Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Greenwood, Marcellus 1832 - 
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   MARCELLUS GREENWOOD, one of the “brave boys in blue,” now living in Forest
Prairie township, on section 26, came to the county in 1881, and bought eighty acres
of land of Michael Flynn, where he now lives. He was born in St. Lawrence county,
New York, August 25, 1832, and is the son of Carlos and Rosa Ann (Dugnet) Greenwood,
natives of Canada, who emigrated to New York in 1830, where they made their home
until 1866. The mother died in the Empire State, after which the father of our
subject removed to Sibley county, Minn. Marcellus was married, October 12, 1853, to
Miss Rosanna Gesmer, who is also a native of St. Lawrence county, N. Y., and by this
union there has been born a family of twelve children — Libby, Mary, Allen, Frank,
Emma, Louisa, Sophia, Edward, Stephen, Jerome, Rosa and Maggie. All the children are
married except the last five. In his political views Mr. Greenwood coincides with
the republican party. His family are zealous members of the Roman Catholic church.

   During the late civil war, December 28, 1863, our subject enlisted in Company M,
Eighteenth New York Cavalry, and served with that gallant regiment, being
transferred to Company I, until May 31,1866,when he was mustered out of service at
Victoria, Texas, and returned to his home. His service was chiefly performed in
Virginia, the regiment being attached to the Army of the Potomac.


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Extracted from:
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888

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