City: Greeneville
NEAS, Luna Lafayette, public official; born Cocke Co., Tenn., March 30, 1862; German descent; son of George and Sally (Renner) NEAS; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Michael and Sarah (Bower) NEAS; maternal grandparents William and Magdaline (Gabel) RENNER; had no opportunity to go to school but educated himself by studying hard by the light of the pine knot at home; his early life was devoted to farming and later he entered educational work; married S. M. RADER Nov. 20, 1884; taught school for twenty-four years in succession through the fall and winter and farmed through the summer; began his career in reduced circumstances but now has large real estate interests in Greene Co. Tenn.; former justice of the peace of the 3d Dist. Greene Co., from Aug. 1894 to 1906; former notary public from 1906 to 1910; elected County Trustee of Greene Co., Tenn., Aug. 4, 1910; member of the Lutheran church.
