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- From FindaGrave:
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: John W Greenleaf
Age in 1860: 32
Birth Year: abt 1828
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1860: Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Post Office: Dennis
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
John W Greenleaf 32
Helen Greenleaf 32
Chs W Greenleaf 8
Charlotte H Greenleaf 6
Westley E Greenleaf 4
Jotham H Greenleaf 1
Name: John Greenleaf
Home in 1880: Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Age: 51
Estimated birth year: abt 1829
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Hellen
Father's birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
John Greenleaf 51
Helen Greenleaf 51
Charles W. Greenleaf 27
George P. Greenleaf 15
Betsey H. Greenleaf 12
Alvin H. Greenleaf 10
According to the newspaper, in December 1873 five of his had children scarlet fever.
One of his daughters married a Fay, one married a Brewer
In 1894 he was on the church committee for Union Church.
This is interesting...in 1891 he went to Detroit for a few days to attend an encampment of the GAR. In 1894 he was made a member of the F.D. Hammond Post GAR in Chatham.
In late January 1900 he underwent an operation (no specifics) and was supposedly recovering quite well.
Apparently George's wife of 4 months committed suicide by drowning in April 1900. She was 23 years old and thought to be temporarily insane by illness. She was the daughter of George Bowes of New Sharon, ME.
I did find George widowed in the 1900 census.
Helen got a whopping $88 pension when John died.
Josiah married Jessie Walker on February 17, 1917.
Here is his death notice; looks like John died on February 25, 1900.
Barnstable Patriot, March 5, 1900
A telegram received 25 ult. announced the death of John Wesley Greenleaf, at the Massachusetts General Hospital that morning. His body was brought home that Monday afternoon and the funeral took place at the Union Church Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Greenleaf did not rally from the operation performed on him, owing to the weakness of his heart. The immediate cause of his death was heart failure. Mr. Greenleaf served in the Civil War. He leaves a widow and seven children to mourn his demise.
A book written about the Howes Family in America, written by a family member in 1893. They traced their lineage back to 1066 England. Betsey Howes Greenleaf (John's mother) is a descendant of Thomas Howes, who came to Yarmouth (known as Nobscussett) in 1639. First, here's more info on John, as provided in this book:
John's parents are Simeon and Betsey Greenleaf. I found them on Find A Grave - her memorial is linked to his - and his tombstone reads Simon...so at least you can John to his parents.
Here's where it gets fun. Betsey Greenleaf was the daughter of Alvan Howes and Mercy Collins (John's grandparents). So Betsey Howes married Simeon Greenleaf, and Simeon's son John married a Howes...LOL
John's aunts and uncles (in case you come across any of these names):
George Howes - married to Martha Knowlton
John Howes - married to Anna Dutton
Lot Howes - married to Loretta George
Mary Howes - married to Oren Hebard
Lydia Howes - married to Seth Howes
As for Helen Howes (John's wife), she is the daughter of Uriah and Sally Howes. And yes, Helen's family is actually related to John's mother's family.
Tracked back thru seven generations of family but I finally figured out how John's mother and his wife were related. His mother, Betsey was an eighth generation Howes, his wife, Helen was a seventh.
Thomas Howes (married to Mary Burr), the guy who came to Yarmouth in 1637 had three boys, one of which was Joseph Howes, and he married Elizabeth Mayo.
Joseph and Elizabeth were Helen's gggg-grandparents, and also happened to be Betsey's ggggg-grandparents. Helen was related thru their son Samuel, Betsey thru their son Joseph.
So I guess that makes them fifth cousins once removed..
additional information courtesy of christina11 in the forums.
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Name: John W. GREENLEAF
Sex: M
Birth: 1827 1
Death: 25 FEB 1900 in Dennis, MA 1 2
Burial: Dennis, MA (Dennis village cemetery) 1
Occupation: Farmer (1860, 1880), farm laborer (1870)
1860 US census gives his birth year and place as about 1828 and ME. 1870 US census gives his birth year and place as about 1828 and ME, name as John W. Greenfield. Children's birth records give his birth place variously as New Sharon and Sharon, M E. Married to Helen Howes by Rev. Joshua Chandler. Marriage intentions, Dennis, MA, 21 Oct 1851, Mr. John W. Greenleaf and Miss Helen Howes, both of Dennis, MA. 1880 US census gives his birth year and place as about 1829 and ME, parents both bor n ME.Page: Volume 214, page 9, volume 196, page 6 and volume 232, page 9Page: Volume 2, page 621Page: Volume 2, page 700
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Marriage 1 Helen HOWES b: 6 SEP 1827 in Dennis, MA
Married: 26 OCT 1851 in Dennis, MA
Children
Charles Warren GREENLEAF b: 15 AUG 1852 in Dennis, MA
Charlotte H. GREENLEAF b: 15 MAY 1854 in Dennis, MA
Wesley Eugene GREENLEAF b: 10 AUG 1856 in Dennis, MA
Jotham H. GREENLEAF b: 23 MAY 1859 in Dennis, MA
George P. GREENLEAF b: 15 MAY 1865 in Dennis, MA
Betsey H. GREENLEAF b: 28 AUG 1867 in Dennis, MA
Alvin H. GREENLEAF b: 4 NOV 1869 in Dennis, MA
Josiah H. GREENLEAF b: 11 NOV 1871 in Dennis, MA
additional information courtesy of greyfox in the forums
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Hi,
Civilwardata.com has this man's last name garbled as Greenkeaf. His residence was recorded as Dennis, Massachusetts , where he was a farmer prior to the war.
At the age of 35-years old, he enlisted on August 17, 1862. As a Private, he was mustered into active service with Company E, 5th Massachusetts Infantry on September 16, 1862. He served with this command until July 2, 1863, the date he was mustered out at Camp Lander in Wenham, Massachusetts.
additional information courtesy of stonewall in the forums
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1827 - 1900 (72 years)
