Our Family Stories Ship's Owner/Captain, Sawmill Owner, Farmer and Community Servant June 26, 1837 - December 28, 1895
Amos Greenlaw was the son of Captain Isaac Case Greenlaw and Mary Bartlett. He grew up in two worlds and two countries. His mother's family operated various types of water-powered mills and his father was Master of his own ship. Other Greenlaw family members had become timber men in both Maine and New Brunswick, Canada and supplied trees to mills in both countries. Amos learned to successfully operate a saw mill and became Master of his own ship at an early age.
After off-loading the mill equipment, Amos setup a
water-powered sawmill in association with David A. Rice. Mr.
Rice came to the area several years earlier. He settled in Arcadia, Mason
county and controlled large tracks of timberland in both Mason and Thurston
counties. Amos Greenlaw and Alice Greigg were married on July 20, 1868, Pierce County, Washington Territory at the home of her father, William Greigg. Amos' friend and business associate, David A. Rice and Alice's sister, Latitia Greigg, acted as a witnesses. Alice's destiny has not been determined. Amos Greenlaw married
Wilhelmina
(Willa) Mary
Meyer, the daughter of
Frederick Meyer and
Frances Louise Relyea,
on March 16, 1870.
Photograph of Greenlaw Farm -Frederickson (Courtesy of James Clark and Stan R. Lee) Additional information available at websites below:
Amos'
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