Nicholas Greiner


Nicholas Greiner was born in the Province of Lorraine, France, April 14, 1824. In connection with his father's family, he came to Wayne County, Mich., near Detroit, in 1832, where he resided, carrying on farming, till 1878, when he made Weare, Oceana County, his home, where he settled on Section 27, and is the owner of 160 acres of first-class land, and keeps a variety of stock, etc. Married, October 16, 1849, Elizabeth Diegel, who was born in Gemany, October 7, 1831, and settled in Wayne County, Mich., in 1832. Seven children, Catherine (Le Fevre), Sebastian, John, Peter, Vincent, Agnes and Paulina.