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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Ouachita County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  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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Julius O. Greening is a native-resident of the county in which he is now residing, his birth having occurred on February 21, 1850, his parents being Orlando and Mary (Easel) Greening, the former born in Alabama, in 1823, and the latter in New York State, August 25, 1825. The father was a farmer by occupation and emigrated from Alabama to Mississippi, and from there to Arkansas in 1845, and settled on a large tract of woodland in Ouachita County, where he built a log cabin, and made his home until his death, which occurred on January 1, 1887. He was a soldier in the Mexican War, and served for a short time in the late Civil War, and socially was a member of the Masonic order, and was an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which his wife was also a member. A family of six sons and two daughters were born to himself and wife: Eldridge, Earl, Julius O., Amanda (wife of James L. Pipkin, a farmer and school-teacher, now living in Red Hill Township, this county), being the only ones living. Powell, Scott, Albert and one other are deceased. Julius O. Greening, the immediate subject of this biography, has always resided in Ouachita County, and here he was married on November 15, 1882, to Miss Camilla C. Morgan, a daughter of Lee and Rebecca E. (Hambrick) Morgan, both natives of Alabama, the former born in 1824. They were the parents of seven children, only two of whom are now living. Mr. Morgan served throughout the late Civil War as first lieutenant, but had previously, in 1845, removed from Alabama to Arkansas, and was a successful merchant of Camden for forty years. He is a member of the Baptist Church. Mrs. Greening was born in Columbia County, Ark., April 18, 1854, and she and Mr. Greening are the parents of three sons and two daughters: Virginia, Daniel, Lee, Pat and Lena. Mr. Greening owns an excellent farm of 110 acres, and in addition to farming deals quite extensively in cattle and hogs. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a Democrat in his political views.

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This family biography is one of 91 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Ouachita County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Ouachita County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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