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Subject: John Greenwood, b. 1824 - d. August 16, 1900.
Date: 31 Dec 2003 14:37:09 -0700

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Surnames: Greenwood, Withers, Gipson
Classification: Obituary

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THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. August 23, 1900. "Thurman News".--John Greenwood was born 1824 at Dry Doddington, Lincolnshire, England, where he observed the coronation of Queen Victoria, and died at his home three miles northeast of town, Thursday, August 16th, and was buried in the Thurman cemetery Saturday, August 18th, being attended by one of the largest funeral processions ever witnessed in Fremont county.

His first marriage was at Dry Doddington in 1849 to Susan Withers. They left the "mother country" and arrived in America the following spring, first settling in Nelsonville, Athens county, Ohio, where they lived until 1865 when they removed to Winterset, Madison county, Iowa. In January, 1868, Mrs. Greenwood died and was buried in the Winterset cemetery, leaving a family of nine children, the youngest being a babe of two years.

In the fall of 1870 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Alice A Gipson when they at once started for Fremont county where they had decided to locate. They selected Plum Hollow (the former name of Thurman) as their home, and spent three years in the little village after which time they moved to the home mentioned above. To the second union two children were born, making eleven children, all of which are living but one, a daughter who died in 1882 and by whose side the father was laid.

Five sons and one daughter were present at his death. A son at Winterset, Iowa, one at New Market, Iowa, one at Walla Walla, Washington, and a daughter at Goldfield, Colorado, were unable to be present.

The Herald extends sympathy to the wife and children of the deceased.

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