Johnson County KS Archives Biographies.....Greer, Thomas S. 1862 - 
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Author: Ed Blair (1915)

  Thomas S. Greer, M. D., a prominent Johnson county physician and surgeon,
engaged in the practice of his profession at Edgerton, is a native of Missouri.
He was born at Lexington, December 16, 1862, and is a son of Joseph R. and
Tabitha (Dickinson) Greer. The father was a Missouri farmer and a son of
Jefferson Greer, of Virginia, a cloth manufacturer. The Greer family is of
Scotch-English origin, and in the early history of the family the name is said
to have been MacGreer, but the Mac was dropped a century or so ago. Tabitha
Dickinson is of English and German descent. Joseph R. and Tabitha (Dickinson)
Greer were the parents of four children, Dr. Greer and two brothers, one of whom
is a dentist and resides at Elyria, Ohio, and the other resides in Cleveland,
and the sister is now Mrs. C. H. Ayers, who resides at Independence, Mo. Dr.
Greer received his medical education in the Kansas City Medical College, where
he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in 1894. Since that time
he has been engaged in the practice of his profession at Edgerton and has built
up an extensive practice. Dr. Greer is a close student of the science of
medicine and keeps himself thoroughly posted in all the details of that ever
developing science. He was united in marriage, September 20, 1887, to Miss
Jessie DeTar, a daughter of M. S. DeTar, a pioneer merchant of Edgerton. To Dr.
and Mrs. Greer have been born four children: Inez Elizabeth, married W. A.
Harrison; Thomas; William and James Gordon. Dr. Greer has taken an active part
in the political life of Edgerton, and is deeply interested in every movement
for the upbuilding and betterment of his town and community. He has served
several terms as city councilman and was mayor of Edgerton for four years. He is
a member of the county, State and American medical associations and is president
of the Johnson County Medical Association.

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HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas
BY
ED BLAIR

AUTHOR OF
Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches

IN ONE VOLUME

ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
1915


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