Rev. 7 Nov. 2007, Gen. 156

DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH GREAVES AND MARY BENNETT

OF ENGLAND & SOUTH CAROLINA

GENERATION 1

Joseph Greaves (1) may have been born about 1710-1720, probably in England. He married Mary Bennett on 29 April 1743 in Prince Frederick Parish, Marion District, SC. It is not proven that this is the same Joseph who was the father of the Joseph Greaves who served in the American Revolution, but it is likely that is so. Note that a grandson was named Bennett Greaves. (R‑5, R‑7)

Children - Greaves

+2. Joseph Greaves, b. 9 Feb. 1744, m. Rebecka Evans.

3. Elizabeth Greaves, b. 12 Jan. 1745.

+4. John Greaves,b.c. 1746, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. 3 March 1808.

5. Francis Greaves, b.c. 1747. Capt. during the Rev. War.

6. Mary Greaves, b. 27 Nov. 17‑‑.

7. James Greaves

GENERATION 2

CHILDREN OF JOSEPH GREAVES (1) AND MARY BENNETT

Joseph Greaves (2) was born 9 Feb. 1744 in Prince Frederick Parish, Britton’s Neck, Marion District, SC, and probably died between 1790 and 1810 in Marion District, SC. He married Rebecka Evans. They lived in Britton’s Neck, SC. He was a captain during the Revolutionary War. All their children were born in Prince Frederick Parish, Marion Dist., SC. (R‑5, R‑7)

Children - Greaves

+8. Joseph Greaves, b.c. 1777, m. Mary (probably Baker or Blythe), d. 6 Dec. 1829.

+9. Francis Greaves, b.c. 1783, m. Mary Alice Gause, d. 1 Jan. 1839.

+10. Bennett Greaves, b. 26 April 1785, m. Rachel R. Davis, 16 Feb. 1811, d. 1849.

+11. Mary Ann Greaves, b.c. 1786, m. Francis Allison, 12 Nov. 1805.

John Greaves (4) died 3 March 1808 in Marion Co., SC, and died 3 March 1808 in Marion District, SC. His name may have been William John Greaves. He married Charity ‑‑‑‑‑‑. He served under Capt. Joseph Greaves as a private during the Revolutionary War. (R‑5, R‑7)

Children - Greaves

+12. William Henry Greaves, b.c. 1772, m. Elizabeth Davis, d.c. 1834.

13. Susannah Greaves, b.c. 1775.

+14. Sarah Greaves, b.c. 1778, m(1) James C. Johnson, m(2) Henry F. Williams, d. 11 May 1874.

+15. Elizabeth Greaves, b. March 1793 (?), m. Francis Johnson, c. 1810, d. 16 Sept. 1819.

GENERATION 3

CHILDREN OF JOSEPH GREAVES (2) AND REBECKA EVANS

Joseph Greaves (8) was born about 1777 in Prince Frederick Parish, Marion District, SC, and died 6 Dec. 1829 in Georgetown, SC. He married Mary B. (probably either Baker or Blythe). A questionnaire filled out by his grandson, Clarence B. Greaves, stated that Joseph came from England and fought "throughout the Revolution with Marion's brigade." Clarence's son, Harry B. Greaves, obtained a collection of documents from the National and South Carolina Archives concerning military service by Joseph. He also received an intriguing collection of documents concerning horses, money and various supplies provided to the Continental Army by Joseph, William, Francis and John Greaves. These men signed each other's documents as witnesses, etc., so they were probably related and/or lived near each other. These documents are summarized in Appendix A.

Family tradition has it that Joseph B. killed a man in a duel in the 1830's and that his children moved to Mississippi about 1840. The descendants have a copy of his will dated 1829, but do not know where or when he died. (See Appendix B for this will, plus that of the abovementioned William Greaves.)

There is a family story that the Greaveses were loyalists who immigrated during the time of Oliver Cromwell along with some relatives named Cromwell who changed their name to Crowell because they were embarrassed to be connected with Oliver.

According to Harry B. Greaves (R‑3), "Many years ago a group of families, all related, left England and came to the new world. Most of them settled in the Carolinas, and many of this group later moved to Mississippi and made new homes in Hinds and Madison counties. The family names that come to mind as being closely or distantly related are: Greaves, Goodloe, Jiggitts, Dinkins, Riddick, Durphrey, Decatur, Thompson, Wailes, and Crowell (Cromwell with the M eliminated)."

Based on name similarity and living in the same areas, it seems possible that Joseph was a cousin of Joseph Decatur Greaves, and that Jonathan Greaves (genealogy 18) was his uncle.

According to family records, son S.A.D. Greaves was born in 1817 in Sumter Co., SC, and son William Francis Greaves was born in 1824 near Charleston, SC. However, neither the 1810 nor 1830 censuses show any Greaves or Graves family in either of these counties. Instead, it appears that they lived in Marion Co. (north of Charleston Co. and east of Sumter Co.). Also, based on the will of Joseph Greaves being written in 1829 and his not being listed in the 1830 SC census, he probably died in 1829 in Marion Co., SC. It is possible that Joseph was living with one of his children in 1830; however, this seems unlikely, since Mary Greaves (probably his widow) was listed as head of household in Marion Co. in 1830.

The SC census indexes have been checked for 1790, 1810, 1830, and 1850. It should be noted that the spellings Graves and Greaves were used interchangeably in these records. The following lists (listing name of head of household, county of residence, and census page) show all the Greaves families in those records, plus all the Graves families living in Marion Co., and any other Graves families which seem possibly connected.

1790 census

Francis Greaves Prince Georges Par., Georgetown Dist.

John Greaves " "

Joseph Greaves " "

Lewis Greaves Laurens Co., Ninety-Six Dist.

Richard Greaves Cheraw Dist.

James Graves Prince Georges Par., Georgetown Dist.

Thomas Graves " "

1810 census:

Charles Greaves Beaufort p. 135

Peter Greaves Colleton 315

Archibald Graves Marion 84

Bennett Graves " 80

Francis Graves " 85

Hardy Graves " 82

Henry William Graves " 84

John Graves " 83

Joseph Graves " 85

Sarah Graves " 78

Stephen Graves " 84

William Graves Lancaster 3

1830 census:

Bennet Greaves Marion 19

Francis Greaves " 19

Mary Greaves " 19

William Greaves " 19

William Graves " 20

Charles Graves Charleston 90

Charles Graves " 170

Emeline Graves " 133

John Graves Orangeburg 40

Joseph Graves " 41

Peter Graves Georgetown 214

1850 census:

no Greaves

Archibald Graves Marion 81

William Graves " 81

Of the Greaves men listed in the Revolutionary War papers (Joseph, William, Francis, and John), all of them may be included in the 1810 census. It looks as if both John and Joseph died by 1830. Who were Archibald, Bennett, and Stephen, and were they related to Joseph and the others? (R‑1)

Children - Greaves

16. Major) John Madison Greaves, b. 7 Feb. 1803, never married. He had a plantation, "Sub Rosa", south of Pocahantas, MS. He moved to California.

+17. Joseph Blythe Greaves, b. 10 May 1808, m. Priscilla Dupree.

18. Mary Jane Greaves, b.c. 1811. She remained in SC with her parents.

+19. Charlotte C. Greaves, b.c. 1813, m. George Stokes.

+20. Stephen Arne Decatur Greaves, b. 30 Jan. 1817, m(1) Sarah Anna Frances Lowe, m(2) Jennie Battley, d. 17 Nov. 1880.

+21. Araminta D. Greaves, b.c. 1820, m. R. C. Cowan.

+22. William Francis Greaves, b. 19 Feb. 1824, m(1) Eleanor Matilda Dupree, 6 Dec. 1854, m(2) Lucilla Hulme, 14 Nov. 1875.

Francis (“Frank”) Greaves (9) was born about 1783 in Marion District, SC, and died 1 Jan. 1839 at age 56 in Haywood Co., SC. He married Mary Alice Gause (or Mary Paisley). (R‑5)

Children - Greaves

+23. Amanda Malvinia Fitzallen Greaves, b. 14 Nov. 1807, m(1) Thomas Gerald Rice, m(2) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Fitzallen, m(3) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Brown, d. 12 Dec. 1894.

+24. Rebecca Greaves, m. Benjamin Huger Capers.

Bennett Greaves (10) was born 26 April 1785 in Marion District, SC, and died in 1849 in Haywood Co., TN. He married Rachel R. Davis, daughter of Benjamin Davis, Jr., on 16 Feb. 1811 in Marion Co., SC. She was born about 1793 in SC. All their children were born in Marion Co., SC. In the 1860 census for District 15, Haywood Co., TN, page 500, she was living with her son Andrew. (R‑5)

Children - Greaves

25. William Leonard Greaves, b. 20 Jan. 1812, died in infancy.

+26. Edwin Augustus Greaves, b. 28 Sept. 1814, m. Emily F. Davis, d.c. 1880.

+27. Andrew Jackson Greaves, b. 25 March 1816, m. Sophronia ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. 7 April 1869.

+28. Ann Belum Greaves, b. 23 Jan. 1818, m. David M. Henning, 10 Dec. 1840, d. 1878.

29. Francis Bennett Greaves, b. 19 March 1822, died in infancy.

+30. Sarah Adelaide Greaves, b.c. 1830, m. William J. Shaw.

Mary Ann Greaves (11) was born about 1786. She married Francis Allison on 12 Nov. 1805 in Marion District, SC. (R‑7)

Children - Allison

31. James Allison

32. Frances Allison

CHILDREN OF JOHN GREAVES (4) AND CHARITY ------

William Henry Greaves (12) was born about 1772 and died about 1834. He married Elizabeth Davis (or Elisabeth McWhite). (R‑7)

Children - Greaves

33. Margaret Elisabeth Greaves Davis (?)

Sarah Greaves (14) was born about 1778 and died 11 May 1874, both in Britton’s Neck, Marion District, SC. She first married James C. Johnson, son of William Johnson and Celia ‑‑‑‑‑‑. He was born about 1782 in Marion Co., SC, and died 19 Jan. 1817 in Britton’s Neck, Marion Co., SC. She married second Henry F. Williams. All her children were born in Marion Co., SC. (R‑7)

Children - Johnson

+34. Caroline Matilda Johnson, b. 17 Feb. 1812, m. Edward Hyrne Britton, d. 11 May 1874.

35. William Johnson, b.c. 1815, d. after Jan. 1817.

36. Jennett Johnson

+37. Frances Rebecca Johnson, b. 17 Sept. 1817, m. Jehu Leonard Stone.

Elizabeth Greaves (15) was born in March 1793 (?) and died 16 Sept. 1819, both in Marion District, SC, and was buried 17 Sept. 1819 in the Johnson family cemetery, north side of Lynches River, west of highway 41. She married Francis Johnson, son of William Johnson and Celia ‑‑‑‑‑‑, about 1810. He was born about 1790 in Marion Dist., SC, died before Oct. 1854 in Mt. Crogham, Chesterfield Co., SC, and was buried in Mt. Croghan, SC. (R‑7)

Children - Johnson

+38. William J. Johnson, b.c. 1812, m. Margaret Stone, d. after 1853.

39. Francis S. Johnson, b.c. 1813.

40. Samuel Wilds Johnson, b.c. 1814.

+41. Mary Lee Johnson, b.c. 1815, m(1) Orison J. Hinds, c. 1832, m(2) Andrew J. Hinds, after 1835, m(3) Samuel J. Steele, Feb. 1838.

GENERATION 4

CHILDREN OF JOSEPH GREAVES (8) AND MARY ------

Joseph Blythe Greaves (17) was born 10 May 1808 in SC. He married Priscilla J. Dupree, daughter of James Dupree, a Mississippi state senator during the 1840’s, and his first wife. Priscilla first married a Mr. Hall and was widowed soon after. James D. Hall on the 1850 census record was probably a son from that marriage. She was born about 1824 in LA. She was a half-sister of Eleanor who married his brother William F. Eleanor was born to James Dupree and his second wife. Another daughter of that second marriage, Anna Dupree, married Robert Moss at the home of Joseph and Priscilla and was living on a plantation near Edwards, MS, during the Civil War.

They were in the 1850 census for Hinds Co., MS, page 201, dwelling 1291, with Joseph B., 42, planter, Priscilla J., 26, Mary M., 7, Ida R. (or B.), 6, John D., 3, William F., 4/12, James D. Hall, 9, John Kisinger, 45, overseer, and Mary J. Greaves, 39. The 1860 census for Clifton, Hinds Co., MS, dwelling 567, listed J. B. Greaves, 50, farmer & mayor of Clinton, P. J., 35, J. M., 16, F, J. B., 14, F, J. M., 12, M, J. B. Jr., 8, M, Ann D., 3, F, James B. Hall, 19, M, J. Dupree, 13, F, all children born in MS. The 1870 census for Clinton, Hinds Co., MS, page 594, dwelling 21, listed Joseph B., 62, merchant, Prissilla J., 48, Joseph B., 18, clerk in store, Mary, 24, Ida B., 22, Anna P., 11, and James Hall, 26, druggist. The 1880 census for Edwards, Hinds Co., MS, page 156A, listed Joseph B., 72, P. J., 55, J. B., 28, son, attorney, and A. D., 18, dau. Joseph had a plantation near Clinton, MS. (R‑1, R‑11)

Children - Greaves

42. Mary M. Greaves, b.c. 1843.

43. Ida B. Greaves, b.c. 1844.

44. John D. Greaves, b.c. 1847.

45. William F. Graves, b.c. 1850, probably d. before 1860.

+46. Joseph B. Greaves, b.c. 1852, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Elliot.

+47. Anna D. Greaves, b.c. 1857, m. Thomas Randolph Henry, d. Sept. 1897.

Charlotte Greaves (19) was born about 1813 in SC. She married George Stokes. He was born about 1806 in Ireland, and probably died 1860-1870. They lived north of Clinton, Hinds Co., MS, at their plantation, "Grassdale."

The following account written by Elmore D. Greaves was based on an interview with Charlotte Priscilla Greaves Neal in 1943.

Dr. George Stokes, from Cork, Ireland, was in love with Charlotte Greaves in South Carolina, followed her to Mississippi, and married her there. They lived in Clinton, MS, where he practiced medicine. Dr. and Mrs. Stokes had seven children. Dr. Stokes was one of the founders of Mississippi College at Clinton. The beautiful old chapel in the middle of the campus was given to the college by Dr. Stokes. A few years after Dr. and Mrs. Stokes had lived in Clinton, Dr. Stokes bought a 2400 acre plantation four miles north of Clinton, called Grassdale, where they later moved. Grassdale was not one of the beautiful white-columned mansions, for which the South was famous. Instead, it was a large, comfortable house that had porches and rooms running in and out. Across the comfortable house, there was a long gallery in the front, twelve feet wide and extending the length of the two front middle rooms. The front door opened into a wide hall and on each side of the hall were two large rooms. At the end of the hall was another long gallery across the back. The kitchen and dining room were in a separate wing, attached to the back of the main part of the house.

In the spring of 1863, when the final operations against Vicksburg were under way, 10,000 Yankee troops camped around Grassdale on their way to Vicksburg.

Charlotte Priscilla ("Tal"), then a little girl of six, relates the story of one of her most horrifying memories of the war between the states: "The Yankees came through the yard, tearing down the flowers and shrubs. They stole the horses and went all through the house, taking what they wanted. The storehouse, as on all old southern plantations, was the grocery, hardware, and clothing store of the plantation. Here were kept all the cured hams, the hogsheads of sugar, flour, corn meal, all kinds of preserves, and vegetables. Mrs. Stokes knew this would be the first thing the Yankees would try to get, so she stood with her back against the storeroom door to keep them from going in. The soldiers tried every way to get in and finally someone ran out and told her that the Yankees had found her husband's pistol and coat under the bed. The minute they left, she, being terribly frightened, ran to the house to see what they had done. The Yankees then tore down the door and carried all the hams and other foods they wanted out and destroyed the rest. Hogshead after hogshead of molasses was poured on the ground and when Mrs. Stokes begged the Federal officers to stop the men, they only laughed at her.

Dr. Stokes had a very fine dog, that would catch chickens, and as soon as they found this out they tried it. Charlotte Priscilla tried to call off the dog, but when one big Yankee soldier pointed his gun at her and threatened to shoot, she ran horrified into the house to her mother. When she found her mother, she was amusing two Federal officers who were playing with a game of backgammon they had found. Behind Mrs. Stokes stood a Yankee, sticking at her with a sword."

They were in the 1840 census for Hinds Co., MS, with 1 male 5-10, and 1 female under 5. They were in the 1850 census for Hinds Co., MS. They were in the 1860 census for Clinton, Hinds Co., MS. He was a medical doctor. She was in the 1870 census for Hinds Co., MS, without George, and with 3 of her children, Mary, 19, George Ann, 18, and Tal (Charlotte), 16. All their children were born in MS. (R‑1, R‑2)

Children - Stokes

48. James S. Stokes, b.c. 1831.

+49. Ada Zenobia Stokes, b.c. 1837 m(1) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Johnson, m(2) Jack Fontaine.

50. Ella Regena Stokes, b.c. 1842, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Chilton.

51. Adelle Amenta Stokes, b.c. 1845.

52. Martha Ann Stokes, b.c. 1847.

53. Mary Margaret Stokes, b.c. 1849.

54. George Ann Stokes, b.c. 1852.

+55. Charlotte Priscilla Stokes, b. Feb. 1855, m. William D. Neal, c. 1873.

Stephen Arne Decatur Greaves (20) was born 30 Jan. 1817 in Sumter, Sumter Co., SC, and died 17 Nov. 1880 in Madison Co., MS. He first married Sarah Anna Frances Lowe, daughter of William Figures Lowe and Martha ‑‑‑‑‑‑ , and widow of her cousin John Lowe. She was born 20 Aug. 1825 in Richmond, VA, and died 2 Aug. 1865 in Madison Co., MS. He secondly married Jennie Battley. She was born about 1843 in NC.

Stephen first settled at Pocahantas, MS, and then moved to Raymond, MS, where he practiced law. He was elected to the Mississippi State House of Representatives in 1846. At the outbreak of the Mexican War in that year, he joined the Raymond Fencibles which enlisted for the war. The Raymond Fencibles (sometimes referred to as the Downing Rifles) was under the command of Capt. R. N. Downing and was outfitted for service June 2, 1846. This company joined the First Mississippi Volunteers under the command of Col. Jefferson Davis. By June 10, 1846, the Vicksburg Southerns, State Fencibles of Jackson, and the Raymond Fencibles had been mustered in Camp Brown near Vicksburg. The regiment was formed at Vicksburg and divided into companies. The Raymond Fencibles was formed into Company G., with R. N. Downing commander and S.A.D. Greaves as one of the lieutenants. This regiment was armed with rifles instead of muskets by request of Col. Davis to General Winfield Scott. The regiment then sailed down the Mississippi River and camped near New Orleans. Col. Davis returned from a visit to his Brierfield Plantation and the regiment sailed on the steamship Alabama July 26, 1846, and landed at Brazos Island. There they remained until August 2. They were assigned in the organization of General Taylor's army. Lt. Greaves fought in several battles, including the assault on Monterrey which began Sept. 21, 1846. Quitman's Brigade attacked the fort, called Temeria. Col. Davis advanced his Mississippi riflemen obliquely by the left of companies into a line near the works, under the enemy's fire. The Mississippians opened fire as soon as they formed in open order. Then as the Mexican fire slackened, the Mississippians charged. The enemy fled, leaving behind the artillery, a considerable number of muskets, the wounded and dead. Sept. 23, the last day of the battle, Col. Davis took Company H (Lt. Moore), Company G (Lt. S.A.D. Greaves), and two Tennessee companies out on a perilous reconnaissance into the fort of El Diablo. Col. Davis specifically mentioned Lt. S.A.D. Greaves for his outstanding gallantry in the battle of Monterrey. In 1846, Brigadier General Samuel S. Heard of Spring Ridge was succeeded by S.A.D. Greaves. After his return from Mexico, he was made a Brigadier General of the Mississippi state troops. The Mississippi State Archives contains a report made by Lt. Greaves to Col. Jefferson Davis on the events of Sept. 23, 1846.

After the Mexican War he married a rich widow, Sarah Lowe, and they lived on her plantation, "Sunnyside", in Livingston, Madison Co., MS, lavishly by all accounts. He changed clothes completely for each meal, had 90 pairs of hand-made boots, and was spared complete destruction of the property by Sherman's forces because of his war record. Instead, reconstruction caused them to lose all they had. Sunnyside was destroyed by fire in 1924.

According to Harry B. Greaves (R‑3), at about the same time that the Greaves family moved to Mississippi, another family, not related, the Lowes, also moved to Mississippi in wagons pulled by oxen. There were two brothers, John and Figures Lowe. John had a son, John, Jr., and Figures had a daughter, Sarah, both about the same age. One brother was a lawyer and the other a farmer. In time they accumulated many thousands of acres and bought slaves numbering in the hundreds. They settled near the small town known as Livingston. In time they built a lovely mansion on a hill. The home had fourteen bedrooms, a bowling alley, pool room, and a dining room that could seat thirty or forty people.

A large ballroom adjoined the house in some manner, but it had been removed before my time, although I do remember the ladies' and gentlemen's dressing rooms. One was on each end of a spacious front porch, both erected in a perfect circle shape. About twenty steps led from the ground level to the front porch. I recall that the windows in the front rooms extended from the floor to near the ceilings which were about 14 feet tall. I was told that the ballroom and ladies dressing room had mirrors about 10 feet tall and four feet wide scattered throughout both rooms.

By the time the Lowes' children became adults, the parents decided that if the vast plantations they had acquired were to remain as one, their children should marry each other. This they did and everything went well for a short while, but a real tragedy brought their plans to an abrupt end one Christmas morning.

My father told me he had been informed that the slaves were not permitted to have any kind of alcohol except on Christmas morning, when each and every one was given a small amount of whiskey. While young John was out among the slaves, one of them hit him on the head with a shovel while his back was turned. John died immediately. I asked my father several times what was done to the slave and all he ever told me was, and I quote: "He was taken care of."

When Col. S.A.D. Greaves was relieved of his Mexican War duties, he went to his brother John's home just south of Pocahantas. While there, he heard about the lovely and wealthy Lowe widow and decided he wanted to meet her. He therefore went to Mr. Robinson, a very close friend, for help.

Mr. Robinson dispatched a slave with a note to Mr. Lowe asking for permission to come bring a young hero of the Mexican War for a visit. The slave returned with a note from Mr. Lowe inviting Mr. Robinson and his friend to dinner, or supper, I suppose, for this is what night meals were called. My memory is vague as to how long the courtship lasted, but in due time they were married.

Another recollection of Harry B. Greaves is as follows. "Lawzee, Little Miss, you look just like Ole Miss, your grandma, the General's wife." I heard that statement nearly every time some of the ex-slaves or their descendants would see my sister Eleanor for the first time, and possibly every time they saw her.

They usually also said, "Your coal black hair and shiny black eyes make you look just like Ole Miss."

One time I heard my father say, "That is the Indian blood showing up." I asked my father what what he meant by that, and he told me a story that has stuck with me for nearly seventy years.

To the best of my memory he stated, "My mother's grandmother was the daughter of Pocahantas' sister." (This would have referred to the grandmother of Sarah A. F. Lowe.) He may have said first cousin and not sister. I cannot understand why I did not ask my father more about it as time went by, but I failed to do so and now I regret it. I stated earlier that I want to leave a written record of everything I possibly can to pass on to the younger generations, and I hope some of them will take up where I leave off.

He was in the 1880 census for Livingston, Madison Co., MS, page 160C, with S.A.D. Greaves, 63, lawyer, farmer, J.B., wife, 37, S.A.D., 26, J.M., 20, C.B., 17, H.B., 12, M.I., 10. (R‑1, R‑2, R‑3)

Children - Greaves, by Sarah A. F. Lowe

+56. Stephen Arne Decatur Greaves, Jr., b. 2 Feb. 1854, m. Julia Elizabeth Fondren, 24 Nov. 1881, d. 5 Dec. 1915.

57. William Figures Greaves, b. 3 June 1856, died young.

58. Paul Victor Greaves, b. 28 May 1858, d. Oct. 1861.

59. Ione Greaves, b. Dec. 1858, d. Oct. 1861.

+60. John Madison Greaves, b. 16 April 1860, m(1) Elise Goodlow, m(2) Mary Dewees.

61. Corinne Greaves, b. 5 Feb. 1862, d. 1863.

+62. Clarence Budney Greaves, b. 22 Aug. 1863, m. Elizabeth Baker, 16 July 1893, d. 8 Aug. 1940.

Children - Greaves, by Jennie Battley

+63. Harry Battley Greaves, b.c. 1868, m. Lilah Parker.

64. Mamie I. Greaves, b.c. 1870, m. (Dr.) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Hunt.

Aramanta (or Araminta) D. Greaves (21) was born about 1820. She married R. C. Cowan. He was born about 1817 in Ireland, and probably died 1860-1870. They are said to have lived at Hattiesburg, MS. They were in the 1850 and 1860 censuses for Harrison Co., MS. He was a merchant. She was in the 1870 census for District 2, Madison Co., MS, without him, and with all 4 of their children, and they were farming. (There is a possibility that these children were not hers and were all by a previous marriage of her husband, since the 1850 census showed the wife as Martha A., 25, the 1860 census listed her as M. A., 35, and only the 1870 census listed her as Araminta, 50. However, perhaps her middle name was Martha, or that was the name that she usually went by, and the name of the son Decatur certainly indicated she was his mother.) All the children were born in MS. (R‑1)

Children - Cowan

65. John M. G. Cowan, b.c. 1848.

+66. Decatur D. Cowan, b.c. 1850, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑.

67. Ara G. (or Alinta) Cowan, b.c. 1852.

68. Robert G. Cowan, b.c. 1854.

Dr. William Francis Greaves (22) was born 19 Feb. 1824 near Charleston, SC. He first married Eleanor Matilda Dupree on 6 Dec. 1854 at the home of his father, Col. Joseph B. Greaves, in Clinton, MS. She died 25 Dec. 1873. He secondly married Lucilla Hulme on 14 Nov. 1875 in Madison Co., MS. He lived at Boscobel plantation, near Pocahantas, MS.

The following article (possibly published in a local newpaper) tells of an incident during the 1863 Civil War campaign at Jackson, MS, was written by Ed Blake, March 7, 1972, and was titled "Union Raiding Party Captured Boscobel Owner in Springdale Hills Incident."

"Dr. William Francis Greaves, the central character in this incident, came to Mississippi with a company of his kinsmen and settled at Pocahantas, MS, about 1840. He was a native of SC and son of Col. Joseph Greaves, who in the 1830's had killed a man in a duel in the period that dueling was being outlawed.

Shortly he was to build a two-story, white columned, white frame home with a brick kitchen to the rear atop a flat summit, surrounded by loess, red sand and clay cliffs that today is a part of Springdale Hills Park and Arboretum. Meanwhile, another member of the family, Major John Greaves who had come from South Carolina with the party, settled two miles south of Pocahantas at Sub Rosa Plantation, where he built a beautiful two-story home that still stands today and which is on the Jackson tour circuit and is shown to the public by Mrs. T. A. Turner, owner for the past thirty years.

Both homes, Boscobel, located two and a half miles west of Pocahantas, and Sub Rosa, two miles south of Pocahantas, were to be visited by Union soldiers of Sherman's army who were converging on Jackson in 1863 to destroy that city. This account will relate the events that occurred at Boscobel Plantation owned by Dr. William Francis Greaves.

Facts about the raid were related to Ed Blake by Mrs. Lula Greaves Russell, a daughter of Dr. Greaves. Mrs. Russell visited Springdale Hills Park on Oct. 16, 1971, at the age of 86, in the company of a niece, Mrs. Virgie Greaves Huggins, of Pascagoula, who lived at Boscobel for a year in 1895 while the home was demolished escept for the brick kitchen. In the company of members of their families, the two ladies visited the brick kitchen remains of Boscobel, and there Mrs. Lula Greaves Russell related the story of the Civil War raid as described to her by her father, Dr. Greaves.

Dr. Greaves had taken the hand of Miss Eleanor Matilda Dupree of Brownsville on Dec. 6, 1854, in the home of Col. Joseph B. Greaves in Clinton. Shortly thereafter, they set up housekeeping at Boscobel where in subsequent years five sons and two daughters were to come into the household.

Four large cedar trees stood in a row in front of the house which faced west. In front of it was a springhouse surrounded by crepe myrtle trees which have multiplied over the ensuing period of a century and a quarter and which still put forth a dazzling display of pink glory at the Boscobel home site each summer. White iris was planted in clumps along the roadway down the steep hill and a black walnut tree stood behind the house. The kitchen was made by slave labor of bricks which were made on the place. The kitchen was removed from the house to spare the dwelling from the fumes of cooking and for safety reasons as well. It had an interior dimension of 15 x 18 feet with a large fireplace and hearth along the south wall and a window along the east wall.

The home had porches across the front on both levels with a view westward of five miles to a slightly higher ridge, and to the south to Clinton and Jackson, the latter being some fifteen miles southeast. From the home could be heard the incessant cannonading of the Blue and Grey during the spring and summer siege of Vicksburg in 1863. Vicksburg's battlefields were approximately 35 miles west and slightly south.

After the surrender of the Confederate fortress at Vicksburg, the strategic moves of the Union forces came in the form of wide destructive swaths by the raiders on their way to Jackson. General Grant was to move to Grand Gulf and approach Jackson subsequently from the southwest while General Sherman was to move directly from Vicksburg to Jackson, having been called in from West Tennessee to assist Grant in wreaking all manner of havoc upon the South from Vicksburg to the Atlantic.

Dr. Greaves and his family were at home when the Union troops arrived and took him in custody. They blindfolded him, put him on a horse and told Mrs. Greaves that she would never see her husband alive again. Before leaving, they took the family carriage with its gold upholstery to the smokehouse and loaded it with meat before riding off with Dr. Greaves and his pantry to a nearby Union encampment. It is not known just where he was taken, or whether the incident occurred just prior to or after the fall of Vicksburg. He could have been taken to Grassdale Plantation five miles to the south, where 10,000 Union troops were encamped during the Vicksburg campaign, presently Camp Kickapoo, owned by Dr. George Stokes, a native of Cork, Ireland, who had married Charlotte Greaves, a member of the Greaves family that arrived from South Carolina in 1840 with Dr. Greaves. Or, it may have been to Flora, to a Union encampment there.

Dr. Greaves was put to work ministering to the wounded Union soldiers, among them an officer that he nursed back to health. The Union officer, grateful to Dr. Greaves for restoring his ableness, returned the favor and released Dr. Greaves to reunite with his family at Boscobel. The shock of her husband's capture had ill effects on Mrs. Greaves however, and Christmas day ten years later, in 1873, Mrs. Greaves died. Children born of the marriage were: five sons, William Francis, Walter Joseph, Marion Lee, William Dudley, and Hal Percy, and two daughters, Alma and Eleanor Matilda. Only Walter Joseph, Hal Percy and Alma reached maturity. Walter Joseph, born on June 12, 1857, was to become a medical doctor, was to return to Boscobel in 1895 at age 38 to live there a year to look for $40,000 in gold purportedly buried near the home site during the war, and to demolish the then deteriorating home. He was later, about 1935 at age 78, to return to the home site with this writer, Ed Blake, in a final unsuccessful search for the buried gold. He died at a Jackson nursing home on May 26, 1946, at the age of 89, and was buried in the Greaves family lot in Bolton.

Two years after his first wife died, Dr. William Francis Greaves remarried, taking to wife Miss Lucilla Hulme at the home of J. G. Hulme, her father, in Madison Co. Four more children came from this marriage: Mary, Lula (who recalled the story of her father's capture related in the foregoing account), and Gertrude, and one son, Frank Marvin of Bolton... Dr. William Greaves is buried in a small family plot near the entranceway to Sub Rosa Plantation,two and a half miles south of Pocahantas."

The family was in the 1880 census for Beat 1, Hinds Co., MS, page 117C, with W.F. Greaves, 56, doctor, Lucilla, 27, Alma, 20, Harry P., 13, and Gertrude, 1. (R‑1)

Children - Greaves, by Eleanor M. Dupree

69. William Francis Greaves, b. 12 Dec. 1855, d. 11 July 1856.

+70. Walter Joseph Greaves, b. 12 June 1857, m(1) Lucy Harrison, 23 Dec. 1885, m(2) Anna Rice, m(3) Bonny MacLavander.

71. Alma Greaves, b. 18 April 1860, d. 27 July 1902.

72. Marion Lee Greaves, b. 30 April 1863, d. 8 Nov. 1873.

73. William Dudley Greaves, b. 8 April 1865, d. 26 Sept. 1868.

+74. Harry Percy Greaves, b. 17 March 1867, m. Elizabeth Pitchford, d. 12 June 1928.

75. Eleanor Greaves, b. 3 Aug. 1872, d. 4 April 1874.

Children - Greaves, by Lucilla Hulme

76. Gertrude Greaves, b.c. 1879.

+77. Mary Greaves, m. Marvin Collum.

+78. Frank Marvin Greaves, m. Anna Gaddis, d. 1969.

+79. Lula Greaves, m. W. S. Bailey Russell.

CHILDREN OF FRANCIS GREAVES (9) AND MARY A. GAUSE

Amanda Malvinia Fitzallen Greaves (23) was born 14 Nov. 1807 in SC, and died 12 Dec. 1894 in Lauderdale Co., TN. She first married Thomas Gerald (“Tom”) Rice, son of Charles Rice and Hannah Phillips. He was born 1 Nov. 1807 in SC, and died 24 Feb. 1877 in Lauderdale Co., TN. She married second ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Fitzallen. She married third ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Brown. (The evidence for these last two marriages is not known.) (R‑6, R‑8)

Children - Rice

+80. Franklin Thomas Rice, b. 17 Feb. 1839, m. Virginia Tally, d. 25 Oct. 1894.

+81. Mary Louise Rice, b. 29 July 1840, m. Hiram Bradford Mann, 4 Nov. 1857, d. Feb. 1868.

+82. Amanda Rebecca Rice, b. 17 July 1842, m. Andrew Brown Jayroe, Jr., 8 Oct. 1860, d. 8 Aug. 1892.

83. Charles Joseph Rice, b. 14 Feb. 1844, d. 1844.

84. Hannah Elizabeth Rice, b. 4 March 1845, d. 1849.

85. John Shadrach Rice, b. 16 June 1847, d. 10 June 1864 (Gun Town, TN).

+86. Charles Hannah Rice, b. 9 Feb. 1850, m. Ella Lou Capers (#87), d. 1927.

Rebecca Greaves (24) married Benjamin Huger (“Ben”) Capers. Rebecca was mentioned in the Thomas Gerald Rice Family Bible. (R‑6)

Children - Capers

87. Ella Lou Capers, b.c. 1852 (Holly Springs, MS), m. Charles Hannah Rice (#86, her first cousin). See #86 for descendants.

CHILDREN OF BENNETT GREAVES (10) AND RACHEL R. DAVIS

Edwin Augustus Greaves (26) was born 28 Sept. 1814 in Marion District, SC, and died in 1884 (or about 1880) in Lauderdale Co., TN. He married Emily F. Davis. She was born about 1819 in AL, and may have died between 1860 and 1870. He was a minister (according to R‑5).

They were in the 1850 census for Dist. 9, Haywood Co., TN, page 23, dwelling 287, incorrectly indexed as Givens. They were in the 1860 census for Dist. 15, Haywood Co., TN, page 500, dwelling 1473. The 1870 census for Dist. 1, Lauderdale Co., TN, page 519, dwelling 202, listed Edwin Greaves, 55, Judy Greaves, 37, Henry Windrow, 18, John Windrow, 15, and Howel Jordan, 7. Was Judy the second wife of Edwin? Edwin was a farmer, and all his children were born in TN. (R‑7)

Children - Greaves

+88. Edward Bennett Greaves, b. 2 May 1838, m. Annie Wills, 11 April 1861, d. 10 April 1911.

89. John F. Greaves, b.c. 1840.

+90. Joseph Andrew Greaves, b. 8 March 1843, m. Grace D. ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. 27 Sept. 1907.

91. James D. Greaves, b.c. 1844.

92. George N. (or W.?) Greaves, b.c. 1850.

93. Frances E. Greaves, b.c. 1854.

Andrew Jackson Greaves (27) was born 25 March 1816 in Marion District, SC, and died 7 April 1869 in Haywood Co., SC. He married Sophronia ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1817 or 1823 in AL. They were in the 1850 census for Dist. 10, Haywood Co., TN, page 25, dwelling 317, indexed as Greaver, with his mother Rachel and sister Sarah living with them. They were in the 1860 census for Dist. 15, Haywood Co., TN, page 500, dwelling 1473, with Andrew’s mother living with them. He was a farmer, and all their children were born in TN.

Children - Greaves

94. William F. Greaves, b.c. 1843.

95. Andrew A. Greaves, b.c. 1848.

96. Bennett B. Greaves, b.c. 1850.

+97. Edward D. Greaves, b.c. 1853, m. Sarah ‑‑‑‑‑‑.

98. M. Adella Greaves, b.c. 1855.

99. James B. Greaves, b.c. 1858.

100. Mary I. Greaves, b.c. 1859.

Ann Belum Greaves (28) was born 23 Jan. 1818 in SC, and died in 1878 in Lauderdale Co., TN. She married Dr. David M. Henning, son of John Bonhost Henning and Judith Burnley Meriwether, on 10 Dec. 1840. He was born about 1814 in GA. All their children were born in Lauderdale Co., TN. (R‑5, R‑9)

Children - Henning

+101. Frances Ann Henning, b. 10 April 1843, m. William Moorer, 16 Nov. 1859, d. 14 Nov. 1885.

+102. John Bennet G. Henning, b.c. 1850, m. Nellie Frazier.

+103. Adelaide W. Henning, b.c. 1852, m. J. D. Hall.

104. David Henning, b.c. 1855.

+105. Ella Henning, b. 3 March 1857, m. Henry Moorer, 15 Dec. 1875.

Sarah Adelaide Greaves (30) was born about 1830 in Marion District, SC. She married Capt. William J. Shaw. He was born about 1826 in NC. They were in the 1860 census for Dist. 15, Haywood Co., TN, page 500, dwelling 1467, with William J. Shaw, 34, Sarah A., 29, William J., 9, F. B., 6, Elenora Shaw, 15, and James E. Key, 30, carpenter, VA. Their children were all born in TN.

Children - Shaw

106. William J. Shaw, b.c. 1851.

107. F. B. Shaw (son), b.c. 1854.

CHILDREN OF SARAH GREAVES (14) AND JAMES C. JOHNSON

Caroline Matilda Johnson (34) was born 17 Feb. 1812 in Marion Co. (now Florence Co.), SC, died 11 May 1874 in Williamsburg Co., SC, and was buried in Old Johnsonville Methodist Church Cem.. She married Edward Hyrne Britton, son of Francis Britton and Martha Elizabeth Jenkins. He was born 5 June 1806, died 25 Sept. 1873, and was buried in Old Staples Lake Cem., Williamsburg Co., SC. They were in the 1850 and 1860 censuses for Williamsburg, Williamsburg Co., SC. The 1850 census listed his wife as Harriot, but the age was right to be Caroline, and one of the children was named Caroline M., so Harriot was probably either a nickname or an error. The family has not yet been found in either the 1850 or 1870 censuses. Edward was a farmer. At least the first 6 children were born in SC. (R‑7)

Children - Britton

108. Sarah G. (or J.) Britton, b.c. 1832.

109. Frances Rebecca Britton, b.c. 1835, m. Martin Van Buren Timmons. He was b. 12 March 1839 and d. 10 Jan. 1880.

110. Elizabeth M. Britton, b.c. 1837.

111. William J. Britton, b.c. 1841.

112. Caroline M. Britton, b.c. 1845.

113. Edward Britton, b.c. 1849. Not in 1860 census.

114. G. S. Britton, b.c. 1853.

+115. Mary Jones Britton, b. 12 March 1855, m. Archibald Davis Cox, d. 1 Aug. 1928.

Frances Rebecca Johnson (37) was born 17 Sept. 1817 in Marion Co. (now Florence Co.), SC. She married Jehu Leonard Stone, son of Dotson C. Stone and Frances Stone. He was born about 1812 in Marion Co., SC, and died 18 Sept. 1852. They were in the 1850 census for Williamsburg, Williamsburg Co., SC. He was a farmer. All their children were born in SC. (R‑7)

Children - Stone

116. Frances Caroline Stone, b.c. 1843.

117. Leonard B. Stone, b.c. 1847.

118. Margaret R. (or L.) Stone, b.c. 1849.

CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH GREAVES (15) AND FRANCIS JOHNSON

William J. Johnson (38) was born about 1812 in Marion Co. (now Florence Co.), SC, and died after 1853. He married Margaret Stone, daughter of Dotson C. Stone and Frances Stone. She was born about 1810 in Pee Dee, Marion Co., SC, and died after 1853. All their children were born in Marion Co. (now Florence Co.), SC. (R‑7)

Children - Johnson

+119. Mary Elizabeth Johnson, b. 15 Oct. 1830, m. Thomas Bath, 12 Nov. 1848, d. 23 March 1908.

+120. Frances Permilla Johnson, b. 17 Sept. 1832, m. John Brown, 13 Dec. 1855, d. 1912.

+121. Celia Greaves Johnson, b.c. 1835, m. William J. Grier, d. 1924.

122. Francis Johnson, b.c. 1836.

+123. Thomas Edward Johnson, b. 22 July 1839, m. Mary Elizabeth Stone, 5 July 1865, d. 29 Dec. 1912.

124. William Chesley Johnson, b.c. 1841, d. 26 June 1919.

+125. Henry F. Johnson, b.c. 1843, m. Sarah D. ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. 26 June 1919.

+126. Benjamin B. Johnson, b. 22 May 1845, m. Mary Agnes Brown, d. 22 Feb. 1927.

+127. James Foster Johnson, b.c. 1847, m. Sue J. Taylor, d. 1918.

+128. Robert H. Johnson, b.c. 1851, m. Fannie ‑‑‑‑‑‑.

+129. Sara Martha Adieu Johnson, b. 25 May 1853, m. Richard James Cox, d. 23 Dec. 1922.

Mary Lee Johnson (41) was born about 1815 in Marion Co., SC. She first married Orison J. Hinds about 1832. He was born about 1810, died 6 March 1835 in Marion Co., SC, and was buried in Bryan Cem., Old River Road, Florence Co., SC. She married second Andrew J. Hinds after 1835. He died in Aug. 1837. She married third Samuel J. Steele in Feb. 1838. (R‑7)

Children - Hinds, by Orison J. Hinds

130. Henry N. Hinds, b.c. 1833.

131. Juventa Ann Hinds, b.c. 1835.

Children - Steele

132. Amelia Steele, b.c. 1838.

133. Mary Steele, b.c. 1846.

134. Francis Steele, b.c. 1850.

135. George J. Steele, b.c. 1851.

GENERATION 5

CHILDREN OF JOSEPH B. GREAVES (17) AND PRISCILLA J. DUPREE

Joseph B. Greaves (46) was born in March 1853 in MS. He married ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Elliot. He was in the 1900 census for Beat 2, Hinds Co., MS, widower, with his son, his mother, and his nephew and niece, Joseph and Anna Henry. He was a lawyer. (R‑1)

Children - Greaves

136. Joseph B. Greaves, b. Nov. 1898 (MS).

Anna (or Ann) D. Greaves (47) was born about 1857 in MS, and died in Sept. 1897 in Edwards, Hinds Co., MS, of yellow fever. She married Thomas Randolph Henry[1]. He may have been the Thomas R. Henry, born about 1868, who was in the 1910 census for Calhoun Co., MS, with his second wife. In the 1900 census for Hinds Co., MS, children Joseph and Anna were living with their uncle Joseph Greaves and their grandmother Priscilla Greaves. (R‑1)

Children - Henry

137. Sudie Parker (or Lucy) Henry

138. Joseph (“Jobie”) G. Henry, b. Dec. 1883.

139. Thomas (“Tom”) Henry

140. Anna G. Henry, b. July 1889.

CHILDREN OF CHARLOTTE GREAVES (19) AND GEORGE STOKES

Ada Zenobia Stokes (49) was probably born about 1837 in Hinds Co., MS. She first married ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Johnson. She secondly married Jack Fontaine. They have not yet been found in census records. (R‑1)

Children - Johnson

141. Eliza Johnson

Children - Fontaine

142. John Fontaine

Charlotte Priscilla Stokes (55) was born in Feb. 1855 in Hinds Co., MA. She married William D. Neal about 1873. He was born in June 1850 in MS. They were in the 1880 census for Dist. 3, Madison Co., MS, and he was a farmer. They were in the 1900 census for Beat 4, Hinds Co., MS, when he was a deputy assessor. All their children were born in MS. (R‑1)

Children - Neal

143. Frank Neal, b.c. 1876.

144. L. Berry Neal, b. Oct. 1877.

145. Ruth Neal, b. Feb. 1880.

146. William D. Neal, Jr., b. Dec. 1883.

147. George Neal, b. Oct. 1887.

148. Nancy Neal, b. May 1891.

149. Thomas J. Neal, b. June 1897.

CHILDREN OF STEPHEN ARNE DECATUR GREAVES (20)

Stephen Arne Decatur Greaves, Jr. (56), called Arne, was born 2 (or 26) Feb. 1854 in SC, and died 5 (or 4[2]) Dec. 1915 in Livingston, Madison Co., MS. He married Julia Elizabeth Fondren, daughter of Richard Fondren and Ella ("Nedella") Douglass, on 24 Nov. 1881. She was born 3 Sept. 1861 in SC, and died 12 April 1918.

The 1910 census for Jackson, Beat 1, Hinds Co., MS, page 100B, lists Stephen A. D., 56, member of the legislature, Julia E., 48, Elmore D., 26, Peyton R., 21, Delia F., 15, and Sara L., 9, all children born in MS. (R‑1, R‑4)

Children - Greaves

150. Stephen Arne Decatur Greaves, died young.

151. Paul Victor Greaves, died young.

+152. Elmore Douglass Greaves, b. 23 March 1884, m. Mamie Gray Cook, d. 1 Jan. 1951.

153. Dr.) Peyton Read Greaves, b. 2 Feb. 1889, m. Minnie Mae Carr.

+154. Delia Fondren Greaves, b. 27 Nov. 1894, m(1) William Wallace Whitesides, m(2) John Dan Davis, d. 19 Nov. 1986.

+155. Sarah Lowe Greaves, b. 8 Aug. 1900, m. William Barnes Wilson, d. 12 Sept. 1987.

John Madison Greaves (60) was born 16 April 1860 in MS. He first married Elise Goodlow. He secondly married Mary Dewees about 1890. She was born about 1872 in MS. They were in the 1910 census for Beat 3, Madison Co., MS, page 284A, with John M., 49, farmer, Mary S., 38, and John M., 19. (R‑1)

Children - Greaves, by Elise Goodlow

+156. Elise Greaves, m. John Robinson Anderson.

Children - Greaves, by Mary Dewees

157. John Madison Greaves, b.c. 1891, m(1) Katie Mae Kidwell, m(2) Lorena Cohn.

Clarence Budney Greaves (62) was born 22 Aug. 1863 in Madison Co., MS, and died 8 Aug. 1940 in Flora, Madison Co., MS, not far from Jackson, MS. He married Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Baker, daughter of James McCulloch Baker and Frances Ann Pettus, on 16 July 1893 in Madison Co. She was born 24 Sept. 1868 in Guadalupe Co., Texas, and died 13 Nov. 1938 in Okmulgee, OK. They were both buried in Flora Cem., Flora, MS.

Clarence was a well-known trial lawyer specializing in murder trials, and for 33 years a member of the Mississippi State Senate despite being blind for much of his adult life. He was educated at Miss. A & M, and read for the bar with a private tutor. Lizzie was educated at a teachers' college in Jackson, MS, and was a teacher and housewife. He belonged to the Episcopal church, she was a Methodist, and they were both Democrats. All their children were born in Flora, MS.

The following article about Clarence Greaves appeared in the Jackson Daily News shortly after his death:

"Clarence Greaves, the fiery Flora attorney, recently killed at the age of 77 in an auto accident, was a picturesque figure in two terms in the legislature. He wore many scars of battle -- literally. But till the day he died, without a streak of gray or any sign of infirmity, he was a man of raw courage, iron will, and indomitable spirit. Yet beneath it all, he was genial, kindly, tender. It was his deep feeling for what he considered the 'neglected interests' of the underdog that motivated Clarence Greaves at all times, whether in the legislature or pleading at the bar. Money seldom cut any figure with him. He often offered his services to men in trouble purely because of his sympathy for them on his feeling that they were being imposed upon. 'He was born to be a watchdog for the underdog,' one fellow state senator said of him. Tall, springy, with flashing dark eyes and knife scars on his face, he was a mixing figure in action, and when he threw back his hair and lifted his high-pitched voice, he usually was heard and he was never boring. Many disagreed with him. None ever failed to listen to whatever he said. His law practice could have made him more money in a city like Jackson, Meridian, or Vicksburg. But he preferred the quiet life of a country squire. He used to say: 'Madison county is my home, the legislature is my pastime, and the court room is my battleground.' But it is a matter of record that he found many battlegrounds over his home county, and he was never known to take a backward step."

Some of the stories recorded by Harry B. Greaves are given in Appendix C.

The 1910 census for Beat 2, Madison Co., MS, page 180B, listed Clarence B., 47, lawyer, Lizzie B., 42, Lila, 15, Harry, 14, C. B. Jr., 12, Eleanor E., 9, Mary B., 5, and Charles S., 2, all children born in MS. (R‑1, R‑3)

Children - Greaves

+158. Leila Crisler Greaves, b. 8 June 1894, m. Philip Naquin, 17 Feb. 1922, d. 22 July 1980.

+159. Harry Battley Greaves II, b. 20 Jan. 1896, m. Wanda Lillian Feiro, 20 July 1930, d. 26 April 1979.

160. Clarence Budney Greaves, Jr. (called C.B. Jr. and "Bee"), b. 7 Jan. 1898, never married, d. 6 July 1964 (Albuquerque, NM).

161. Eleanor Elizabeth Greaves, b. 30 July 1901, m(1) Leo Flynn, m(2) Anthaires Maxwell Andrews, 8 Jan. 1933.

162. Mary Baker Greaves, b. 1 Nov. 1904, m(1) Alfred Lewis, m(2) Joe Staley, 15 March 1945 (Santa Fe, NM), d. 30 Nov. 1975 (Santa Fe, NM).

+163. Charles Scott Greaves, b. 17 April 1908, m. Vera Nicks, 22 June 1942, d. 5 Feb. 1982.

Harry Battley Greaves (63) was born about 1868 in MS. He married Lilah Parker. She was born about 1874 in MS. They were in the 1910 census for District 1, Madison Co., MS, page 58A, with Harry B., 42, lawyer, Lila P., 36, Florence, 11, Stephen A. D., 10, and Harry B., Jr., 3, all born in MS. (R‑1)

Children - Greaves

164. Florence Greaves, b.c. 1899, m. Olson Cobb.

165. Stephen Arne Decatur Greaves, b.c. 1900.

166. Harry Battley Greaves, Jr., b.c. 1907, never married. Born severely mentally handicapped.

CHILDREN OF ARAMANTA D. GREAVES (21) AND R. C. COWAN

Decatur D. Cowan (66) was born in July 1850 in MS. He married ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She must have died by 1900, since he was in the 1900 census for Scranton, Beat 3, Jackson Co., MS, as a widower and county superintendent of education. No son Cliff could be found, but there was a Decatur D. Cowan, b. June 1891, and Carrie Cowan, b. Jan. 1889, living with their grandparents, Thomas W. and Ann Grayson, in Ocean Springs, Jackson Co., MS. (R‑1)

Children - Cowan

167. Cliff Cowan

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM FRANCIS GREAVES (22)

Dr. Walter Joseph Greaves (70) was born 12 June 1857 at Boscobel plantation, Pocahantas, MS, and died 26 May 1946 in Jackson, MS. He studied medicine in Louisville, KY, and practiced in Livingston, MS, Duckport, LA, Biloxi, MS, and New Orleans, LA. He first married Lucy Harrison on 23 Dec. 1885 in Edwards, MS. She was born 28 June 1870 and died 21 Nov. 1954. They were divorced in 1913. She was the first woman admitted to the bar in Mississippi. He secondly married Anna Rice. After her death he married Bonny MacLavander (or Bonny Mae Lavendar). (It is possible that his third wife was Nellie, and Bonnie was his daughter, since that is what the 1930 census indicates.)

The 1920 census for Canal St., New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA, ED 42, page 7A, listed Walter J. Greaves, 62, born MS, both parents born MS, with wife Anna, 43, born LA, father born England, mother born Ireland, no children in household. The 1930 census for New Orleans, New Orleans Parish, LA, 1719 Second St., listed Walter J., 73, physician, Nellie, 22, wife, and Bonnie N., 5/12. (R‑1)

Children - Greaves, by Lucy Harrison

+168. Eleanor Virginia Greaves, b. 7 July 1890, m. Cleveland Pol Huggins, 12 Dec. 1912.

169. Lucy Greaves, m. Don Miles.

Children - Greaves, by Bonny M. Lavendar

170. Bonnie N. Greaves, b.c. 1929.

171. girl

172. boy

Harry (“Hal”) Percy Greaves[3] (74) was born 17 March 1867 in Flora, MS, and died 12 June 1928. He was an M.D. He married Elizabeth ("Bettie" or Bettie Elizabeth) R. Pitchford, called "Vardie". She was born in 1870 in Pocahantas, MS, and died 12 Aug. 1959.

The following biography was published in a local book. "Greaves, Hal Percy, M.D., mayor of Waterproof, and one of the prominent men of Tensas parish, is a son of William Francis and Eleanor Matilda (DuPree) Greaves, and was born March 17, 1867, in Hinds county, Miss.

William Francis Greaves was born near Charleston, S.C. in 1820, and came to Mississippi in early youth, settling near Jackson. He obtained the degree of M.D. at Philadelphia and practiced medicine in Hinds county, Miss., until his death in 1885. Eleanor DuPree whose death occurred in 1873 was a native of Mississippi, her father having been a native of France.

H. P. Greaves lived in Hinds county, Miss., until about 20 years of age, and obtained his preliminary education in the country schools of that county. Later he passed 2 years of the regular course in the Agricultural and Mechanical college at Starkville. In 1887 he came to Madison parish, La., and did clerical work and bookkeeping for 3 years. He then went to the Memphis Hospital Medical college at Memphis, Tenn., where he took the degree of M.D. in 1892. Following this he practiced medicine one year in Madison parish and then located at Madison, Miss., where he continued his professional labor for 7 years. At the end of that period he came to Waterproof, Tensas parish, and here he has continued his professional calling to the present time, earning the reputation of a careful and skillful physician. Dr. Greaves is a member of the Knights of Pythias, a democrat in politics, and is now mayor of Waterproof to which office he was elected in the fall of 1913.

June 30, 1894, he was married to Elizabeth R., daughter of J. C. Pitchford, a school teacher and farmer of Madison parish. They are the parents of the following children. Evie Hinton, Percy DuPree, John Pitchford, Francis Landon, Sterling Groesbeck, William Ridley. Mrs. Greaves' ancestors were from North Carolina. Mr. Pitchford, a native of that state, was living in Mississippi at the outbreak of the Civil war and at once enlisted in Pogue's battery of artillery with which he served through the war. He was wounded and left on the field at Cold Harbor, and was also wounded at the battle of the Wilderness. All his service was in Virginia, where he saw some severe fighting. He surrendered at Appomatox Court House and from there he was paroled and returned to Mississippi to resume farming.

Dr. Greaves by his own industry and strict attention to his duties has acquired high standing in his profession. Their home at Waterproof is the center of hospitality and refined influence." (R‑1)

Children - Greaves

+173. Evie Hinton Greaves, b.c. 1897, m. Joseph Carroll Seaman, d. 15 Dec. 1926.

174. Percy Dupree Greaves, b.c. 1899, m. Gertrude Carroll (or Eleanor Ruth Sheely). He was an attorney, and was living in 1974. He had no children. Address: Apt. 15-B, Edgewater Gulf Apts., Biloxi, MS.

+175. John Pitchford Greaves, b.c. 1901, m. Gertrude Carroll.

+176. Francis Landon Greaves, b.c. 1910, m. Frances Cooper, d. Aug. 1972.

+177. Sterling Groesbeck Greaves, b. 12 Aug. 1910, m. Frances Louise Fulton.

178. William Ridley Greaves, b. 17 March 1912 (Waterproof, Tensas Par., LA, on the Mississippi River, just across from MS), never married. He was a bank cashier for 44 years. 1974 address: 1603 St. John Ave., Ruston, LA 71270.

Mary Greaves (77) married Marvin Collum. (R‑1)

Children - Collum

179. Margaret Collum, m. Ray Morgan.

180. Marvin Collum, m. Alline Jones.

181. Leslie Collum

182. Mary Collum, m. Lee Roy Chapman.

Frank Marvin Greaves (78) married Anna Gaddis. He died in an automobile accident in Bolton, MS. He was a major stockholder in banks in Bolton and Jackson, MS. (R‑1)

Children - Greaves

183. Katherine Greaves, m. Hastings Kendall.

184. Lucille Greaves, m. David Graham.

Lula Greaves (79) married Bailey Russell. (R‑1)

Children - Russell

185. Will Bailey Russell

186. Francis Russell

CHILDREN OF AMANDA M. F. GREAVES (23) AND THOMAS G. RICE

Franklin Thomas Rice (80) was born 17 Feb. 1839 in TN, and died 25 (or 24) Oct. 1894. He married Virginia Tally, daughter of John P. Tally and Jedidah ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1844 in Brownsville, and died in 1898. All their children were born in TN. (R‑8)

Children - Rice

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