Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

Winfield:

Robert Greenwood, Sr., stone-mason and farmer, Sec. 16; P.O. Reedsburg; son of Robert and Elizabeth (Fawcett) Greenwood; was born in January, 1803, in Yorkshire, England; was married to Eleanor Jackson; they had nine children- Joseph, deceased; Elizabeth, now Mrs. E.G. Gregory, of Reedsburg; Robert, married to Eveline Miller, living in Winfield; John, married to Mahala Curtis, residence, Winfield; Isabella, deceased; Margaret, now Mrs. James Dawson, of Racine Co.; James, married to Emma Buck, deceased, residence, Nebraska; Miles, married to Emma Cameron, residence, Winfield; and Jane. Mr. Greenwood came to the United States in 1847, spent four years in Racine Co., and came to the town of Winfield, Sauk, Co., in 1851; when he reached his land, he found himself with only $10 in money, in a wilderness of timber, without a foot of land cleared, and a wife and nine children to provide for; the first summer was passed by the family under some boards set against a pole; provisions were scarce, and Mr. Greenwoods good marksmanship often enabled him to bring home a fat deer to replenish the larder; once he nearly lost his life in a fight with a large bear that he had wounded, but was saved by the assistance of his dog, which attracted the bear's attention while Mr. G. re-loaded, when the bear was dispatched.

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