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- [S927] Obituary.
Greenbank, Richard Greenbank
Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio, dated February 4, 1897
Richard Greenbank, aged 61 years, died at his home in Summit township Tuesday morning. His ailments were pneumonia and dropsy. Mr. Greenbank was a highly respected citizen, a member of the Christian church, and a kind and obliging neighbor. He had lived in Summit township since 1828. He leaves a wife and five children. Three brothers also survive him.?John, who resides at Lewisville; Thomas of Summerfield, and George of Urbana, Ohio.
The funeral services will take place Thursday at 1 o?clock. A number of the members of the Christian Church of Woodsfield will attend the services and witness the last sad rites of a departed brother with whom they fellowshipped many times in the had past and whose golden counsels will long be remembered by them. Mr. Greenbank was an uncle of O. M. Greenbank, editor of the Monroe Gazette.
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Birth: Apr. 13, 1836
Death: Feb. 2, 1897
Richard Greenbank was a native of Lewisville, Monroe County, Ohio and was born on April 13, 1836. He was the son of William Greenbank (b: December 11, 1782; d: March 12, 1866) and Rebecca Fisher (b: January 31, 1807; d: September 16, 1888).
Richard Greenbank and Mary Kennedy were married on May 16, 1865. Mary Kennedy was born in Franklin township, Ohio on January 19, 1840. Richard's occupation was farming.
The children of Richard and Mary Greenbank were: Martha Jane (b: September 25, 1866); Willie K. (b: May 8, 1869); Minnie R. (b: October 4, 1870; d: June 1, 1880); Rebecca I. (b: April 4, 1874; d: September 1, 1874); Mary S. (b: September 16, 1875); Ida M. (b: October 20, 1877); and Charles A. (b: January 10, 1880).
Richard Greenbank held the office of township trustee for 6 years, beginning in 1892. Three of his brothers, William, John and George, were in the Civil War. George Greenbank served three years in Company C, 116th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
Richard's father, William Greenbank, came from Yorkshire, England, when a young man and located in Wheeling, West Virginia for 6 years. About 1828, he settled in what is now the central part of Summit Township. The country was then new, only here and there a cabin; plenty of game and wild animals, but no highways, churches or schools. He assisted in organizing Summit Township, and voted at its first election. William Greenbank married Rebecca Fisher on April 11, 1835. Rebecca Fisher was the daughter of John and Sarah (Faucett) Fisher, natives of Virginia, who settled in Monroe County, Ohio about 1805.
Mary Kennedy Greenbank was the daughter of William Kennedy (b: November 27, 1805; d: May 23, 1869) and Martha Todd (b: August 11, 1818; d: August 9, 1963). William Kennedy immigrated from Ireland in 1827 and settled in Monroe County, Ohio, in 1832. William Kennedy and Martha Todd were married on January 3, 1839.
Source: Caldwell's Atlas of Monroe County, Ohio. Mount Vernon, Ohio. 1898
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Parents:
William Greenbank (1782 - 1866)
Rebecca Fisher Greenbank (1807 - 1888)
Spouse:
Mary Kennedy Greenbank (1840 - 1916)
Burial:
Buchanan Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Monroe County
Ohio, USA
Created by: Cathy Kessinger
Record added: Apr 12, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 3578854
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1836 - 1897 (60 years)