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In reply to:
found Banion Greenhaw death date
Penny Myers 4/04/10
To the Banion Greenhaw researchers:
I subscribed to ancestry.com and found more news concerning Banion Greenhaw. We now know that he died of dropsy in February 1880 in Winn Parish, Louisiana as is stated in the Winn Parish 1880 mortality schedule. It also had listed Banion's age as being 44 years old, born in Alabama and stated that both his father and mother were born in Alabama also. It stated that he had resided in Winn Parish for 3/12 months, so this means that he had come from his home in Miller County, Arkansas in approximately November 1879. He was attended by a physician Dr. Jeffries Davis. Now, here is another very interesting factor. Just above Banion's name in the mortality schedule is also listed a 1 year old boy named Benjamin M. Greenhaw, who died in January 1880. Information for Benjamin states that he was 1 year old, died of unknown cause, not attended by physician and that he had resided in Winn Parish for 3/12 months. Benjamin's birth place was listed as Arkansas and both his parents birthplace was listed as Alabama. This means that Benjamin was Banion Greenhaw's son. Which also gives us a more approximate death date for Banion's wife Mary Green Greenhaw, which would have been sometime in 1879 according to the age of Benjamin M. Greenhaw.
In 2003 I placed a headstone at Independence Cemetery, near Fouke, Arkansas for both Banion and Mary Greenhaw, next to their son John Greenhaw who is also buried there in Miller County. Since Banion's old homeplace was just down the road, and the Greenhaw's did attend homecoming at that church as verified by the cemetery custodian, I feel safe to say that Mary is actually buried there next to her son John. However, due to Banion's death in Winn Parish, I don't know if it was realistic for the family to transport Banion over two hundred miles to Fouke to be buried next to his wife and son. It is likely and more practical that Banion may be buried at Zoar Church Cemetery, in Jackson Parish, Louisiana which is next door to where his land was located in Jackson Parish, which he did still own at the time of his death. This is also the burial place for his daughther Elizabeth Greenhaw Faulk and her husband Joseph Faulk. This is also the most likely place for the burial of Banion's son Benjamin M. Greenhaw.
So we now have 3 pieces of news that we didn't know before.
Banion died February 1880 of Dropsy in Winn Parish, Louisiana and had been there only 3 months.
Banion had a 1 year old son named Benjamin M. Greenhaw who died in January 1880 in Winn Parish, Louisiana.
Banion's wife Mary Greenhaw had to have died sometime in the year 1879 in Miller County, Arkansas.