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Judge John Maxson Greenman

Also Known As: "J.M. Greenman"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hornellsville, Steuben County, New York, United States
Death: May 12, 1918 (81)
Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States, Washington, United States
Place of Burial: Austin, Mower County, Minnesota, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Henry Giles Greenman, Esq. and Mary Bliss Greenman
Husband of Elizabeth S Greenman
Father of Henry P Greenman; George D. Greenman; Fay William Greenman and Mattie E Greenman
Brother of Charles Henry Greenman; William B Greenman and Reynolds Joshua Greenman

Occupation: Probate Judge
Managed by: William Owen "Bill" Irwin
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About Judge John Maxson Greenman

HISTORY OF MOWER COUNTY, 1911

John M. Greenman, for several years judge of probate of Mower county, was born in Steuben county, New York, April 15, 1837, son of Henry G. and Mary B. (Maxson) Greenman. He graduated from the Allegany College, at Alfred, Allegany county, New York, the institution being at that time known as the Alfred Academy. After graduating, he came west in 1852, and taught school two years in Milton, Wis. In 1856 he located in Olmsted county, this state, and combined farming with the practice of law, having in the meantime been admitted to the bar. In 1863 he went back to Milton, owing to failing health. In 1870 he came to Austin, in which town he has since lived. He at once took up the practice of law, served as city attorney several terms at different times, and from 1880 to 1884 was county attorney. In 1902 he was elected judge of probate and served from January, 1903, to January, 1911. Judge Greenman is a Republican, a Mason, and a member of the B.P.O.E. and the M.W.A. He was married October 24, 1858, to Elizabeth Sturdivant, daughter of Peleg Sturdivant. This union has been blessed with three children. Henry and George are dead. Fay W., who was born in May, 1878, is a prominent attorney in Austin, now associated with his father in the practice of law, the firm being styled Greenman & Greenman. Henry G. Greenman was born in New York state, and married Mary B. Maxson, who was born in a lighthouse off from Long Island. They came to Wisconsin in 1852 and spent the remainder of their lives in Milton, in that state, Henry G. dying in 1863, and Mary B. in 1886.

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Judge John Maxson Greenman's Timeline

1837
April 15, 1837
Hornellsville, Steuben County, New York, United States
1860
April 20, 1860
Dover, Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States
1865
October 8, 1865
1878
May 20, 1878
Austin, Mower, Minnesota, United States, Minnesota, United States
1888
January 1888
Minnesota, United States
1903
January 1903
Age 65
Mower County, Austin, MN, United States
1918
May 12, 1918
Age 81
Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States, Washington, United States
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Allegany College, at Alfred Allegany County, New York, the institution being at the same time know as the Alfred Academy
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Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Mower County, Minnesota, United States