A History of Masonry in Madison County, Kentucky 1812-1913, compiled 
and written by Robert R. Burnam, 1914, p. 85.
 
JOHN E. GREENLEAF was born in Lancaster, Kentucky, September 8, l850, being 
the son of William Greenleaf and Lucinda Stevens.  He was educated at the 
public schools and early embarked in business.  He came to Richmond in 1870 
as the representative of the Adams Express Company.  Shortly afterward he 
was elected bookkeeper and teller in the First National Bank of Richmond 
and has ever since been connected with the banking business.  He is now 
cashier of the Southern National Bank.  His friends are numbered only by 
his acquaintances.  He married first, Miss Annie Busby, daughter of an 
early Master of the Lodge.  And after her death Miss Ida Jennings.  Mr. 
Greenleaf was made a Mason February 23, 1875, passed March 26, 1875, and 
raised April 27, 1875.  He received Chapter degrees the same year, 1875, 
and was Knighted in Richmond Commandery August, 1875.  He has filled nearly 
all the stations in the various bodies.  Became Master December, 1878, 
serving one year.  High Priest of Richmond Chapter in 1882 and again in 
1899.  Elected Commander of his Commandery in 1880.  Social, polite, 
modest, he has all the qualities calculated to make and hold friends.  
While never seeking public station, he was elected mayor of Richmond, 
serving one term.  He has for years been an officer in the Presbyterian 
Church.

Greenleaf Stevens Busby Jennings
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