BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.


Page 582.


WILLIAM GREENLEE was born in April, 1827, on the farm now occupied by the
surviving members of the family, was the son of James and Jane Greenlee,
who came from Pennsylvania to Ohio, about 1815, and settled on a part of
the land now owned by the present Mrs. William Greenlee. They were
members of Rock Hill Presbyterian church, and strong supporters of that
organization, and in their death the community lost two of her best
citizens. They were the parents of ten children, only one of whom is now
living: Alexander, Ann, Jane, Margaret, Matthew, Sarah, James, William,
Mary and Elizabeth. Matthew is still living with his family, who reside
in Colerain township, Belmount county. William Greenlee's early life was
spent at home on the farm, assisting his father in its management, and
acquiring an education from the schools of the county. He was married in
1860, to Mary Johnson, a daughter of William and Jane (Campbell) Johnson,
natives of Ireland, who came to America in 1839, and located on a farm in
Richland township, in Belmont county, Ohio, and which is now occupied by
a brother of Mrs. Greenlee, Thomas Johnson. They are the parents of six
children, four of whom are still living: Anna Belle, October 20, 1861;
Mary Lorena, July 23, 1863; James Alexander, May 7, 1866; John J. Lane,
November 10, 1872; Thomas Homer, November 12, 1874; Matthew Henry, November
12, 1880. Anna Belle died at the age of two years, November 27, 1883. Mary
Lorena died August 6, 1885, at the age of twenty-two. James Alexander still
resides on the farm. He was married October, 1889, to Miss Lizzie Knox, a
daughter of. William and Mary. (King) Knox, natives of this county. John J.
Lane Greenlee is attending college at Worcester, Ohio, where he has been
for nearly two years. The two younger are still on the farm laying the
foundation of their later life in educational and physical development.
William Greenlee died in May, 1885, on the homestead farm, and in his
death the wife lost a loving husband, the children a kind father, and
the community one of her best citizens. They were both members and strong
supporters of the Rock Hill Presbyterian church, and Mrs. Greenlee is
still a strong supporter of their doctrines, but since the building of
the Coalbrooke church have turned their support to that organization.