The History of Hendricks County (Chicago: Interstate Publishing, 1885)--Marion Township, page 679
James Greenlee, son of Abner and Mary Greenlee, was born on the place which he now owns and occupies, Feb. 5, 1836. He was married March 2, 1856, to Elizabeth Bryant, born in Hendricks County Dec. 25, 1834, daughter of Anderson and Sarah Bryant. Her parents came to this county in 1827, where her father died Oct. 14, 1884. Her mother still survives, aged seventy-one years. Mr. and Mrs. Greenlee have six children--Mrs. Martha Ellen Bird, of Franklin Township; Woodson E., of Illinois; James W., of this township; John N.M.; Tilghman A. and Eliza Jane, all at home. Mr. Greenlee owns 138 acres of land where he resides, also a small tract of land of ten acres a half mile from his home. He is a member of the Methodist church. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party.