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William Benedict Greenwell

William Benedict Greenwell

Male Abt 1836 - 1917  (81 years)

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  • Name William Benedict Greenwell  [1] 
    Birth Abt 1836  Meade County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 24 Feb 1917  Pemiscot Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Bennett Greenwell,   b. 7 Dec 1761, St. Marys County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jul 1838, Scott County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)  (Great Grandfather) 
    Sarah Winifred Parr,   b. 28 Feb 1816, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1882, Meade County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)  (Mother) 
    Person ID I4305  1665 GOUGH/GOFF (US-MD-STM/US-VA-LOU) I-Y6902-A
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Father John Floyd Greenwell, Sr.,   b. 16 Jun 1813, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1882 (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Sarah Winifred Parr,   b. 28 Feb 1816, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1882, Meade County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 1 Sep 1835  Meade County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2130  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eliza Jane Osbourn,   b. Meade County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 24 Nov 1857  Meade County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Susan Columbia Greenwell,   b. 8 Oct 1854, Concordia, Meade County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1944, Uniontown, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F2192  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

  • Notes 
    • Heather, sorry I haven't seen this before.

      William Benedict Greenwell b.1832 was the son of Benedict and Maria Gough Greenwell. He is not, however, your ancestor.

      Meade County KY Records Vol. 2 has marriage of William B. Greenwell 1857, of age, b. Meade Co., to Britana Brown, consent of father, Richard, also b. Meade Co. License Date of 9/12/1857; marriage date 12/14/1857, Minister Father Patrick MacNicholas.

      William Benedict Greenwell b.1837 Meade, KY, s/o John F. and Sarah Winifred Parr Greenwell is found in John F.'s household 1850 age 14. Meade County KY Records Vol. 2 has marriage of Wm. B. Greenwell 1857, certified by father John F., b. Meade Co., to Osbourn, Eliza J,. consent of mother, b. Meade Co. License Date: 11/17/1857; Marriage Date: 11/24/1857.

      John F. Greenwell's father, John Wilfred Greenwell, was brother or half-brother to Benedict Greenwell. Their father was Bennett Greenwell of the early Elkhorn settlement of Scott county, KY.

  • Sources 
    1. [S7406] 1850 Meade County, Kentucky Census.

    2. [S7323] Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979.