Troup County, GA - Bio of Early Greathouse USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Submitted by: Early Reed Greathouse EGreat7049@aol.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Early Days for Early Early Greathouse...husband, father, plantation owner, statesman and a pioneer. Early was born October 4, 1810 in Clarke County, Georgia. He was the son of Abraham Greathouse and Sarah Curley. He married Susan Elizabeth Talley, June 11, 1831 in Newton, Georgia. Elizabeth bore him twelve children. Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Talley (b. 1780) in Hanover Co. Virginia and Elizabeth Littleton (b. 1776) of South Carolina. Elizabeth was born June 12, 1811 in Edgefield Co., South Carolina Early and Elizabeth established a home in Troup Co. Georgia. He converted to the Baptist faith in 1838 and was ordained a minister in 1846. Attended church at the Troup County Line Baptist Church. He is listed in the church rolls along with his wife and several children. Also listed in the name of Esther, a slave owned by the Rev. Greathouse. The Rev. Greathouse also served as preacher and pastor of the Society Hill Baptist Church in Macon Co., Al in 1856 and Jackson Gap baptist Church in Tallapoosa Co., AL in 1866. The Greathouse family moved to near Dadesville, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama in 1852. The family lived on a 1,000 acre farm about five miles southwest of Dadesville.This area is on the shore of what is now Lake Martin. The Rev. Early Greathouse served two terms in the Alabama State legislature from 1861 through 1865. He also served on the committee writing the new state constitution when Alabama was re-admitted to the Union.The Rev. Greathouse was committed to the Confederate States of America. Several sons made the ultimate sacrifice. Early and Susan moved to Bell Co. in 1870. They bought 1,000 acres of land about six miles southwest of Belton, Texas. Early helped establish the Knob Creek and Mount Vernon Baptist church and served as pastor of the latter for several years. Rev. Early Greathouse died August 10, 1885 and Elizabeth died May 25, 1886.They are buried in the Greathouse Cemetery, a Texas State Historical Site, on land set aside for this purpose. Sons of Rev. Early and Susan Greathouse Seaborn J. Greathouse (b. March 16, 1836)work as a clerk while living at the Harman Hotel in Dadeville in 1860. he enlisted as a private in the "Tallapoosa Rifles", Alabama 1st Regt, Infantry, Co. A at Montgomery, AL. on March 19,1862. He was captured on Island #10 at Port Hudson, LA. He died in the service of CSA. Seaborn is buried in the family cemetery in Tallapoosa Co., AL. Augustus Delaware Greathouse (b. abt 1840) in GA. A.D. "Gus" Greathouse enlisted from Tallapoosa Co. March 6, 1862; mustered May 24, 1862 with the Alabama 34th Infantry, Co. G. Gus was hospitalized at Macon, MS in June 1862 and again at Chattanooga, TN, November 18, 1862. Gus survived the war and later moved to Bell Co., Texas. Augustus Greathouse married Mary Ann C. Barnes on February 21, 1861. They were married by the Rev. Greathouse in Tallapoosa Co, AL Thomas D. Greathouse (b. abt. 1845) appears on the muster roll of the Alabama 24th Infantry, Co. I. in September-October 1862 at a camp near Beaver Dam. In January-February he was stationed at an outpost near Falls Creek, TN. Thomas was promoted to corporal. Thomas married Ida O. Wade on November 23, 1868 by Luke Davenport J.P. in Tallapoosa Co, AL. Thomas obtained a license to sell "spiritous liquors "in Dadeville for one year in 1868. William Early Greathouse (b. September 6,1839) was rifleman in the Alabama 29th Infantry, Co. K. He fought in the Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862. He was mortality wounded and died June 18, 1862 at Holly Springs, MS. He is buried in the family cemetery in Tallapoosa Co., AL. Adkerson Greathouse and Ketterson Greathouse are listed in the Bell Co. Texas history as sons of Rev. Early and Susan Greathouse. There were limited references that Ketterson also died during the Civil War. Robert W. Greathouse was born June 5, 1848 in Georgia. Robert moved with the family to Bell Co. Texas in 1868-70. Little is known about his youth. Robert married Ella P. Turner (b. abt. 1855) and had two sons Early Franklin (b. February 4, 1878) in Belton, Texas and Norman Greathouse and an adopted son Norman Greathouse Turner. Robert moved to Quanah, Texas in 1890 and entered the grocery business. He moved to El Reno and later to Bowie and Childress, TX. He returned to Quanah in 1900. Robert left the grocery business and became a traveling salesman for a glove manufacture. He died May 11, 1934 and is buried in Quanah, Texas. Mrs. Greathouse died April 2, 1921. Early Barham Greathouse (July 13, 1857) in Notasulga, Alabama. Early B. married Bessie W. Sanford July 25, 1883. Bessie was born in Danbury, Connecticut, September 12, 1857. Bessie died May 31, 1918. E. B. Greathouse married Annie Stauffer (b. January 25, 1865) of Peoria, Illinois. Annie died January 15, 1941. Early B. Greathouse died October 16, 1937. They are buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Temple, Texas. Early B. Greathouse was a Temple, Texas businessman. He owned and operated the E. B. Greathouse Company, which provided grain, feed, seed, mill products, also coal and wood. John Alexander Greathouse (b. March 9, 1834) born in Newton Co. Georgia. John married Jane Elizabeth Callway (b. November 16, 1834) on December 18,1855 in Nostasulga, Alabama. The couple farmed in Tallapoosa Co. J.A. Greathouse receive a Confederate commission from Governor Watts of Alabama. He sold his farm after the war and became a merchant. Finally moving with his father and brothers to Texas. John was a successful businessman in Temple, Texas. John died March 10, 1915 and Jane died March 14, 1911. They are buried in Hillcrest Cemetery in Temple. They had five children, Early Barham II; Lucy; Susan; and Ira and B.S. who died as infants. James Littleton Greathouse (b. April 13, 1854) was born in Tallapoosa Co., Alabama. James married Alice L. Marshall ( b. January 5, 1854) of Bell Co. Texas. James and Alice raised five children; Ora, Erie, Esta, Lessie and Willie. After fifty years in Bell Co., the Greathouse's moved to Regina, New Mexico to be near their children. They are buried in New Mexico. Daughters of Rev. Early and Susan Greathouse Mary Frances "Fannie" Greathouse born September 6, 1843. She became the wife of George Witter November 24, 1859 in West Point, Harris Co.; GA. G.Witter was a cabinetmaker by trade. He was born in 1834 in Georgia. He served the CSA, Co. G, 34th Alabama Infantry, and a Sargent. The Witter family lived in Atlanta, Georgia during the Civil War. One of those stories that pass through families from generation to generation is that Fannie faced General Sherman from her front porch and yelled "You want to burn my house, then you have to burn me and the children". The general past her bye. She died January 6, 1923 in Bell Co., TX. Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" Greathouse was born March 19, 1832 in Newton Co. GA. Sallie married William Dallas, January 31, 1850, Troup Co. Georgia. They moved to Tallapoosa Co. Alabama in 1852. One son, Alonzo Cornelious Dallas, born February 14, 1852. He died December 15, 1916 in Durango, Texas. William died about 1854. Sarah E. Dallas then married Martin K. Clopton on September 16, 1856 in Tallapoosa Co. Alabama. Martin K. enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1863. He served with the 61st Regt, Company D, Alabama Infantry. Martin K. died of typhoid fever in Greenville North Carolina, August 10, 1864. They had two children, both born in Tallapoosa County, Sara K. (b. June 12, 1857) and Mattie Lee (b. January 20, 1863) and died in Bell County. She is buried in the Greathouse Cemetery next to her mother. Sarah E. then married David A. Fowler in Tallapoosa County, June 6, 1866. Sarah and David moved to Bell County Texas with her parents and brothers in 1870 in the town of Heidenheimer, Texas. David was a large landowner and successful farmer. Sarah K. married A.D. Hudson on October 3, 1875. They had seven children; William M. (b.1876), Zeb B. (1878), Gertrude B. (1880), John C. (1883), James Early (1885), Mary S. (1886), Sarah F. (1888). Sarah was laid to rest on December 8, 1915 in the Greathouse Cemetery.