Levi Heywood Greenwood (1872 - 1930)

Born 22 Dec 1872 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Died 7 Apr 1930 at age 57 in Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States

Biography

• Fact: Residence (1880) Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
• Fact: Passport Application (1894) New York, United States
• Fact: Passport Application (30 Jan 1896) United States
• Fact: Residence (1910) Boston Ward 11, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Fact: Draft Registration (1917-1918) Boston City no 8, Massachusetts, United States
• Fact: Burial (April 1930) Crystal Lake Cemetery, Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Levi was the president of Heywood-Wakefield Company, one of the preeminent furniture manufacturers in the United States at the time. He was a Massachusetts State Senator from 1909-1913 and Senate president from 1912-1913. A family story held him responsible (in a way) for the rise of Calvin Coolidge. Toward the end of his term as Senate president, one of his fellow senators (next in line for the presidency) asked if he would stand for another term. When Levi answered "yes", the colleague said he would retire. If the answer had been "no" he would have stayed and become Senate president. As it turned out, Levi ran on the Bull Moose ticket with Teddy Roosevelt and lost, whereupon Calvin Coolidge became Senate president and thereafter Massachusetts governor and U.S. president.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHF3-LRM : 14 August 2017), Levi H Greenwood in household of Levi Heywood, Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 845, sheet 387A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0565; FHL microfilm 1,254,565.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9Y3-YK5 : accessed 26 December 2018), Levi Greenwood, Plymouth Town (Southeast part), Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1142, sheet 20A, family 417, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,675.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2K5-FL7 : accessed 26 December 2018), Levi Greenwood, Boston Ward 11, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1419, sheet 1B, family 14, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 618; FHL microfilm 1,374,631.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF9Z-LQW : accessed 26 December 2018), Levi H Greenwood, Boston Ward 8, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 684, sheet 7B, line 100, family 173, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 742; FHL microfilm 1,820,742.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 December 2018), memorial page for Levi Heywood Greenwood (22 Dec 1872–7 Apr 1930), Find A Grave: Memorial #119234446, citing Crystal Lake Cemetery, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Ed Poulin (contributor 47263733) .

• Heywood-Wakefield Company; A completed century, 1826-1926; the story of Heywood-Wakefield Company; 1926; Foreward

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 26 December 2018, 18:44), entry for Levi Heywood Greenwood(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L4P1-H5P); contributed by various users.