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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Saline County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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C. G. Greenway, a planter of Jefferson Township, Saline County, was born in Independence County, Ark., in 1855. He was the fourth in a family of six children born to J. B. and Margaret Ann (Hair) Greenway, the former of whom was a native of Tennessee, emigrating to Arkansas in 1849, where he entered land in Independence (now Stone) County, and where he still resides. He was justice of the peace for several years, and is now a member of the Masonic order. His wife died in 1880, after which Mr. Greenway again married, in 1860, in Independence County, Eliza Goodwin, a native of Tennessee. By his first marriage he had six children, W. A. (married, resides in Stone County), J. J. (married, lives in Texas), Maggie (resides at Bradford, Whitney County), Martha (now Mrs. Satire, lives in Franklin County), C. G. (the subject of this sketch), and one child who died in infancy. By his second marriage he had seven children, six of whom survive: James (married, lives in Texas), Joseph (lives in Stone County), Isaac Newton Stone, Kate, Emma, Eva and one other child (deceased). C. G. Greenway was reared on the home farm, and attended the schools of Independence County, moving in 1877 to Saline County, where he settled, first, in Dyer Township, on seventy-five acres of land. After remaining there until 1887, he opened up a farm in Jefferson Township, where he now resides. He was married in 1879 to Martha Ann Gentry, a native of Saline County, and a daughter of William W. and Nancy Ann (Williams) Gentry. Mr. Gentry was a native of Arkansas and has made Saline County his home since his youth. He was justice of the peace for several years. His death occurred in March, 1885. Mrs. Gentry died in 1867. Mr. and Mrs. Greenway have had six children, three of whom are living: William Freddie, Charles Oliver, and an infant. They are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and in politics Mr. Greenway is a Democrat. The family are well esteemed throughout the community for their worth and influence.

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This family biography is one of 100 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Saline County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Saline County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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