Curtis E. Greenhaw

Brief Life History of Curtis E.

When Curtis E. Greenhaw was born in June 1874, in Madison Township, Howard, Arkansas, United States, his father, Wesley Meacham Greenhaw, was 56 and his mother, Elizabeth Goodson, was 31. He married Willie Sheffield on 3 November 1897, in De Kalb, Kemper, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Johnson, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States in 1935 and Bucklucksy Township, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States in 1940.

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Family Time Line

Curtis E. Greenhaw
1874–
Willie Sheffield
1877–
Marriage: 3 November 1897
Lela Greenhew
1898–1982
Irene Greenhaw
1906–
Inez C Greenhaw
1908–1980
Denzil Greenhaw
1913–
Joe Garner Greenhaw
1914–1986

Sources (6)

  • Curtice E Greenhaw, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Curtis E. Greenhaw, "Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944"
  • Curtis E Greenhaw in entry for Joe Garner Greenhaw, "Oklahoma, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1883 · The Mosaic Templar is Founded

The Mosaic Templar is an African American fraternal organization founded in Little Rock. it was founded by former slaves, John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts. It was part of a movement that was going on at the time, where everyone was forming fraternities and sororities. The main departments for this one where endowment, monument, analysis, uniform, rank, recapitulation, records, and a juvenile division.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

Probably an altered form of English Greenhow or Greenhalgh .

Possibly an altered form of German Grünhag(e), a variant of Grünhagen (see Gruenhagen ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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