Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Greenwood, Aaron  
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Author: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County

AARON GREENWOOD, who is a pioneer of this county, was born in Herefordshire, 
England, in 1835, a son of John and Martha (PritchardJ Greenwood, natives of 
the same shire as himself. His father, who was a general farmer, came to 
America in 1847, and proceeded at once to Illinois, settling in Joliet 
Township, Will County, where he became interested in sheep-raising. He died in 
1854, when sixty-four years of age. During his residence in his native country 
he was active in the Wesleyan Church, but after settling in the United States 
he associated himself with the United Brethren denomination. He lost his 
second wife before leaving England. They were the parents of three sons, 
namely: Richard, now of Joliet Township; Aaron; and George, deceased. Six 
other children from a former marriage reached maturity, and two came to the 
United States, John and Mrs. Ann Trow, of Wisconsin. At the time of settling 
in this county our subject was thirteen years of age. He grew to manhood in 
Joliet and New Lenox Townships, and received common-school advantages. When 
eighteen years of age he began to cultivate a rented farm, and in this way 
made his start in life. His first purchase was in 1863, when he bought a tract 
of over ninety acres on section 12, Manhattan Township, and at once began its 
improvement. He has since engaged in agricultural pursuits, and is now the 
owner of four hundred and sixty acres, all in this township. Besides raising 
farm products, he carries on a business in feeding stock. While he still 
continues agricultural pursuits, he now makes his home near the village of 
Manhattan. He has given his allegiance heartily to the temperance cause, 
believing that the saloons are the greatest enemies of our country, and in 
politics he supports Prohibition principles. In the Methodist Episcopal Church 
he serves as steward and trustee, and for twenty years served as Sunday-school 
superintendent. In the work of the Manhattan Grange he has been warmly 
interested, and has been its chaplain for several years. In 1861 Mr. Greenwood 
married Sarah H. Noakes, who was born near Hastings, England, and by her he 
has a daughter, Alice, now the wife of E. P. Cole. They have reared a boy, 
Robert O. Greenwood, who has lived with them since he was two years old. When 
a youth, our subject had only such advantages as the schools of those days 
afforded, which, at best, were meagre; but, with his strong mind and love for 
reading, he has kept thoroughly posted on the events of the day, and is a well-
informed man.

Additional Comments:
Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing 
Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical 
Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900

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