Biographical Sketch of Walter R. Greim, Johnson County, Missouri,
Warrensburg Township

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.

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Walter R. Greim, the manager of the City Steam Laundry, Warrensburg,
is a native of Johnson County.  He was born at 116 Broad street,
Warrensburg, in the home which his father built when he was married.
He is the son of Henry N. and Margaret (Reichle) Greim, both natives
of Germany.  Henry N. Greim was born September 22, 1840 in Bavaria,
Germany.  In 1853 he immigrated to America when he was fourteen years
of age and in 1855 came to Warrensburg, where he began as a laborer.
Before the Civil War he drove a stage from Warrensburg to Lexington
and after the war engaged in the harness business in Warrensburg. 
Henry N. Greim opened his harness shop February 11, 1867 on Holden
street where the Commercial Bank of Warrensburg is now located.  He
was in the harness business for more than thirty years.  During the
Civil War he enlisted in Company E, First Missouri Cavalry under Col.
Fuller.  Mr. Greim took active part in the battles of Prairie Grove
and Little Rock.  He was mustered out of service at Little Rock, Ark.
in June, 1865.  Margaret (Reichle) Greim was born in Stuttgart, Ger-
many.  She came to America with her parents when she was eleven years
of age.  They settled in Fayette County, Ohio and there the daughter,
Margaret, was reared to maturity and educated.  She moved to Warrens-
burg with her parents in 1868 and was married the following year to 
Henry N. Greim, in 1869.  Both parents of Margaret (Reichle) Greim,
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Reichle, were natives of Germany.  They are inter-
red in Adams cemetery.  Henry N. and Margaret Greim were the parents 
of four children: Arch J., Warrensburg; Walter R., the subject of 
this review; Lula M., Warrensburg; and Nicholas E., in the employ of
Citizens Bank of Warrensburg.  Henry N. Greim died April 5, 1897. 
His wife died August 10, 1895.  They are buried in the Warrensburg
cemetery.  Mr. Greim was an industrious, capable business man, and one
of Johnson County's most substantial citizens.  Walter R. Greim rec-
eived his education in the Warrensburg schools and in the State Normal.
He was in attendance at the State Normal one year.  March 1, 1903 he 
opened a steam laundry on Culton street and two years later moved to 
his present location on the corner of Holden and Grover streets where
he has continued in business for the past thirteen years.  The City
Steam Laundry is the only steam laundry in the city and does excellent
work.  Mr. Greim employs ten people and all work is given the most
careful and prompt attention.  In 1910, Walter R. Greim was united in
marriage with Ida McClelland, daughter of George B. McClelland, a 
farmer near Holden, Missouri.  Mrs. Greim's mother is deceased.  Mr. 
and Mrs. Greim reside at 116 Broad street in the home which Mr. Greim's
father built when he started housekeeping in 1869, the birthplace of
Walter R.  When the Greim home was built there were not half a dozen
houses south of the railroad in Warrensburg.  The house was remodeled
in 1910.  Mr. and Mrs. Greim are widely known in Johnson County and 
have many friends.

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