Philip Greening

Background

Greening was born in Lamerton, Devonshire, England on February 29, 1824.

Education

He studied in the public schools until he was apprenticed to a blacksmith at the age of fourteen.

Career

He ran as a "Greenback Democrat". He took up that trade in his adulthood, eventually moving to Plymouth. In 1849 he sailed from England to Quebec, ending up in Woodstock, Ontario.

He worked in Green Bay for a year and one-half, after which he purchased a large parcel of land in Calumet, which he cleared and farmed for some years.

In 1863 he sold his holdings and moved with his family to Winneshiek County, Iowa, farming there for four years before once more selling out and returning to Wisconsin once more, this time to a farm in Byron, which he later sold in favor of a larger parcel in Lamartine. Greening served for four years as chairman of the Town Board of Supervisors, and one year as Assessor.

He was assigned to the standing committee on lumbering and manufactures. He did not seek re-election, and was succeeded by Republican Daniel Treleven, who faced separate Democratic and Greenback challengers.

An 1889 account says that he was nominated for the Wisconsin State Senate for 1880, but declined the nomination (it does not say by which party or parties).

And that he remained affiliated with the Democratic party in later years., he returned to farming. As of 1889, he and Mary had had six children, of whom only two (Ellen and William) survived.

Achievements

• He won with 1,046 votes, against 897 for Republican Delos Allen (Republican incumbent Almon Swan was not a candidate).

Connections

friendship:

Empire, Fond du Lac