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| Name |
John Cluley Greaves |
| Birth |
21 Dec 1854 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
20 Oct 1876 |
EHOUS |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWZ7-4JT |
| Death |
8 Oct 1933 |
Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
| Burial |
11 Oct 1933 |
Preston Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I2661 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Joseph Greaves, b. 22 Feb 1832, Liverpool, Lancashire, England d. 19 Jun 1904, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 72 years) |
| Mother |
Sarah Priscilla Cluley, b. 13 Feb 1831, Liverpool, Lancashire, England d. 13 Apr 1865, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 34 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Feb 1853 |
Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Family ID |
F385 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Althea Card, b. 6 Dec 1860, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 28 Jan 1944, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States (Age 83 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Oct 1876 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| + | 1. John Card Greaves, b. 29 Aug 1877, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 15 Apr 1955, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States (Age 77 years) |
| + | 2. Hattie Greaves, b. 15 Sep 1879, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 11 Mar 1943, Grace, Caribou, Idaho, United States (Age 63 years) |
| + | 3. Cyrus LeRoy Greaves, b. 19 Sep 1882, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 21 Dec 1951, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States (Age 69 years) |
| | 4. Edwin Greaves, b. 23 Nov 1884, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 27 Nov 1884, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 0 years) |
| + | 5. Myrtle Greaves, b. 27 Oct 1886, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 26 Feb 1953, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States (Age 66 years) |
| + | 6. Harley Greaves, b. 13 Jul 1889, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 16 Aug 1976, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States (Age 87 years) |
| | 7. Card Greaves, b. 2 Feb 1894, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 12 Feb 1977, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States (Age 83 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1897 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Apr 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 21 Dec 1854 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 20 Oct 1876 - EHOUS |
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| Marriage - 20 Oct 1876 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Death - 8 Oct 1933 - Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
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 | Burial - 11 Oct 1933 - Preston Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
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| Notes |
- Occupation: Banker
John Cluley Greaves
21 December 1854 – 8 October 1933
10 years old when his mom died
5’6” tall, grey eyes, dark brown hair and medium complexion
Carpenter, cabinetmaker and farmer, bridge foreman when the railroads we r e being constructed into the territory north of Logan to Montana.
Opened the first General Merchandising Store in Preston in 1890, postmas t er (post office was located within the general store), later became a b an ker (he was president of the board of directors and cashier of the ban k)
Liked to vacation in California 1-2 months following the holidays. He d i d this for about 30 years. After the holidays, he’d say, “I just hav e t o get away”.
Was active in politics, a representative of the Stake Legislature, and w a s Justice of the Peace for Preston for several years.
The following stories, related by James Daniel Taylor of Banida, Idaho , t estify to John’s character, integrity and kindness and generosity:
“When I was a young man with ambition to be something, I plunged into d e bt as far as my backing would allow. I owed the Greaves bank, (The Fir s t National Bank of Preston) all I was worth. I was willing to make goo d b ut fate was against me. Wheat was my only income. Frost beat me to it . Al ong with that reverse came sickness, hospital and doctor bills and f inall y death. I now had to have further financial help. I felt I couldn’ t fac e that man with a smile and I was aware of my unpaid obligations; b ut I k now I must, as I entered the bank, he greeted me with a smile an d said, “ Dan, I want to talk to you.” We went into his private office an d I explai ned my condition. I said, “If you loan me a dollar it’s two ch ances to on e that you’ll never get it back”. “Day, we are not lending yo u money on y our financial backing (or collateral) but on your honor. The re are year s when frost shall not take your crops, there are times whe n death shal l not come to your door.” Then, for an hour, he gave me som e much-neede d advice. As I walked out of that bank, it was with a resolu tion that i f it had to be dry bread, rags on my back or anything else , I would mak e good.
With the impending absorption of the First National Bank into the Firs t S ecurity Corporation (Jan 1931), John C. Greaves and his sons were fac ed w ith financial ruin and the collapse of their financial honor. Mr. Gr eave s said, “I’m not worrying about myself, nor my children, but the hon or th at we hold with our depositors. We shall do everything in our powe r to in sure the total value of their deposits.”
Not long ago I was in a group who were discussing the bank merger and t h e fact that the depositors lost nothing though the Greaves family los t ev erything. One member of the group voiced the sentiments of the other s wit h “To Be a Greaves is a recommendation in itself for trust.”
Mr. Taylor concluded with, “No one man has contributed more to communi t y growth. When men were down and out, no one helped them more to help t he mselves than John C. Greaves.”
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