Born about in Ardboe, Tyrone, Ireland
Ancestors 
Daughter of Robert Greer
and Margaret (Arbuthnot) Greer
Sister of
Elizabeth Greer and William Greer
Wife of
Benjamin Franklin Bell
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Lela (Bell) Riddle
Died
at about age 46
in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Origins
Arrival
Early Life
Family
On 2 Jun 1880, John E Constant the enumerator for 1880 US Federal Census in the Buffalo Hart Township reported on the Robert Greer household. The Robert Greer household was between the William H. Matthews household and the Clifton R Lanham household.[1]
Robert Greer 56 (1824, self, married) b. both he and parents born in Ireland.
Margaret A Greer 56 (1824, wife, married) b. both she and parents born in Ireland.
Elizabeth Greer 21 (1859, daughter, single) both she and parents born in Ireland.
Rachael Greer 17 (1863, daughter, single) both she and parents born in Ireland.
William Greer 15 (1865, son, single) both he and parents born in Ireland.
Military
Occupation
Politics/Civic
Religion
Death & Legacy
Burial:
- Wolf Creek Cemetery
- Sherman
- Sangamon County
- Illinois, USA
Obituary
Timeline
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKX-2ZB : accessed 4 May 2015), Robert Greer, Buffalo Heart, Sangamon, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district 200, sheet 206B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0248; FHL microfilm 1,254,248.
- "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKX-2ZB : accessed 4 May 2015), Robert Greer, Buffalo Heart, Sangamon, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district 200, sheet 206B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0248; FHL microfilm 1,254,248.
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