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Henry McGreevy, retail lumber dealer, of Fort Smith, Ark., was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1849. His parents John and Mary (O’Connor) McGreevy, were also natives of County Down, and were tillers of the soil, the father dying at the age of thirty-five years. The mother is still living in Ireland, and as far back as the McGreevy family can be traced they have resided on the farm on which she now lives. John and Mary McGreevy became the parents of six children, two of whom are living, Henry and John, who are both residents of the United States. The former received a good education in the national schools of Ireland, and in 1869 concluded to come to America to seek his fortune. He landed in the city of New York, and went directly to Chicago, where he spent about two years, and then took up his abode in Little Rock, Ark., where he resided until 1881, when he came to Fort Smith, and in 1883 engaged in his present business. He was married in the town where he now resides to Miss Rebecca Linder, a daughter of Jacob Linder, one of the early settlers of Fort Smith, and a hero of the Mexican War. Mr. McGreevy is a Democrat in his political views, and is a member of the Roman Catholic Church. His wife is of German extraction.