Personal Life
Joseph Eames Greaves was born November 2, 1880 to Joseph Cluely Greaves and Catherine Mary Eames. He was born and raised in Logan, Utah. In 1884, when young Joseph was four years old, his father died after a quarry accident while cutting stones for the Logan Utah Mormon Temple.
His mother raised her three children alone. She taught them the value of education, and Joseph Greaves was the first in the family to receive higher education, graduating from Utah State Agricultural College in 1904. He married Pernecy Jane Dudley on June 10, 1907. Together they had five children. Pernecy died in the 1918 flu pandemic, leaving behind five children under ten years old. The loss devastated Joseph Greaves. Joseph married Ethelyn Mary Oliver on May 5, 1920. They had three children. Joseph entire career of 44 years was spent at the Utah State Agricultural College, where he was head of the Department of Bacteriology and Biochemistry. He died June 6, 1954. Following is recollections of his granddaughter, Frances Menlove |