Greenwood was one of the pioneer settlers of Clearfield County, PA.5788
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Greenwood was a rheumatic, and suffered severely from that complaint.1365
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Greenwood was the last township organized in this county [Clearfield], being taken from Bell, Ferguson, and Penn taking its name from the given name of Greenwood Bell the earliest settler of this part of the county, except Dr. Hoyt.

It may be proper in this connection to state that there was some difference of opinion in reference to the naming of this township some preferring to name it in honor of Dr. Hoyt, as he was the oldest resident, and others in favor of Bell, as it was largely taken from Bell. Its early history is substantially the same as would be the townships from which it was taken, and what would be true of those would also be true, more or less, of Greenwood.5789
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A Greenwood Bell is the original Clearfield County High Sheriff chosen at it’s first election following January 29th, 1822, when the Assembly passed a law organizing Clearfield county as a body politic for all purposes, and authorizing its citizens to elect county officials.1372
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Greenwood, married and moved to Bower.3991