Thomas P. Greer (1831 - 1897)

Born 12 Nov 1831 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Died 21 Oct 1897 at age 65 in Dennison, Tuscarawas Co, Ohio

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Born 12 NOV 1831. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Died 21 OCT 1897. Dennison, Tuscarawas Co, Ohio. Cause: Consumption.

Buried Union Cemetery, Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas, Ohio.

Thomas P. Greer

Navada Directory for 1868-9 Gold Hill, he was a miner at the Overman Mine.

Census of 1870 Mill Twp., Dennison, Tuscarawas Co., OH, he was a brick
molder.
" " 1880 " " " " " " " " " teamster.

The family home was on First Street in Dennison, Ohio.

We know he was in Gold Hill, Storey Co. Nevada in 1866, as he had a daughter
born there 6 Sep 1866 Frances Marion Greer. Have certified death
certificate.<p>. <p style="text-align: left;" dir="ltr">From <a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/93S3-CVQ" target="_blank">https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/93S3-CVQ</a>
We know he was in Gold Hill, Storey Co. NV in 1866, as he had adaughter, Frances Marion Greer born there 6 Sep 1866. We have a certified death certif. We have a copy of the 25 Oct 1866 Territorial Enterprise of Virginia City, Nevada (Mark Twain Editor) newspaper, listing Thomas Greer as a Registered Voter of the Second Ward in Gold Hill, Nevada. Gold Hill was about 3 miles down a canyon road from Virginia City. In a Nevada Directory for 1868 Gold Hill page 104, he was a miner at the Overman Mine. Thomas, wife Mary E, step daughter Leona Eva, and daughter Frances left Gold Hill, Storey Co. Nevada in 1868 for Stubenville, Jefferson Co. OH. Their second daughter, Elizabeth, was born there 26 Jan 1869. Census of 1870 Mill Twp., Dennison, Tuscarawas Co. OH, he was a brick molder. Census of 1880 page 43 or 216, Dennison, Tuscarawas Co. OH he was a teamster. The family home was on First Street in Dennison, Ohio. He made the bricks that the home was built of. (Info from Charlotte Fisher McDonald, and Clarence Fisher III). The home was later torn down andis now part of the parking lot for the R.K. Lindsey Funeral Home. His father was James Greer born in Ireland, and his mother was Mary ________ born in Ireland. (Stated on certified death certificate)

PLEASE NOTE: Charlotte (Fisher) McDonald gave us a picture of her gr grandmother, Mary E. Greer standing in front of the Greer home on First Street. On the back of the picture she wrote his name as Thomas Fatshell Greer. We wonder if the "F" in Fatshell should have been a "P" as in Patshell. The name Patshell/Fatshell could have been his mother's maiden name. He could have married Mary E.(McMillen) Smith in Ohama, Douglas County, Nebraska or in Gold Hill, Storey County, Nevada about 1865. Please see her notes! We have copy of Thomas's daughter's death certificate (Margaret Ada (Greer) Fisher), info given by Clarence L. Fisher II (her son). He stated his mother's mother's maiden name (or his grandmothers name) as Mary Greer Smi th, or what it should have been, Mary Smith Greer.We have a certified copy of Thomas's death certificate. Obituary: We do not know what paper it was in. THOMAS GREER An Old Resident of Dennison Passes Peacefully Away This Morning. This morning at about six o'clock Thomas Greer died at his home on East First Street in Dennison. Mr. Greer had been ill with consumption for the past six years. His age was 65 years, 11 months and 23 days. Mr. Greer was born at Philadelphia, Pa. He came to Dennison aboout twenty-eight years ago. He was a devout member of the M. E. Church. A man of great integrity, he was loved and respected by the entire community. A wife and five children are left to lament his death. Four of the children are married. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Dennison M. E. Church. Interment in Union Cemetery. (Uhrichsville, Ohio)<p>. <p style="text-align: left;" dir="ltr">

The family must have lived in Stubenville, Jefferson Co. OH, as a daughter
was
born there 28 Jan 1869 Elizabeth Greer. Have certified deathcertificate.
Records from R. K. Lindsey Funeral home in Dennison, Ohio.

His father was James Greer born in Ireland, and his mother was Mary
__________
born in Ireland.

We have a certified copy of his death certificate.

Obituary: We do not know what paper it was in.

THOMAS GREER

An Old Resident of Dennison Passes
PeacefullyAway This
Morning

This morning at about six o'clock Thomas Greer died at his home on East
First Street in Dennison. Mr. Greer had been ill with consumption for the
past
six years. His age was 65 years, 11 months and 23 days. Mr. Greer was born
at
Philadelphia, Pa. He came to Dennison aboout twenty-eight years ago. He was
a
devout member of the M.E. Church. A man of great integrity, he was loved
and
respected by the entire community. A wife and five children are left to
lament
his death. Four of the children are married.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
Dennison M. E. Church. Interment in Union Cemetery.

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