Sevier County UT Archives Biographies.....Greenwood, William Simeon 1882 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

WILLIAM SIMEON GREENWOOD.

    William Simeon Greenwood, serving for the second term as county sheriff of
Sevier county and making his home at Richfield, was born at Central, Sevier
county, in 1882. His parents were Barnard H. and Eunice (Howd) Greenwood. The
father crossed the plains more than a half century ago, his father having been
one of the sixteen pathfinders who preceded Brigham Young's party. Barnard H.
Greenwood was a popular and progressive citizen who served his county as
representative in the state legislature for several terms and gave thoughtful
and earnest consideration to vital questions that came up for settlement. He
also served as a bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for
thirty-three years. His wife, Eunice Howd, was among those who pushed a handcart
across the plains in the early days of the territory. Barnard H. Greenwood had
seven sons, all of whom are sterling citizens and have become men of prominence
in the county and state. Three of the number are now bishops of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and one is principal of the Kamma high school,
while still another is a successful physician and William S. of this review is
now capably serving in public office.

    In the graded schools of Central, William Simeon Greenwood began his
education, which he continued in the Murdock Academy at Beaver. He afterward
became a farmer and be still plants and cultivates his farm of ninety-eight
acres in Sevier county, carefully developing his fields, from which he annually
gathers rich harvests. In politics he has always been a democrat and has been a
recognized leader in its local circles, his opinions carrying weight in its
councils. In 1918 he was president of the war draft board and he esteems as his
greatest achievement his work in absolutely stamping out the illicit liquor
traffic of Sevier county. In 1916 he was elected to the office of sheriff and so
capably and promptly discharged his duties that in 1918 he was reelected for a
second term, so that he is now the incumbent in the office.

    Mr. Greenwood has been married twice. He first wedded Christina Christensen,
a daughter of Mads Christensen. She passed away in 1911, leaving two children,
Ardella and Bert Howd. Two years later Mr. Greenwood was married to Miss Lucille
Calloway, a daughter of George and Refina (Nelson) Calloway, both
representatives of old and prominent families of southern Utah, connected with
this section of the state from pioneer times. The father of George Calloway was
a Kentuckian, one of the earliest residents of the state. He was a grandnephew
of Martin Van Buren, president of the United States. While he followed many
vocations throughout his active life, his early years were devoted to mining.
Mr. and Mrs. Greenwood have two interesting children, William S., Jr., and Ann
Lucille.

    Mr. Greenwood is a consistent member of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, in the work of which he has taken an active and helpful
interest and in which he is now an elder as well as a teacher. He is also an
active member of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. No man in
Sevier county has a larger number of warm friends than Mr. Greenwood. He is
fearless in the performance of his duties and it is said of him that his record
is absolutely clean and above reproach. His life has been as an open book and
the name of Greenwood has never suffered at his hands.


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UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

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VOLUME IV
CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1920

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