John Franklin Greer (1881 - 1911)

Born 28 May 1881 in Mason, Mason, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Died 7 Nov 1911 at age 30 in Socorro, New Mexico, United States

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Biography

"A member of the John Greer outlaw band that had been robbing trains, mail stages and saloons in southwestern New Mexico during the previous year. That suspicion was well-founded because the masked man who climbed over the jail wall turned out to be none other than John Greer, a bad man who was also wanted for the murder of a saloon owner, Charles Graham, in El Paso, Texas."

Born to Green Berry Greer, 1852–1923 & Julia Ann Wheatley, 1857–1946

Family Life

1900 ED 68 Justice Precinct 1 Pecos town, Reeves, Texas

Household

Green B Greer Head M 48 Missouri, occupation Saloon Keeper

Julia Greer Wife F 43 Missouri

John F Greer Son M 19 Texas, occupation Saloon Keeper

Ethel Greer Daughter F 15 Texas

Ira Greer Son M 12 Texas

Renold Greer Son M 10 Missouri, at school

James Greer Son M 8 Texas

Lola Greer Daughter F 3 Texas

Lester Greer Son M 3 Texas

Father's Birthplace: Missouri --Mother's Birthplace: Missouri

Line Number: 49 ^[1]

Siblings

1. Ethel Greer Daughter F 15 Texas
2. Reynold Greer Son M 1890 Missouri
3. Lola Greer Daughter F 3 Texas
4. Ira Aten Greer 1888–1951
5. William Randall Greer 1890–1918
6. James R. Greer 1893–1965
7. Lester Greer 1896–1967

Marriage

Spouse: Margaret May Corn Thompson 1885–1945

Date 1902

Place

Married Life

1910 Bonito, , New Mexico

Address: Bonito Creek

Household #51

Green B Greer Head M 57 Missouri, Farmer

Married years: 33

Julia Greer Wife F 53 North Carolina

Children: 10 / 7 living

Son Randall Greer, Marital Status: Single, age:20 born in Missouri, Farmer

James Greer Son M 17 Texas

Lola Greer Daughter F 14 Texas

Lester Greer Son M 14 Texas

Randall's Father's Birthplace: Missouri --Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina

down the road in house #46 is:

Greer, John F age:29 his occupation, Foreman Pipe line

his wife, Maggie M age:25

daughter, Nellis age:7

daughter, Ethel age:6

daughter, Ula age:4

daughter, Mimmie age:3

son John F Greer Jr age: 1 9/12 ^[2]

Children

1. Nellie May Greer Wheatley 1902–1969
2. Ethel Verdie Greer Long 1904–1936
3. Ula Bly Greer Rogers 1905–2000
4. Mamie Laura Greer Ford 1906–1995
5. John Franklin Greer Jr 1908–1991
6. James Butler Greer 1910–1959

Death

Burial: Angus Cemetery, Alto, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA

Plot Section B - X32

A huge f-a-g Bio...©July 2001-2006 Maintained by: John F. Cory Sr. --Originally Created by: Ron--Added: 13 Mar 2004 --Sponsored by Byron Long

Sources

1. ↑ Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M359-19D : accessed 13 October 2020), Renold Greer in household of Green B Greer, Justice Precinct 1 Pecos town, Reeves, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 68, sheet 5A, family 122, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,665. Digital Folder Number: 004118553 --Image Number: 00952--Indexing Project (Batch) Number: N00763-9 Record Number: 45931
2. ↑ Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGSX-GC7 : accessed 13 October 2020), Randall Greer in household of Green B Greer, Bonito, Lincoln, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 112, sheet 9A, family 51, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 915; FHL microfilm 1,374,928. Affiliate Film Number: 915 -Digital Folder Number: 004972890 -Image Number: 00577--Indexing Project (Batch) Number: N03472-7--Record Number: 26251

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