Bio: Frank C. Greenwood, Claiborne Parish & Jackson Parish, LA Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville, 1890 Submitted for the LAGenWeb Archives by: Gwen Moran-Hernandez, Jan. 2000 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Frank C. Greenwood, book-keeper of Homer National Bank, like many other prominent citizens of Louisiana, owes his nativity to Alabama, having been born in Cherokee County on June 4, 1838, and is the son of William K. and Polly (Morgan) Greenwood, natives respectively of Georgia and Kentucky. The father went to the Blue Grass State when a young man, and there met and married Miss Morgan, after which they removed to Georgia, where the father engaged in tilling the soul for a number of years. They then moved to Alabama, locating in Cherokee County, and here the father continued his former pursuit for one year. From there they removed to Talladega County, but at the end of seven years they removed to Arkansas, and located in Union County. Here the father followed agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred in December, 1880, when in his eighty-eighth year. He held several local offices in the county where he resided, and was a staunch Democrat, although he took no very active part in politics. He volunteered in one of the old Indian wars (1815), but was not called to active service. His wife died in June, 1879, in her eighty-third year. Their family consisted of eleven children, all of whom grew to years of discretion, and became heads of families, but two sons. Two brothers and two sisters are living at the present time. F. C. Greenwood grew to manhood in Arkansas, received a limited education, and is mainly self-educated since grown up. He was early taught the duties of the farm, and in 1859 he came to Louisiana, locating in Jackson Parish. He entered the Confederate service in the first company from that parish in 1861, went to New Orleans, and was put in the Second Louisiana Infantry, with which he served until the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Malvern Hill, Cedar Mountain, Second Manassas, Gettysburg, battle of the Wilderness, Chancellorsville, and was taken prisoner at Spottsylvanis Court House on May 12, 1864. Mr. Greenwood is proud of his army record, and went through the war up to the time of his capture, without even a personal reprimand. He was wounded four times, being shot in the arm and shoulder, and wounded in the breast by a bayonet. He also received a bad wound in the head at Gettysburg. He was held a prisoner at Point Lookout, Md., and Elmira, N. Y., until the close of the war, and was then paroled, and came home in April, 1865. After returning to Jackson Parish, La., he resided there several years, and was married there on June 14, 1865, to Miss Alice A. Otts, a native of Alabama, who was reared and educated in Jackson Parish, and who is the daughter of Joel B. Otts. Mr. Greenwood then farmed in Jackson Parish for several years, after which he engaged in book-keeping there. In 1869 he moved to Union County, Ark., remaining there two years, and then removed to the Lone Star State, Sabine Pass, where he tarried for about two years, after which he returned to Arkansas, Union County. In January, 1878, he came to this parish, engaged in book-keeping here, and when the Homer National Bank opened in 1890, he took his place as book-keeper. Mr. Greenwood is a strong Democrat, but never takes an active part in politics. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and his is recording steward of the same. Socially he is a member of the Masonic order, being a Master Mason, and serving as secretary for a number of years. He is now demitted. He is also a member of the K. of P. Mr. Greenwood is a pleasant gentleman to meet, and is held in high esteem by all who are favored with his acquaintance. # # #