Abner Greer
Goodspeed's History of Southeast Missouri
Biographies of Scott County, 1888
Abner Greer was born in Hopkinsville, Ky., in 1834, and is one of ten children born to the union of Jonathan Greer and Mary Hopson. Nine of their children grew to maturity, and six are now living. Jonathan Greer was born in South Carolina, in 1804, and died in 1811. His wife was born in Virginia, in 1811, and is now residing in Hopkins County, Ky. In 1849, Abner Greer went to California by the overland route, which required about ten months. From California, he went on the plains with Kit Carson, and remained six months, after which he was engaged for two years with Capt. Evans, in hauling freight between California and Fort Levenworth, Kas. Mr. Greer drove seven yoke of cattle for twenty-two months, without losing a day. Returning to his native State, he was engaged in trading in horses and mules, in Kentucky and Illinois, until 1857, when he engaged for one year in merchandising. In 1858 he went to Pike's Peak, and spent six months in mining, after which he went to Indiana and bought horses, which he sold in New Orleans. He was then engaged in the livery business in Louisiana until the beginning of the Civil War, when he enlisted in the Confederate army, and was commissioned captain of Company A., of the First Louisiana Regiment, under Col. Molton. At the close of the war he went to Memphis, Tenn., and the next year (1866), came to Charleston, Mo. In 1869 he removed from the latter place, to his present farm in Scott County, consisting of 390 acres with 200 under cultivation. His marriage with Mary Ancell was celebrated on February 2, 1869. She was born in Jun 1848. To them have been born ten children: Delia E., Mary, Pascal, Joseph, Abner, Margaret (deceased), James C., Lucy (also deceased), Charles and George. Mrs. Greer is an active member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Greer is a member of the A.F. & A.M. of the A.O.U.W. and of the Wheel. He deals largely in stock, of which he prides himself on being a good judge.
Submitted by Connie Perkins
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