Biography of C.G. Greenway, Saline Co, AR

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SOURCE: Goodspeed's History of Saline County

C.G. Greenway, a planter of Jefferson Township, Saline County, was born in
Independence County, Ark., in 1855.  He was the fourth son 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, 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, Eve 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 through out the community
for their worth and influence.