Biographical Sketch of George H. Greenleaf, Laclede County, Missouri >From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889. ********************************************************************** George H. Greenleaf was born in Salisbury, N. H., November 5, 1834, and died at his home in Lebanon, Laclede County, Mo., December 9, 1886. He was a son of Thomas R. and Mary (Seaton) Greenleaf, who were natives of New Hampshire, and when a small boy moved with his parents to New Phil- adelphia, Ohio, where he received the greater part of his education. In 1857 or 1858 he came west with his parents to St. Louis, where they located. He then traveled for some time for a wholesale hardware firm of that city, and in 1869 came to Lebanon as a member of the banking firm of P. Vinton & Co., it being the first bank established in Laclede county. He continued a member of the firm until 1873, when they were succeeded by J. S. Sterling & Son. In 1874 Mr. Greenleaf succeeded Sterling & Son, and established the Laclede County Bank, which he con- tinued to manage with great success and to the entire satisfaction of the patrons thereof until his death. He was essentially a self educa- ted and self-made man, a good and useful citizen, and took an active part in building up the city of Lebanon, and was one of its most honor- ed, prosperous and progressive citizens. He was a member of the A. F. & A. M., the Knights Templar and the A. O. U. W., and was buried with the ceremonies of these societies, the ministers officiating at the funeral services being Revs. J. F. Martin and L. F. Bickford. On the 4th of October, 1870, he was united in marriage, in Old Lebanon, to Miss Lou Harrison, a daughter of John B. and Martha L. (Hyer) Harrison, who were born in South Carolina and Pennsylvania in 1804 and 1812, respectively. John B. Harrison was brought to Missouri when a small boy, and located in what is now Arlington, Phelps county, but in 1847 took up his abode in Laclede county, being among the first settlers of Old Lebanon. His marriage to Miss Hyer took place at Rolla, and for their wedding tour they took a trip to St. Louis on horseback. They became the parents of one daughter, Mrs. Greenleaf, who was born, reared and married in the same house in Old Lebanon. She was educated in the Columbia Christian College, and is the mother of three daugh- ters: May, Anna and Georgia. Mr. Greenleaf was a member of the Congregational Church, of which shshe remains a consistent member. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================