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Elizabeth Grass Greathouse
From 1879 Illustrated Atlas of Spencer County
Map showing the location of the Greathouse farm. Near South Spencer HS. Google map
Valuable obituary giving the date of Daniel Grass’s residence in Rockport 1806, a year before taking out a land grant. Presented to Bess Ehrmann by Laura Mercy Wright great grand daughter. On [...]
Daniel Grass
From a letter on file with the Spencer County Historical Society - Rockport, Indiana
Denver Colorado
August 23rd, 1928
My Dear Cousin Laura,
Thank you for your prompt reply to my letter. I will be greatly pleased if you can secure me a copy of Judge Kiper’s paper on my grandfather, Daniel Grass. I am the [...]
from http://kentucky.gov/kyhs/hmdb/MarkerSearch.aspx?mode=County&county=92Man of Courage
(Marker Number: 1548)
County: Ohio
Location: 415 Mulberry St., Hartford
Description: William Smeathers took part in American Revolution and War of 1812; helped erect fort here and at Vienna (later Calhoun) in early 1780s. He was the subject of a sketch by Washington Irving, 1797. Smeathers served on first grand jury of Court of Quarter [...]
Harman and Mercy Greathouse settled in Nelson County Ky. The grave stones pictured below are on the farm of John Mayer and can be found at the following location on Google maps
Harman Greathouse Jr.
Special thanks to Rick Greathouse and the Greathouse Point web site that has a page dedicated to Harman Greathouse. Harman was [...]