Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Greenup, Samuel G. 1818 - 1897
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

SAMUEL G. GREENUP.

   Samuel G. Greenup was born in Scott county, Kentucky, August 30, 1818. He was
the youngest of eleven children, and with his father, John Greenup, came to
Delphi, and lived in a small brick house, owned by Vine Holt, on the corner of
Market and Main streets. His father settled on the farm now owned by this county
and occupied as a County asylum. In 1835 his father, Christopher, John W. and
Samuel G. Greenup bought a half section of land, situated in Tippecanoe
township, being a part of the Burnett Reservation. This farm is one of the most
noted farms in Carroll county. Greenup Brothers were universally respected all
over the county. They constructed flatboats and shipped corn to New Orleans.
Samuel Greenup served as county commissioner in 1870. His brother, Christopher,
died on October 20, 1875, and John W. died on April 15, 1886. Mr. Greenup was a
member of the Masonic, fraternity. He disposed of his large estate by a will. He
never married. He died on October 16, 1897.


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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana

CHAPTER IX.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF DECEASED PIONEERS OF CARROLL COUNTY.


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