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- !1840 census Wood Co, WV. 1850 census Wirt Co,WV. 1860 census Tippecanoe Co, IN Marriage Record, Hardy Co,WV. Ritchie Co, WV records.
Civil War Union veteran,Pvt Co F 99th Indiana Infantry and First Illinois Light Artillery. Enlisted 22 Aug 1862,White Co, IN. Mustered out 5 Jun 1865 in Washington, D C.
Military record states that he was 5ft 9in tall,fair complexion, blue eyes and dark hair..
Microfilm #1255052-1880 Census Montgomery Co, Ohio, 12 June 1880, National Military Home for Disabled Soldiers.
232323 Greenberry Smith W M 66 Blacksmith: SD 2 Unemployed 12 mos disabled; ED 169, page 50, can not write,born MD, father born MD, mother born MD.
Microfilm # 1030827 Montgomery Co Ohio Deaths, Vol 2, page 194, Greenberry Smith died Sept 9.1883, age 70,single WM born MD, farmer. Cause of death Pneumonia or Dysentery. Admitted to home Apr 4, 1876,Burial
Sept 9, 1883, in Soldier's Home Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio, Lot No Row 15, Block D, GraveNo 11. Have a picture
of the stone. Next of kin listed as Grace S. Smith, Goose Creek, WV.
!Greenberry worked as Blacksmith on Staunton Pike from Baltimore MD To Walker,WV. He was overseer of the poor= Jackson Co,WV in 1853. Went to Indiana later on, to work on building roads, married in White Co Indiana, 18 July 1858 to Frances C Knowlton.
!Lived in Dekalb, Gilmer Co, WV in 1843, and in 1852 lived at GooseCreek,Ritchie Co, WV.
Last contact with the family was in Sept 1865, Last known residence was in Brookston, Indiana.
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