R. Sapp in 1865, and continued with him until April, 1869, when he took charge of the Hon. W. H. Smith's practice, and found about one hundred cases on the docket.  Since that time he has practiced along.      Mr. Greer was married to Miss Josie E. Gaines, of Knox county, Sept. 18, 1860.  Two children are the issue of this union - a daughter and a son.  The daughter, Millie G., was born Sept. 12, 1863, and the son, Robert, was born Apr. 15, 1867.      The great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch was Major Alexander Greer, who emigrated to America from County Antrim, Ireland, about the year 1785.  He settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania.  He had three children, one of whom was Colonel John Greer, the grandfather of Henry.  Alexander Greer (Henry's father) who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1805.  He came to Knox county, Ohio, in 1810 or 1811, and settled in Union township, and was one of the very early settlers of the county.  He remained in Union township, where he resided up to the time of his death, which event occurred in 1849.  Mr. Alexander Greer had been twice married. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 677
	RICHARD GREER, Jefferson township, deceased, was born in 1810, October 10th, in county Antrim, Ireland, near Belfast.  In 1827 he came to American, and was married Sept. 20, 1838, to Lydia Remmington, who was born Nov. 27, 1814, in Coshocton county, Ohio.  Richard and Lydia Greer became the father and mother of three children, viz: William E., Thomas E., and Robert A.  Thomas E. is the only child who yet survives.  Robert A. enlisted in the late war, November, 1861, and died near Corinth, Mississippi.  He belonged to company K, Forty-third Ohio volunteer infantry.      Richard Greer was sick for years with inflammatory rheumatism, of which he died Dec. 14, 1878, in his sixty-eighth year.  His companion survives him in her sixty-sixth year, living with her son Thomas, on the farm formerly owned by her husband.  Mr. Greer held the office of township treasurer.  Mr. Greer was a member of the Wesleyan church, of Greersville.  Mrs. Greer is also a member of said church. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 676
	ROBERT GREER (deceased, Jefferson township, born in the county of Antrim, Ireland, Mar. 12, 1806; when at the age of twenty years he sailed, in company with his mother, two brothers, and four sisters, for America, landing in Baltimore, Maryland, Aug. 22, 1826, where they remained until 1827, when they moved to Jefferson township, Knox county, locating on the place now owned by Thomas Greer.  Here he remained with the family two years.  On the sixteenth of April, 1829, he united in marriage with Sarah Severns, daughter of Joseph and Mahala Severns, born in Monongalia county, Virginia, Apr. 14, 1803.  After his marriage he moved on the farm now owned by Levi Butler, where he remained about five years, during which time he purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres southwest of and adjoining the village of Greersville, where he then moved, and remained until 1841.  During that time he laid out the village of Greersville, which was in 1836, opened a dry goods store in Greersville, and continued to do business, and farming in connection, until 1857; he then moved back on the farm, where he remained until his death, which occurred Mar. 13, 1865, aged fifty-nine years ten months and one day.  Sarah Greer, his companion, died in 1869, aged sixty-six years six months and twenty-seven days.      Mr. and Mrs. Greer, became the parents of one child, a son, Alexander W., born Feb. 7, 1830, who now lives on and owns the old farm formerly owned by his father.      Robert Greer was the first clerk elected in Jefferson township, and served as justice of the peace for fifteen years. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 676
	THOMAS GREER, farmer, post office, Greersville, a son of Richard and Lydia Greer, born in Jefferson township, Knox county, Jan. 5, 1842, where he was reared and received a common school education.  After he became of age he still remained at home and farmed for his father.  This he continued until May 2, 1864, when he enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-second Ohio volunteer infantry, company F, under A. B. Cummings, of Jelloway, where he served until the second day of September of the same year, when he was honorably discharged and mustered out of service at Columbus, Ohio.  He then returned home and assumed his old business of farming, which he has since continued.  In 1867, January 20th, he married Miss Minerva Shrimplin, daughter of Absalom and Priscilla Shrimplin, born in Knox county, Butler township, December 6, 1840.  Their marriage resulted in three children, viz: Robert A. Greer, born Jan. 9, 1868; Charles E., Sept. 8, 1869; Fordyce F., June 5, 1876; all of whom are living.  Mr. Greer has held the office of trustee of said township. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 677
	ISSACHER GREGG Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 677
	B. L. GRIFFITH Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 677
	WILLIAM GRIFFITH Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 677
Daniel H. Grubb portrait 690a	DANIEL B. GRUBB, Pike township, farmer, post office.  North Liberty; born in Pike township, Knox county, in 1838, and was married in 1874 to Catharine Betchel, who was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 1847.  They have one son, Lawrence E., who was born in 1876. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 678
Daniel H. Grubb	DANIEL H. GRUBB, retired, post office, North Liberty, was born near Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1799; his parents emigrated to Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, and remained there until 1830; he then came to Ohio and located in Pike township.  He was married in 1823 to Elizabeth Broombaugh, who was born in Woodbury township, Bedford county, Pennsylvania, Feb. 25, 1807. They had thirteen children, viz.: Anna, born in Pennsylvania Feb. 19, 1826; Samuel, Nov. 8, 1827; Elizabeth, Sept. 11, 1829; Mary Ann, born in Pike township Dec. 13, 1831; Henry, Dec. 4, 1834; Daughter, November, 1836; Daniel B., Dec. 13, 1838; Esther, Dec. 5, 1844; Levi, Apr. 14, 1843; Catharine, Apr. 4, 1845; Joseph, May 26, 1847; Lucinda, June 2, 1849; Isaac, June 7, 1851; and Lavina, Aug. 4, 1853.  Mrs. Elizabeth Grubb died June 25, 1870, aged sixty-three years, three months and twenty-nine days.  Anna died in Pennsylvania Aug. 8, 1830, and Mary A., Dec. 9, 1832.      Mr. Grubb learned the tanner trade in the east; he built the first tannery in this part of the county; he tanned by the old process, which made the very best leather; his reputation as an honest man was extensively known.  He and his wife were members of the German Baptist church.  He is a pioneer of this township, and has reared a large and respectable family, most of whom are married and have left the paternal roof.  He still survives, has a good memory and health; he resides with his son, Daniel B. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 678
	HENRY GRUBB, farmer and stock raiser; son of Daniel H. and Elizabeth Grubb; was born in Pike township, this county, Dec. 4, 1834. In 1856 he married Miss Mary A. Jeffries, born in Stark county, Ohio, Sept. 15, 1835, and came with her mother in 1841 to this county.  Mr. and Mrs. Grubb settled in Pike township, remained two years, then moved to Morris township where they remained until 1874, when they purchased and moved on the farm in Monroe township where they now reside.  They have four children, three sons and one daughter. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 678
	ISAAC GRUBB, teacher, post office, North Liberty, was born in this township, and received a liberal English education in the common branches.  He engaged in teaching district schools a number of terms,, and in the spring of 1881 he started in a theological course in the Ashland college.  He is a prominent member of the German Baptist church, and in some future day will be a minister of that church. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 678
	JOSEPH GRUBB, farmer, post office, North Liberty, was born in this township May 26, 1847.  He is a son of David H. Grubb, and is engaged in farming on the David Leedy farm.  He is a young man of good habits. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 678
	SAMUEL GRUBB, farmer, Pike township, was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 1824, and was married in 1845 to Mary Zook, who was born in this township in 1824.  They had seven children - David, born in 1846; Joseph, in 1848; Sarah Elizabeth, in 1849; Daniel, in 1852; Mary Ellen, in 1860; Ezra, in 1862; and Amanda, in 1864.   David is married to Mary Jane Silcot; Joseph to Elizabeth Moore - both families living in Mt. Vernon.  Sarah E. is married to Isaac Hess, and lives in Richland county; and Daniel to Maggie Cunau, of this township.      Mrs. Grubb's father, David Zook, was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania.  He was married in 1817 to Nancy Mock, who was born in Adams county, Pennsylvania in 1795.  They had the following children: John, born in 1818; Catharine, in 1819; Elizabeth, in 1821; Jacob, in 1822; Joseph, in 1823; Mary, in 1824; Alexander, in 1826; Louisa, in 1828; Hannah, in 1829; Lydia, in 1831; Sally in 1833; and David, in 1835. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 678
	DAVID GUTHRIE, Pike township, deceased; born in Pennsylvania in 1796, and was married in 1820 to Mary Ann Kirkpatrick, who was born in 1802.  They had six children:  Jane, Ann, Elizabeth, Hugh, Samuel, and Sarah.  Mrs. Ann Guthrie died in 1833.  Mr. Guthrie was afterwards married to Sarah Parish, who was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1812.  They had ten children: William, David C., Francis M., Rachel, Jane, John, Elza, Nancy, Mary, and Nathan.  Mr. Guthrie died in 1870. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 678
	JOHN N. GUTHRIE, farmer, post office, Democracy.  He was born in Pike township on June 1, 1847.  He is a member of a pioneer family.  He is a carpenter. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 678
	JOHN GUTHRIE, farmer, Berlin township, post office, Shaler's Mills, was born in Knox county, in 1845.  He was married, in 1873, to Rachel Cole, who was born in Berlin township, in 1851.  They had five children:  Marilla, born in 1874; James A., born in 1875; infant (deceased); Arabella, born in 1878; Maude, in 1880.      Mr. Guthrie is a farmer by occupation, and has always been identified with this county. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 678
	JOHN GUY (deceased), was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, on the twenty-fifth day of January, 1792.  He emigrated to Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he married Miss Mary Woodburn, in 1819, a native of Ireland, born in 1790, and migrated to America in 1810.  They settled in Washington county, Pennsylvania, near Alexander, and remained there until 1853, when he sold his farm and moved to Utica, Licking county, Ohio, remained about one year and a half when in 1855, he purchased and moved on a farm now owned by his son John, in Clinton township, Knox county, where they passed the remainder of their days.  His wife deceased Mar. 19, 1863, aged seventy-three years.  He deceased Apr. 1, 1876.  He served in the War of 1812.  They reared a family of five children: Joseph S., John, Martha J., Elizabeth, and Margaret.  Only two of the above named are now living, John and Martha. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 678
	JOHN GUY, farmer, second son of John Guy, deceased, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, Oct. 28, 1822, and came with his parents to Knox county, Ohio, in 1855.  He married Miss Emeline Lafever in 1859, daughter of Thomas P. and Eliza Lafever, who was born in 1836.  They settled on his father's home farm, where they are now living.  Their union resulted in two children (daughters).  He has followed farming as his vocation. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 678

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