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GEORGE C. GREENUP. Among the citizens of Sedalia, and particularly in railroad circles, the name of this gentleman is well and favorably known. He is a young man, yet he has accomplished wonders in the battle of life. Starting from an humble position, he has alone and by merit attained a degree of success and distinction of which an older and more favored man might well feel proud. In whatever position he has been placed, in whatever duty he has been called upon to perform, in all his relations, social and business connections, his course has been one of honor and integrity; and the success he has attained, and the bright prospects which seem to await his future efforts, are the legitimate results of his exemplary course.

The birth of George C. Greenup occurred near Aurora Springs, Miller County, Mo., January 26, 1866. The family is of English descent, and the grandfather of our subject, Christopher B., was a native of Kentucky, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. The father, Tandy A., who was born in Wayne County, Ky., in 1842, accompanied the other members of the family to Missouri, and from the age of seven years was a resident of Miller County. He was the fourth of six sons, three of whom served in the Union army, and the other three in the Confederate army during the Civil War. At Wilson Creek, where he was one of the Union soldiers, two of his brothers fought for the South, and all were wounded.

For several years after the war closed, Tandy A. Greenup was in the employ of the Missouri Pacific as foreman of the bridge and buildig department. Eater he accepted the position of Postmaster, which he held under President Harrison for four years. At present he is engaged in the stock business, and still makes his home in Cole County, where he is an esteemed and prominent citizen, and a leading Republican. Like all old soldiers, he takes an interest in Grand Army affairs, being a leading member of J. A. Garfield Post No. 6, at Jefferson City. In religious belief he is a Presbyterian. His wife, Martha A., was born in Miller County, Mo., being a daughter of William Schaufler, who was of German descent. She was a devoted member of the Lutheran Church, and a lady whose happiness centered in the welfare and prosperity of her children.

The next to the eldest of five children, our subject spent his childhood years under the parental roof, and was educated in the public schools. Studying telegraphy at odd moments, he acquired a knowledge of that occupation, and then entered the employ of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, remaining an operator in the home office until July 22, 1883. Later he was similarly engaged in some of the larger cities between St. Louis and Kansas City, on the Missouri Pacific, and was also operator in some of the more important dispatchers’ offices on the road. The position which he now holds - that of copy operator in the dispatcher’s office at Sedalia - is one of great responsibility, and the fact that he has discharged its duties in a manner highly satisfactory to his superiors proves that he possesses talents of a superior order. He has the good-will of all around him in the various departments and the regard of the people of Sedalia.

Mr. Greenup has the greatest confidence in the future of this city, and has invested large sums in real estate here. He was married, at Warrensburg, Mo., in 1887, to Miss Dollie J. Fisher, a native of Colfax, Cal. She was the youngest of the four children of James and Sarah (Shields) Fisher, natives, respectively, of Kentucky and Virginia, the latter being a daughter of Richard Shields, an early settler near Tipton, Mo. Mr. Fisher was reared in Missouri, and for some years engaged in the stock business in Cooper County. In 1864 he removed to California, where he followed the same occupation in Colfax and Sacramento, but in 1867 returned to Missouri, and died in Tipton the following year. Orphaned at the age of two years, Mrs. Greenup was reared in the home of an uncle at Warrensburg, and received excellent educational advantages, being a graduate of the State Normal School, in the Class of ‘85. For two years prior to her marriage she taught in Warrensburg. By her union with Mr. Greenup one child, Harry T., has been born.

In his social connections, Mr. Greenup is a member of Granite Lodge No. 272, A. F. & A. M., and Sedalia Chapter No. 18, R. A. M. He is the Chief of Division No. 221, O. R. T., and was chosen its delegate to the Denver Convention in 1894. Politically a Republican, he represents the Third Ward as a member of the Board of City Committeemen, and at different times has been the delegate of his party to city and county conventions. In the ward meetings he has frequently been chosen Chairman and Secretary, and in other ways has been active in local affairs. He is a Presbyterian in religious connections, and his wife holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church. She is a lady of superior intelligence and culture, and has been especially prominent in temperance work, having been President of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of East Sedalia, and being the present President of the Pettis County Union, also Secretary of the Railroad Temperance Association.