Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1915
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 671
MILTON H. GREENFIELD

In 1858 this pioneer made his settlement in section 3, of Jefferson township, Harrison county, Iowa. The first year he was employed by Judge Stephen King on the latter's farm. In 1859, during the gold mining excitement, he went with hundreds of others to Pike's Peak; at least he started, but upon reaching Fremont, Nebraska, he retraced his steps and engaged in brick making near the old town site of Jeddo, in Harrison county. Two hundred thousand brick were burned the first season and found ready sale at ten dollars per thousand. In 1860 he bought land in section 13 of Jefferson township, where his brick kiln was located. That year he burned two kilns of red brick, in company with Jason Z. HUNT, carrying on his farming operations at the same time. In 1862 he hired others to attend to his farm duties and enlisted in Company C, Twenty-ninth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, wearing the loyal blue until April, 1863. Mr. GREENFIELD was a native of New York, born in 1836, and died at Grand Junction, Colorado, in January, 1913. He was a Republican and was affiliated with the Free-Will Baptist church. He was one of the sturdy, reliable men who helped to build up this county.

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