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JOHN J. GREENWADE. The subject of this sketch is a native of Montgomery county, Ky., born Nov. 29, 1839. He is the son of Thomas and Sarah A. Greenwade. Thomas was a native of the same county, born Feb. 6, 1818, and his father Samuel Greenwade, was a native of Wednesor, Scotland, born in 1797, and died in Kentucky in 1854. Mrs. Sarah A. Greenwade’s maiden name was Kring; was a native of Pennsylvania, born near Pittsburgh, March 21, 1819. John J. was raised and educated in his native county and came to Missouri in 1877, locating in Lafayette county, where he farmed for two years and then purchased the large grain elevator at Aullville, that county, and bought and shipped large quantities of grain for three years, when he traded his land adjoining Aullville for property in Jasper county, and moved to this county. He was married in 1869 to Miss Mary C. Fitzpatrick, of Montgomery county, Ky. This union was productive of six children: Mary T., aged thirteen; John D., aged twelve; Sarah V., now deceased; Samuel, aged seven; Drusie A., aged five; and Thomas, aged two. Mrs. Greenwade died Sept. 24, 1881, and is buried in her native county, in Kentucky. Mr. Greenwade traveled quite extensively over the country before settling in Missouri. For seven years he engaged in stock-raising and merchandising in Texas, and had been very successful. The war came on and with many others he lost nearly all he possessed, but since has accumulated another fortune, and in 1881 had the misfortune to lose a large amount of it, in wheat and stock, on account of sickness, which made it impossible for him to give his personal attention to business. He is recognized as a straightforward business man, and his native suavity makes him a pleasant companion.