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Francis Pearce “Frank” Greenlee

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Birth	:	5 Oct 1846 Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	4 Jan 1932 Montgomery County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Villisca Cemetery, Villisca, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.9389000, -94.9747009
Description	:	Representative Francis Greenlee General Assembly: 21 (01/11/1886 - 01/08/1888) Select State Representative Republican District 18 Other Information FRANCIS P. GREENLEE Born October 5, 1846, in Bainbridge, Ohio. He came to this county in 1872 and settled at Villisca. After practicing law here for many years and serving as mayor of the town, he moved to Red Oak. He was married in Villisca to Cora Mann. Mr. Greenlee represented Montgomery County in the Twenty-first Iowa General Assembly, 1886. Source: The Villisca Review, Villisca, Iowa, January 8, 1932. Information from State Historical Society of Iowa resources Francis Pearce Greenlee, a prominent attorney of Red Oak, in practice in that... Read More	Representative Francis Greenlee General Assembly: 21 (01/11/1886 - 01/08/1888) Select State Representative Republican District 18 Other Information FRANCIS P. GREENLEE Born October 5, 1846, in Bainbridge, Ohio. He came to this county in 1872 and settled at Villisca. After practicing law here for many years and serving as mayor of the town, he moved to Red Oak. He was married in Villisca to Cora Mann. Mr. Greenlee represented Montgomery County in the Twenty-first Iowa General Assembly, 1886. Source: The Villisca Review, Villisca, Iowa, January 8, 1932. Information from State Historical Society of Iowa resources Francis Pearce Greenlee, a prominent attorney of Red Oak, in practice in that section for twenty-five years, has been identified with much of the legal business of Montgomery County and adjoining counties in southwestern Iowa, and has conducted to successful termination many of the most important cases before the state and federal courts, that have arisen in that part of the state. He is the son of Thomas Franklin Greenlee and Eliza Pearce Greenlee. His father was born in Lexington, Virginia in 1820 and was educated in that state afterwords emigrating to souther Ohio, where he became a teacher and prominent educator, a profession that he followed for twenty-three years. He died June 10, 1868 at New York City, while there on a business connected with the Anneke Jans estate, of which Mrs. Greenlee was an heir. His wife was a daughter of Benjamin Pearce, who was a prominent merchant for many years at New Petersburg, Ohio, and there died in 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Greenlee were married November 4, 1841. She is still living, and at the advanced age of 77 years is hale and hearty. Francis P., the subject of our sketch, was born at Hillsboro, Ohio, October 5, 1846. He was educated in the public schools and academy of that city, graduating from the academy in 1866. He afterward taught in the school there for a period of three years, then going to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he read law with his uncle, E. A. Greenlee. He was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1872, and the same year came to Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa, where he taught school for one year. At the end of that time he was admitted to the bar in this state and began the practice of law at Villisca. He continued his practice there until 1898, when, with his family, he moved to Red Oak to enter upon the discharge of the duties of the office of county attorney, to which he was elected in the fall of that year. He has always been a zealous Republican and a faithful and earnest worker in the cause of Republicanism and good government, and has given his tie and energies freely to the advancement of the best interest of the part and to the dissemination of its principles throughout the country, to the end that the greatest good to the greatest number might be accomplished. His political speeches delivered during the local and state campaigns have done much to influence the results and bring about the victorious achievements of the party of his choice. He represented Montgomery County in the Twenty-first General Assembly, and was prominent in much of the legislation of that session. Being a member of the Judiciary Committee, he took a leading part in the reorganizion and putting into successful operation the present judicial system of the state, and permanently locating the supreme court at the state capital. He was a member of several of the most important committees and chairman of two. He was active in shaping legislation, managing committee work and controlling measures to final vote. He was an able and effective debater upon the floor and one of the recognized leaders of the House. He was not a candidate for re-election. Mr. Greenlee was closely identified with the growth and development of the city of Villisca and that part of the country, and being imbued with that public spirit commendable in all men, he took an active part in the public matters and public questions that arose from time to time, and advocated and earnestly upheld those which to him appeared to be for the best interests of the whole people. He was always found in the front ranks in all matters of public improvements and in the advancement of church and school interests. He was three times elected mayor of the city of Villisca. His last term was from spring of 1894 to April, 1898, when he declined re-election, but was retained as solicitor by the city. Taking charge of the city with a depleted treasury, he so managed its finances that without increasing taxation, he paid off the city bonds as they matured and the cost of needed improvements and extensions, and retired at the close of his last official term with the endorsement and good will of the people and a large cash balance in the treasury. Mr. Greenlee was identified for several years with the Iowa National Guard as an active member of Company B, Fifth Infantry, serving as First Lieutenant, which position he resigned and was honorably discharged under special order No. 32 by W. I. Alexander, adjutant-general, September 10, 1880. Mr. Greenlee is a Past Noble Grand in the order of Odd Fellows, a member of the Encampment and Canton. He is Past Chancellor Commander in the order of Knights of Pythias, a member of the Uniformed Rank. He is a Past Master Mason, a member of the Montgomery Chapter, No. 57, Royal Arch Masons, and a member of Bruce Commandery, No. 34. Knights Templar, of Red Oak, and of Tangier Temple of Shriners, of Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. Greenlee, with the members of his family, are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is also a teach in the Sunday School and has been prominent in that work for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Greenlee are both members of the Order of Eastern Star, she being Past Worthy Matron. Mr. Greenlee was married in Villisca, October 24, 1878 to Cora Mann, a daughter of Joseph and Emily Mann, a retired capitalist of that city. They have three children living: George F., born September 9, 1879; Harry L., born January 4, 1883; Marie born January 18, 1884; Gertrude, born September 13, 1881, died August 20, 1883. By his careful and painstaking methods with all business entrusted to him and strict fidelity to his clients he has won the confidence and esteem of the people. He is an able lawyer and successful practitioner, filling the office of county attorney with such marked ability and satisfaction to his fellow citizens that he renominated without opposition and re-elected to succeed himself to that office in the fall of 1900. Biographies and portraits of the progressive men of Iowa: leaders ..., Volume 2, page 236-237

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Francis Pearce “Frank” Greenlee death on 4 Jan 1932 in Montgomery County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 40.9389000
Longitude: -94.9747009

Family Members:

Parent

Thomas Franklin Greenlee

(1820 - 1868)

Eliza Ann Pearce Greenlee

(1822 - 1909)

Spouse

Cora M. Mann Greenlee

(1858 - 1922)

Alice Stewart Bryson

(1854 - 1931)

Siblings

Minerva Ellen Greenlee Means

(1843 - 1904)

Mary Louise Greenlee Wilson

(1844 - 1884)

James Edward Greenlee

(1848 - 1889)

Catherine Holmes “Kate” Greenlee Wickersham

(1851 - 1933)

Anna Adelia Greenlee Harris

(1853 - 1925)

John Kirby Greenlee

(1856 - 1857)

Elizabeth Jane “Lida” Greenlee Mann

(1858 - 1951)

Charles Greenlee

(1861 - 1895)

Sarah Josephine Greenlee

(1863 - 1865)

Anneka Jans Bogardus Greenlee Waterman

(1865 - 1895)

Children

Fred Stewart Greenlee

(1874 - 1955)

Gertrude Greenlee

(1881 - 1883)

Marie G. Greenlee Palmer

(1884 - 1968)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Villisca Cemetery
Villisca, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9389000, -94.9747009

2. Carlisle Cemetery
Villisca, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9225006, -94.9835968

3. Findley Cemetery
Villisca, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9578018, -94.9571991

4. Bakers Cut Cemetery
Villisca, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9083200, -94.9585900

5. Arlington Cemetery
Stanton, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9975014, -95.0093994

6. Nodaway Cemetery
Nodaway, Adams County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9627991, -94.8858032

7. North Page Cemetery
Hepburn, Page County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8857994, -95.0511017

8. Fairview Cemetery
Valley Township, Page County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8570862, -94.9671860

9. Mission Cemetery
Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0052986, -95.0603027

10. Sciola Baptist Cemetery
Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0340000, -94.9859000

11. Mamre Cemetery
Stanton, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9865480, -95.0886400

12. Bolt Family Burying Ground
Villisca, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0362750, -94.9950660

13. North Grove Cemetery
Hepburn, Page County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8422012, -94.9396973

14. Mamrelund Cemetery
Stanton, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9810486, -95.0959320

15. Methodist Grove Cemetery
Nodaway, Adams County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9136009, -94.8332977

16. Baldwin Cemetery
Corning, Adams County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9768982, -94.8244019

17. Thompson Cemetery
Adams County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0527000, -94.9161000

18. Rose Hill Church Cemetery
Clarinda, Page County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8215000, -95.0340000

19. Guss Cemetery
Guss, Taylor County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8502657, -94.8510869

20. Tabor Cemetery
Wallin, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0543700, -95.0619900

21. Bethesda Lutheran Cemetery
Douglas Township, Page County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8430000, -95.1044000

22. Brooks Cemetery
Corning, Adams County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9728012, -94.7953033

23. Strand Cemetery
Corning, Adams County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0730000, -94.9100000

24. Mortons Mill Cemetery
Morton Mills, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0793991, -95.0085983