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After the war, Joe Gibson worked in a sawmill.  At 19 years he became foreman for Bright & WIthee.  He married in 1869 to Miss Sperbeck.  In 1872, he settled in Longwood.  Mrs. Gibson taught Indian neighbor women how to make clothing.  Mr. was first president of Greenwood State Bank.

Niron Withee came and 1870 and was county treasurer 1882.  He was succeeded by Hiram Withee.  Robert Schofield came to Clark County in 1855 and to Greenwood in 1879.  He built one of the finest homes in that part of the country in 1880; cost was $12,000 at that time.  He was a lumberman.  Then came John Brown; Hunt; Dave and Hugh Shanks; Chr. Wallenberg; Philip and Paul Rossman; E.T. Burch;and  Bert Brown.

First marriage among settlers: John Honeywell and Rachel Hodges 1871.

First to death: Mrs. Charlotte (C.S.) Honeywell, 1871.

In other old settler: Otto Behrens.

Some teachers and first school: Horace Draper, Mary Honeywell, Ben Andrews, Jack Syth, Geo Slater, Henry Warner, Ed Hommel.

First class of graduation 1898: Eva Miller and Mabel Varney

Greenwood Methodist church: Jas. Austin Sr. 1882-1882, father or uncle of Rev. Jas Austin of Withee. Paul Hull 1895-1899.

Immanuel Reformed: Rev. Schmalz (he baptized all of us kids) 1887-1908.

German church: organized 1874 Adolf Noah, Henry Humpke, Mr & Mrs. Herman Schwarze, Ludwig Noah, Mr. & Mrs. Decker, John Vollrath.

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