Washington Co., AR - Biographies - A. J. Greathouse

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A. J. Greathouse may be mentioned as one of the prosperous farmers of 
Elm Spring Township. Washington Co., Ark., and was born in the county 
in which he now resides in 1852. His boyhood days were spent in 
assisting his father on the farm and in attending the common schools, 
where he received a good practical education; afterward attended the 
State University at Fayetteville, Ark. After finishing his education 
he engaged in pedagoguing, becoming one of the successful educators of 
Northwestern Arkansas, but discontinued this occupation to engage in 
agricultural pursuits, which have received his attention up to the 
present time. He owns a good farm of 120 acres, from which he is 
deriving a comfortable competency; is a member of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, South, and in his political views is a Democrat. He 
is one of eleven children born to the marriage of Robert and Margaret 
(Blunt) Greathouse, who were born in 1826 and 1831, respectively.