"My Father was named, James Madison Greer, he was about five feet 9 1/2" in height, had blue eyes, held himself erect, was florid in complexion and was a lawyer by profession, He was born a slave holder and in Desoto County, Mississippi, had a plantation. He did not actively practice law, but a few year's and this was in Holly Springs, Miss., which was near village he owned a place ("Place"). He was not a college man, but had been thoroughly taught, was a good Latin scholar, a man of much reading and a lover of Scott & Burns and above all of Shakespeare. He was of a hasty temper and above all men that I ever knew despised sham and pretense in his fellow-man.
In the Fifty's (51's) (1856) he was a member of the Mississippi Legislature. Was elected from Desoto County, Miss. He was a Democrat in politics, religious in temperament and leaned to his wife's church, The Episcopal, though he never became a member. (I recall with enjoyment his frequent declaration made in all seriousness and utter absence as to their being of Irish Bull order, that he would be damed if he didn't join Mary's Church--Mary being his wife.)
Of course it will not be believed that I can speak impartially of him, but at least I may say in a very strictest of justice: He received his name clean and without a charge of dishonor and he hands it down in the same way to his children.
I would like to tell something of his kindness to his slaves to his glorious sense of humor--in which his Irish bold came out of his intense love of country.
Probably he was provincial--at all events he was sectional--but before his death in 1879 out yonder in Texas, he came back to his old love the Union, into which he was born. Of course I cannot write of him, so as to interest you a generation or yet of another who will come after, but let me say that he loved loyally and lived honorably and he died without any man doubting his integrity, his honesty or his courage.
On Dec. 23, 1841, he married in Holly Springs, Miss. Mary Elizabeth Autry. She was then but a child, having been born on Feb. __ ____ . (We now know that she was born Feb. 10, 1826)
From this marriage was born:
1. James Micajah Greer b. 16, Oct 1848
2. Henry Greer b. Feb 1851 d. 16 Feb 1852, Holly Springs, Miss.
3. Hal Wyche Greer
4. Robert Autry Greer
5. D'Edward Greer
Four of these sons are now living. All four are lawyers. Three in Texas, Beaumont being their home--and I the oldest having been since Nov. 1871 a lawyer in Memphis, Tenn.
-The above bio was gleaned in part from HISTORY OF GREERS, by James Micajah Greer, pages 5 and 6 and submitted by Strain Hilton Armstrong, 1st cousin 4 times removed.
In the Fifty's (51's) (1856) he was a member of the Mississippi Legislature. Was elected from Desoto County, Miss. He was a Democrat in politics, religious in temperament and leaned to his wife's church, The Episcopal, though he never became a member. (I recall with enjoyment his frequent declaration made in all seriousness and utter absence as to their being of Irish Bull order, that he would be damed if he didn't join Mary's Church--Mary being his wife.)
Of course it will not be believed that I can speak impartially of him, but at least I may say in a very strictest of justice: He received his name clean and without a charge of dishonor and he hands it down in the same way to his children.
I would like to tell something of his kindness to his slaves to his glorious sense of humor--in which his Irish bold came out of his intense love of country.
Probably he was provincial--at all events he was sectional--but before his death in 1879 out yonder in Texas, he came back to his old love the Union, into which he was born. Of course I cannot write of him, so as to interest you a generation or yet of another who will come after, but let me say that he loved loyally and lived honorably and he died without any man doubting his integrity, his honesty or his courage.
On Dec. 23, 1841, he married in Holly Springs, Miss. Mary Elizabeth Autry. She was then but a child, having been born on Feb. __ ____ . (We now know that she was born Feb. 10, 1826)
From this marriage was born:
1. James Micajah Greer b. 16, Oct 1848
2. Henry Greer b. Feb 1851 d. 16 Feb 1852, Holly Springs, Miss.
3. Hal Wyche Greer
4. Robert Autry Greer
5. D'Edward Greer
Four of these sons are now living. All four are lawyers. Three in Texas, Beaumont being their home--and I the oldest having been since Nov. 1871 a lawyer in Memphis, Tenn.
-The above bio was gleaned in part from HISTORY OF GREERS, by James Micajah Greer, pages 5 and 6 and submitted by Strain Hilton Armstrong, 1st cousin 4 times removed.
"My Father was named, James Madison Greer, he was about five feet 9 1/2" in height, had blue eyes, held himself erect, was florid in complexion and was a lawyer by profession, He was born a slave holder and in Desoto County, Mississippi, had a plantation. He did not actively practice law, but a few year's and this was in Holly Springs, Miss., which was near village he owned a place ("Place"). He was not a college man, but had been thoroughly taught, was a good Latin scholar, a man of much reading and a lover of Scott & Burns and above all of Shakespeare. He was of a hasty temper and above all men that I ever knew despised sham and pretense in his fellow-man.
In the Fifty's (51's) (1856) he was a member of the Mississippi Legislature. Was elected from Desoto County, Miss. He was a Democrat in politics, religious in temperament and leaned to his wife's church, The Episcopal, though he never became a member. (I recall with enjoyment his frequent declaration made in all seriousness and utter absence as to their being of Irish Bull order, that he would be damed if he didn't join Mary's Church--Mary being his wife.)
Of course it will not be believed that I can speak impartially of him, but at least I may say in a very strictest of justice: He received his name clean and without a charge of dishonor and he hands it down in the same way to his children.
I would like to tell something of his kindness to his slaves to his glorious sense of humor--in which his Irish bold came out of his intense love of country.
Probably he was provincial--at all events he was sectional--but before his death in 1879 out yonder in Texas, he came back to his old love the Union, into which he was born. Of course I cannot write of him, so as to interest you a generation or yet of another who will come after, but let me say that he loved loyally and lived honorably and he died without any man doubting his integrity, his honesty or his courage.
On Dec. 23, 1841, he married in Holly Springs, Miss. Mary Elizabeth Autry. She was then but a child, having been born on Feb. __ ____ . (We now know that she was born Feb. 10, 1826)
From this marriage was born:
1. James Micajah Greer b. 16, Oct 1848
2. Henry Greer b. Feb 1851 d. 16 Feb 1852, Holly Springs, Miss.
3. Hal Wyche Greer
4. Robert Autry Greer
5. D'Edward Greer
Four of these sons are now living. All four are lawyers. Three in Texas, Beaumont being their home--and I the oldest having been since Nov. 1871 a lawyer in Memphis, Tenn.
-The above bio was gleaned in part from HISTORY OF GREERS, by James Micajah Greer, pages 5 and 6 and submitted by Strain Hilton Armstrong, 1st cousin 4 times removed.
In the Fifty's (51's) (1856) he was a member of the Mississippi Legislature. Was elected from Desoto County, Miss. He was a Democrat in politics, religious in temperament and leaned to his wife's church, The Episcopal, though he never became a member. (I recall with enjoyment his frequent declaration made in all seriousness and utter absence as to their being of Irish Bull order, that he would be damed if he didn't join Mary's Church--Mary being his wife.)
Of course it will not be believed that I can speak impartially of him, but at least I may say in a very strictest of justice: He received his name clean and without a charge of dishonor and he hands it down in the same way to his children.
I would like to tell something of his kindness to his slaves to his glorious sense of humor--in which his Irish bold came out of his intense love of country.
Probably he was provincial--at all events he was sectional--but before his death in 1879 out yonder in Texas, he came back to his old love the Union, into which he was born. Of course I cannot write of him, so as to interest you a generation or yet of another who will come after, but let me say that he loved loyally and lived honorably and he died without any man doubting his integrity, his honesty or his courage.
On Dec. 23, 1841, he married in Holly Springs, Miss. Mary Elizabeth Autry. She was then but a child, having been born on Feb. __ ____ . (We now know that she was born Feb. 10, 1826)
From this marriage was born:
1. James Micajah Greer b. 16, Oct 1848
2. Henry Greer b. Feb 1851 d. 16 Feb 1852, Holly Springs, Miss.
3. Hal Wyche Greer
4. Robert Autry Greer
5. D'Edward Greer
Four of these sons are now living. All four are lawyers. Three in Texas, Beaumont being their home--and I the oldest having been since Nov. 1871 a lawyer in Memphis, Tenn.
-The above bio was gleaned in part from HISTORY OF GREERS, by James Micajah Greer, pages 5 and 6 and submitted by Strain Hilton Armstrong, 1st cousin 4 times removed.
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