Greenway, John Campbell

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Title: Greenway, John Campbell
Gender: Male
Biography: "John Greenway was born in Huntsville, Alabama, and graduated from Yale University with a degree in engineering. Rising to the upper echelons of the mining industry in Minnesota and Arizona, Greenway took a professional break to join the Rough Riders at the beginning of the Spanish-American War. He met his wife, Isabella, through his friendship with her first husband, Robert H. M. Ferguson, another Rough Rider. After their marriage in 1923, the couple moved to Ajo, Arizona, where John built a house for his wife. They had one son, Jack, before John died after a gall bladder operation." --Cathy Callopy
Member: Greenway family
Birth date: 6 Jul 1872
Place of birth: Huntsville (Ala.)
Father: Greenway, Gilbert Christian
Mother: White, Alice
Life event(s): Marriage: 1923; location unknown
Spouse(s): Greenway, Isabella Selmes
Child(ren): Greenway, John Selmes
Death date: 19 Jan 1926
Place of death: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Death and burial information: Dinsmore Cemetery (Boone County, Ky.)
Occupation(s): Millinery engineer; Mining company manager
Military service: Troop A, 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry; 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, A.E.F.
Allegiance: United States of America
Held rank: 1st Lieutenant; Lieutenant Colonel
Resided in: Hot Springs (Ark.); Coleraine (Minn.); Warren (Ariz.)
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #107333859; U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925; U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940; Arizona, Voter Registrations, 1866-1955
Source(s): Tenth Census of the United States, 1880; Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910; Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920; Find A Grave.com; Dinsmore Homestead Foundation; U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

Item sets: World War, 1914-1918--Veterans--Kentucky--Boone County; Spanish-American War, 1898--Veterans--Kentucky--Boone County

Media: John C. Greenway's passport application photo, 1919

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Greenway, Isabella Selmes	Person