Willis Henry Grayson1

b. 20 September 1827
Father*John Grayson1 b. 26 Nov 1789, d. 14 Apr 1862
Mother*Susanna Britt1 b. 6 Nov 1794, d. 26 Nov 1881
Birth*20 September 1827Willis Henry Grayson was born on 20 September 1827 in Logan County, Kentucky.1 

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Willis Henry Grayson Sr., Memorial# 207672079. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.

Ada Mae Green1

b. 23 February 1889
Father*George N. Green1,2 b. 21 Feb 1858, d. 18 Oct 1923
Mother*Melinda O. Richards1,3 b. 10 Mar 1863, d. 7 May 1909
Birth*23 February 1889Ada Mae Green was born on 23 February 1889 in Harrison County, Iowa.1 
(Daughter) Census US 190013 June 1900Ada was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 13 June 1900 in the household of her parents in Decatur, Burt County, Nebraska. She was 11 years old, at school, and had attended school for 8 months of the census year.4 

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Ada Mae (Green) Lohn, Memorial# 85256656. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, George Nelson Green, Memorial# 60141950.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Melinda O. (Richards) Green, Memorial# 60141949.
  4. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of George and Linda Green, Year: 1900; Census Place: Decatur, Burt, Nebraska; Roll: 918; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 0026; FHL microfilm: 1240918. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.

Alex Green1

b. September 1877
Mother*Eliza A. Green1,2,3 b. 28 Mar 1840, d. 5 Jan 1916
Birth*September 1877Alex Green was born in September 1877 in West Virginia.1,4 
Name VariationHe was known throughout most of his life as Alexander C. Davis, taking the surname of his mother's deceased husband, John Davis, as his own.4,2 
(Son) Census US 188021 June 1880He was enumerated as Alex Green, although his name was spelled "Elick", on the 1880 census taken on 21 June 1880 in the household of his mother in Holly, Braxton County, West Virginia. He was 2 years old.1 

Citations

  1. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Eliza A. Green, Year: 1880; Census Place: Holly, Braxton, West Virginia; Roll: 1400; Page: 421D; Enumeration District: 007. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Alex Davis, Memorial# 159843334. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Eliza A. (Green) Davis, Memorial# 159838397.
  4. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of William M. Davis, Year: 1900; Census Place: Holly, Braxton, West Virginia; Roll: 1756; Page: 19; Enumeration District: 0004, reporting Alexander's date of birth as September 1877. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.

Alice Green1

b. January 1885
Father*Egbert Burgess Green1 b. 12 Sep 1858, d. 22 Feb 1948
Mother*Mary Jane Ware1 b. 22 Nov 1860, d. 22 Oct 1893
Birth*January 1885Alice Green was born in January 1885 in Texas.1 
(Daughter) Census US 190014 June 1900Alice was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 14 June 1900 in the household of her widowed father in Justice Precinct 2, Navarro County, Texas. She was 15 years old and had attended school for 5 months of the census year.1 

Citations

  1. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of E. B. Green, Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 2, Navarro, Texas; Page: 14; Enumeration District: 0100; FHL microfilm: 1241661. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.

Alice Green1

b. 1869
Mother*Eliza A. Green2 b. 28 Mar 1840, d. 5 Jan 1916
Birth*1869Alice Green was born about 1869 in West Virginia.2 
(Daughter) Census US 18708 July 1870Alice was enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 8 July 1870 in the household of her widowed mother near the Braxton Court House Post Office, Franklin, Braxton County, West Virginia. She was one year old.2,3 
(Daughter) Census US 188021 June 1880She was enumerated as Alice Green on the 1880 census taken on 21 June 1880 in the household of her mother in Holly, Braxton County, West Virginia. She was 11 years old.1 

Citations

  1. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Eliza A. Green, Year: 1880; Census Place: Holly, Braxton, West Virginia; Roll: 1400; Page: 421D; Enumeration District: 007. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Eliza A. Davis, Year: 1870; Census Place: Franklin, Braxton, West Virginia; Roll: M593_1685; Page: 429B. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Elisabeth Green, Year: 1870; Census Place: Franklin, Braxton, West Virginia; Roll: M593_1685; Page: 429B.

Annie Green1

b. October 1882
Father*Egbert Burgess Green1 b. 12 Sep 1858, d. 22 Feb 1948
Mother*Mary Jane Ware1 b. 22 Nov 1860, d. 22 Oct 1893
Birth*October 1882Annie Green was born in October 1882 in Texas.1 
(Daughter) Census US 190014 June 1900Annie was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 14 June 1900 in the household of her widowed father in Justice Precinct 2, Navarro County, Texas. She was 17 years old and had attended school for 8 months of the census year.1 

Citations

  1. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of E. B. Green, Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 2, Navarro, Texas; Page: 14; Enumeration District: 0100; FHL microfilm: 1241661. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.

Bartholomew Green1

b. 1667, d. 1732
Birth*1667Bartholomew Green was born in 1667.1 
Marriage*He married first Mary __?__.1 
Marriage*1710He married second Jane Tappan in 1710.1 
Death*1732He died in 1732.1 

Family 1

Mary __?__ d. 26 Mar 1709
Child 1.Bartholomew Green Jr.+1 b. 1701, d. 1757

Family 2

Jane Tappan

Citations

  1. [S932] Harold Milton Ellis Ph. D., "Joseph Dennie and His Circle: a Study in American Literature from 1792 to 1812", Bulletin of the University of Texas 40 (15 Jul 1915): Chapter I, pages 9-16. Hereinafter cited as "Joseph Dennie and His Circle."

Bartholomew Green Jr.1

b. 1701, d. 1757
Father*Bartholomew Green1 b. 1667, d. 1732
Mother*Mary __?__1 d. 26 Mar 1709
Birth*1701Bartholomew Green Jr. was born in 1701.1 
(Husband) Death26 March 1709Bartholomew became a widower when Mary Green died on 26 March 1709.1 
Marriage*He married Hannah Hammond, daughter of Eleazer Hammond and Hannah Harrington.1 
Death*1757He died in 1757.1 

Family

Hannah Hammond b. 1704
Child 1.Mary Green+1 b. 1742, d. 6 Sep 1819

Citations

  1. [S932] Harold Milton Ellis Ph. D., "Joseph Dennie and His Circle: a Study in American Literature from 1792 to 1812", Bulletin of the University of Texas 40 (15 Jul 1915): Chapter I, pages 9-16. Hereinafter cited as "Joseph Dennie and His Circle."

Benjamin Green1

Marriage*27 May 1774He married Huldah Stone on 27 May 1774 in Guilford County, North Carolina.1 

Family

Huldah Stone
Child 1.Rachel Green+1 b. 18 Oct 1776

Citations

  1. [S1424] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, online at www.ancestry.com, Centre Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, North Carolina, Quaker Marriage Records. Hereinafter cited as U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935.

Benjamin Gid Green1

b. 12 October 1880
Mother*Eliza A. Green1,2 b. 28 Mar 1840, d. 5 Jan 1916
Birth*12 October 1880Benjamin Gid Green was born on 12 October 1880 in Tesla, Braxton County, West Virginia.1 
Name VariationHe was known throughout his life as Benjamin Gid Davis, taking the surname of his mother's deceased husband, John Davis, as his own.1 

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Benjamin Gid “Ben” Davis, Memorial# 159842468. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Eliza A. (Green) Davis, Memorial# 159838397.

Bert Green1

b. October 1887
Father*Egbert Burgess Green1 b. 12 Sep 1858, d. 22 Feb 1948
Mother*Mary Jane Ware1 b. 22 Nov 1860, d. 22 Oct 1893
Birth*October 1887Bert Green was born in October 1887 in Texas.1 
(Son) Census US 190014 June 1900Bert was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 14 June 1900 in the household of his widowed father in Justice Precinct 2, Navarro County, Texas. He was 12 years old and had attended school for 5 months of the census year.1 

Citations

  1. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of E. B. Green, Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 2, Navarro, Texas; Page: 14; Enumeration District: 0100; FHL microfilm: 1241661. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.

Bessie Mae Green1

b. 10 November 1911, d. 3 May 1997
Father*Egbert Burgess Green2 b. 12 Sep 1858, d. 22 Feb 1948
Mother*Minnie Arminda Meads2 b. 29 Jan 1876, d. 14 Oct 1946
Birth*10 November 1911Bessie Mae Green was born on 10 November 1911 in Texas.1,3,4,5 
Research Notes*Bessie Mae Green and Bessie Mae Jordan were two separate people. Both were born in Texas within three years of each other, died three years apart, and several researchers have confused the two. Bessie Mae Green married Winters Hall Long about 1928; they remained in Texas and raised at least three children. Winters died in Texas in 1961, and his wife died in Texas in 1997.

The life of Bessie Mae Jordan, on the other hand, is not so straight forward. We believe she had nine husbands, and while we've identified two children, we suspect she may have had at least two more. We believe the surname of her first husband was LONG, which is how the confusion between these two Bessie Maes began, and we believe the surname of her last husband was COOPER. In between the first and last, the surnames of her husbands included, although may not have been limited to, FAHNHOLZ, whom she appears to have married twice, WILKINSON, GILSTRAP, PITTMAN, McCOY, HAMBY and FINNEY.6,2,7,1,8,9,10,11,12,13 
(Daughter) Census US 19208 January 1920Bessie Mae was enumerated on the 1920 census taken on 8 January 1920 in the household of her parents at 716 West 2nd Avenue, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas. She was 8 years old and attending school.2 
Marriage*1928She married Winters H. Long, son of William Baty Long and Vera Lucille Wheeler, in 1928.1 
Census US 1930*9 April 1930Bessie Mae and Winters H. Long were enumerated on the 1930 census taken on 9 April 1930 at 1035 South 10th or 11th, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. Winters was 21 years of age and worked as a hostler taking care of horses for the railroad's inn, and Bessie Mae was age 18. They had been ages 19 and 16, respectively, when they married, and rented their home for $18 a month. Their baby son, Henry A., was 9 months old. Strangely, the small family's enumeration record was split between two different pages, and were filmed two pages apart. Bessie Mae and baby Henry were recorded as the first entry (image# 23 of 47) of one page, and Winters was recorded two pages after his wife and son (image# 25 of 47) as the last entry of that page. Additionally, Winters's parents and siblings were enumerated as the first entry on the next page (image# 26 of 47.)4,5,14 
(Daughter-in-Law) Census US 194019 April 1940Bessie Mae was enumerated with her husband and two sons on the 1940 census taken on 19 April 1940 in the household of her husband's parents, Vera and W. Baty Long, at 1002 Elm Street, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. Bessie Mae was 28 years of age and helped with the home housework. She had completed her education through the 2nd year of high school, had worked 22 weeks in 1939 for an income of $130. Her husband, Winters H., was 31 years of age and worked as a car foreman for a railroad company. He had completed his education through the 2nd year of high school, had worked 33 weeks in 1939 for an income of $980, and had been out of work for 39 weeks. The couple's two children, Henry A. and Jerry F., were ages 10 and 8 years, respectively, and were both attending school. Henry had completed the 4th grade of elementary school and Jerry had completed the 1st grade.7,15 
(Wife) Death26 December 1961Bessie became a widow when Winters H. Long died on 26 December 1961 at age 53.16,17 
Death*3 May 1997She was residing in Abilene when she died on 3 May 1997 in Taylor County, Texas, at age 851,6,18 
Burial* and was buried in the Garden of Peace section of Elmwood Memorial Park, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas.1 

Family

Winters H. Long b. 8 Nov 1908, d. 26 Dec 1961
Children 1.Henry Allen Long19,20 b. 25 Jun 1929
 2.Jerry Frank Long21 b. 18 Feb 1932
 3.Linda Gayle Long22 b. 4 Jan 1942

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Bessie Mae Long, Memorial# 17678013. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of E. B. and Minnie Green, Year: 1920; Census Place: Corsicana Ward 3, Navarro, Texas; Roll: T625_1836; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 148. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of E. B. and Minnie Green, Year: Year: 1920; Census Place: Corsicana Ward 3, Navarro, Texas; Roll: T625_1836; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 148.
  4. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Winters H. (and Bessie Mae) Long, Year: 1930; Census Place: Abilene, Taylor, Texas; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0013; FHL microfilm: 2342133. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of (Winters H. and) Bessie Mae Long, Year: 1930; Census Place: Abilene, Taylor, Texas; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0013; FHL microfilm: 2342133.
  6. [S29] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, online at Ancestry.com, death of Bessie M. Long of 79603, Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA, born on 10 November 1911 and died on 3 May 1997. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014.
  7. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of W. Baty and Vera Long, Year: 1940; Census Place: Abilene, Taylor, Texas; Roll: m-t0627-04144; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 221-18A. Hereinafter cited as 1940 United States Federal Census.
  8. [S1456] Social Security (U.S.) Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, online at www.ancestry.com, Social Security information for Bessie Mae Long, born on 16 February 1914 at Rockwall, Texas, child of John B Jordan and Clara M Cash, died in 5 May 2000, agency notes: Dec 1947: Name listed as BESSIE MAE LONG; Jan 1948: Name listed as BESSIE MAE FAHNHOLZ; Jun 1960: Name listed as BESSIE MAE GILSTRAP; Jun 1964: Name listed as BESSIE MAE PITTMAN; Jan 1967: Name listed as BESSIE MAE MCCOY; Aug 1972: Name listed as BESSIE FINNEY. Hereinafter cited as Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.
  9. [S29] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, online at Ancestry.com, death of Bessie M. Cooper of 65740, Rockaway Beach, Taney, Missouri, USA, born on 16 February 1914 and died on 5 May 2000.
  10. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of John B. and Gertie Jordan, spelled "Jourden" by the census taker, Year: 1920; Census Place: Linn Creek, Van Buren, Arkansas; Roll: T625_83; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 130.
  11. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of J. B. and Gertie Jordan, Year: 1930; Census Place: Red River, Stone, Arkansas; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0017; FHL microfilm: 2339830.
  12. [S2096] U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, online at www.ancestry.com, The Springfield News-Leader, Springfield, Missouri, Saturday, 6 May 2000, page 16, death of Bessie Mae Cooper, age 86, a nurse, died Friday, 5 May 2000 in Skaggs Community Health Center, Branson, Missouri, burial on 6 May 2000 in Ozarks Memorial Park Cemetery; no survivors or family mentioned. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current.
  13. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Bessie Mae (Hill) Cooper, Memorial# 30209271, although her maiden name was Jordan, not Hill.
  14. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of William B. and Vera Long, Year: 1930; Census Place: Abilene, Taylor, Texas; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0013; FHL microfilm: 2342133.
  15. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Clay C. and F. Corrine Long, Year: 1940; Census Place: Abilene, Taylor, Texas; Roll: m-t0627-04144; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 221-18A.
  16. [S2188] Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982, online at www.ancestry.com, death on 26 December 1961 in Big Spring Hospital, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA, of Winters Hall Long of Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas, USA, age 53, married, car inspector for T & P Railroad, born on 8 November 1908 in Stamford, Texas, son of W. B. Long and Vera Wheeler, informant his son, Jerry Long, burial in Elmwood Memorial Park, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, referencing Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin Texas, USA. Hereinafter cited as Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982.
  17. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Winters Hall “Buster” Long, Memorial# 17678008.
  18. [S2217] Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Bessie Long on 3 May 1997 in Taylor County. Hereinafter cited as Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000.
  19. [S2182] Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932, online at www.ancestry.com, birth of Henry Allen Long on 25 June 1929 in Abilene, Taylor, Texas, USA, son of Winters Hall Long, born in Stamford, Texas, hostler, and Bessie May Green, born in Jones County, Texas, housewife, born in parents' residence, 1141 S 14th, Abilene. Hereinafter cited as Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932.
  20. [S2190] Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997, online at www.ancestry.com, birth on 25 June 1929 in Taylor, Texas, USA, of Henry Allen Long, daughter of Winters Hall Long and Bessie May Green, referencing Roll# 1929_0005. Hereinafter cited as Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997.
  21. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Jerry Frank Long, Memorial# 57126380.
  22. [S2190] Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997, online at www.ancestry.com, birth on 4 January 1942 in Taylor County, Texas, USA, of Linda Gayle Long, daughter of Winters Hall Long and Bessie Mae Green, referencing Roll# 1942_0006.

Clotilda Green1

b. 1841, d. 18 May 1885
Birth*1841Clotilda Green was born in 1841 in Pennsylvania.1 
Name VariationShe was called Tillie.1 
Marriage*1860She married Joseph H. Booz, son of Joseph Painter Booz and Mary P. Guy, in 1860.1,2 
Census US 1870*25 July 1870Clotilda and Joseph H. Booz were enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 25 July 1870 in Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Joseph was 35 years of age and a stable and store keeper with a personal estate valued at $400, and Clotilda was 29 years of age and keeping house. Their daughter Ella was 9 years old and had attended school within the census year; and daughter Clara was 3 years old. Joseph's widowed mother, Mary Booz, age 57, resided with the family in 1880, as did Joseph's sister, Mary Sutch and her husband, Henry Sutch. Mary was 29 years of age and worked as a clerk in a store, and Henry was 45 years of age and a miller with a personal estate of $400. Also enumerated with the Booz family was Felix Devlin, who was 28 years of age and a blacksmith with a personal estate valued at $400.3 
Death*18 May 1885She died on 18 May 1885 in Pennsylvania at about age 441 
Burial* and was buried in Plot B-197 of Bristol Cemetery, Bristol.1 

Family

Joseph H. Booz b. 1835, d. 1 Feb 1896
Children 1.Ella Booz4 b. 12 Nov 1860, d. 31 Jul 1886
 2.Clara Booz5 b. 16 Feb 1867, d. 24 May 1924
 3.Mary Anna Booz6 b. 23 Mar 1873, d. 24 Sep 1942

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Clotilda “Tillie” (Green) Booz, Memorial# 30650883. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Joseph H Booz, Memorial# 30650851.
  3. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joseph and Clotilda Booz, Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1313; Page: 100B; Family History Library Film: 552812. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Ella (Booz) Willingmyre, Memorial# 105233376.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Clara (Booz) Appleton, Memorial# 28340464.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Mary Anna (Booz) Pepper, Memorial# 105222431.

Dink Green1

b. March 1891
Father*Egbert Burgess Green1 b. 12 Sep 1858, d. 22 Feb 1948
Mother*Mary Jane Ware1 b. 22 Nov 1860, d. 22 Oct 1893
Birth*March 1891Dink Green was born in March 1891 in Texas.1 
(Son) Census US 190014 June 1900Dink was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 14 June 1900 in the household of his widowed father in Justice Precinct 2, Navarro County, Texas. He was 9 years old and had attended school for 4 months of the census year.1 

Citations

  1. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of E. B. Green, Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 2, Navarro, Texas; Page: 14; Enumeration District: 0100; FHL microfilm: 1241661. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.

Egbert Burgess Green1

b. 12 September 1858, d. 22 February 1948
Father*James M. Green2 b. 1813
Mother*Jemima Y. Brown 18262
Birth*12 September 1858Egbert Burgess Green was probably born on 12 September 1858 in Fulton, Itawamba County, Mississippi.3,4 
Name VariationHe was known as E. B. Green.5,1 
(Son) Census US 18707 July 1870E. B. was enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 7 July 1870 in the household of his parents in Kaufman County, Texas. He was 11 years old.2 
Marriage*22 August 1877He married first Mary Jane Ware, daughter of H. A. __?__, in 22 August 1877 in Kaufman County, Texas.6,1,7,8 
Census US 1880*19 June 1880Mary and Egbert B. Green were enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 19 June 1880 in Precinct 6, Kaufman County, Texas. Egbert was 21 years of age and farming, and Mary was 19 years old and keeping house. Their two young sons were enumerated with them. William was 2 years old and James was just two months. Also enumerated with the family in 1880 were two of Mary Jane's brothers, William H. Ware and James O. Ware, who were ages 21 and 16 years, respectively. They were both working as farm laborers.9 
(Husband) Death22 October 1893E. B. became a widower when Mary Jane (Ware) Green died on 22 October 1893 at age 32.6 
Census US 1900*14 June 1900E. B. Green was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 14 June 1900 in Justice Precinct 2, Navarro County, Texas. He was a widower, 41 years of age, and a farmer. He rented his farm, and five of his children were enumerated with him in 1900. James, who was recorded as J. W., was 20 years old; Annie was age 17 and had attended school for 8 months of the census year; Alice and Bert, who was ages 15 and 12 years old, respectively, had both attended school for 5 months of the census year; and Dink, who was 9 years old, had attended school for 4 months of the census year. E. B.'s brother, W. J. Green, was enumerated in the next household on the census page. He was single, 33 years of age, and lived alone. He was also a farmer and rented his farm.10 
Marriage*1901He married second, as her second husband, Minnie Arminda Meads, daughter of Daniel Isaac Meads and Mary Jane Huckabee, about 1901.11,1,5 
Census US 1910*20 April 1910Minnie and E. B. Green were enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 20 April 1910 in Justice Precinct 8, Jones County, Texas. E. B. was 51 years of age and was working for wages as a general farm laborer, and Minnie was 34 years of age. They had been married for 8 years in their present marriage, the second marriage for each. E. B. reported her had had nine children, six of whom were living, and Minnie reported she had given birth to three children, all of whom were living. Two children were enumerated with their parents in 1910. Lillian was 7 years old, could read and write, and had attended school within the census year; and Gladys was 5 years old and had not yet started attending school. Minnie's son from her first marriage, John H. Braswell, was enumerated as a hired man in a neighbor's household in 1910. He was 15 years old, worked for wages as a farm laborer, could read and write and had not attended school within the census year.12,13 
Census US 1920*8 January 1920Minnie and E. B. Green were enumerated on the 1920 census taken on 8 January 1920 at 716 West 2nd Avenue, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas. E. B. was 61 years of age and worked as a maintenance watchman for a cotton compress company, and Minnie was 43 years of age. They rented their house, and the couple's three daughters were enumerated with them in 1920. Lillian and Gladys were ages 17 and 15 years, respectively, and both worked as laborers in a laundry; and Bessie Mae was 8 years old and attending school.5 
(Husband) Death14 October 1946E. B. became a widower for the second time when Minnie (Meads) Green died on 14 October 1946 at age 70.11 
Death*22 February 1948He died on 22 February 1948 in Stamford, Jones County, Texas, at age 891 
Burial* and was buried with his second wife in North, Row 03, Space 13, of Fairview Cemetery, Tuxedo, Jones County.1,11 

Family 1

Mary Jane Ware b. 22 Nov 1860, d. 22 Oct 1893
Children 1.William Green9 b. 1878
 2.James W. Green9 b. Mar 1880
 3.Annie Green10 b. Oct 1882
 4.Alice Green10 b. Jan 1885
 5.Bert Green10 b. Oct 1887
 6.Dink Green10 b. Mar 1891

Family 2

Minnie Arminda Meads b. 29 Jan 1876, d. 14 Oct 1946
Children 1.Lillian Green12 b. 16 Dec 1902, d. 12 Aug 1980
 2.Gladys Green14,12 b. 16 Sep 1904
 3.Bessie Mae Green+5 b. 10 Nov 1911, d. 3 May 1997

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Elbert Burgess “E B” Green, Memorial# 21204789. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of James M. and Jemima Green, Year: 1870; Census Place: Kaufman, Texas; Roll: M593_1594; Page: 29B. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Elbert Burgess “E B” Green, Memorial# 21204789, reporting his date of birth as 12 February 1858.
  4. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of E. B. Green, Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 2, Navarro, Texas; Page: 14; Enumeration District: 0100; FHL microfilm: 1241661, reporting his date of birth as September 1858. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of E. B. and Minnie Green, Year: 1920; Census Place: Corsicana Ward 3, Navarro, Texas; Roll: T625_1836; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 148. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Mary Jane (Ware) Green, Memorial# 60644478.
  7. [S2191] Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 22 August 1877 in Kaufman County, Texas, USA, of E B Green and M J Ware, referencing Kaufman County Clerk's Office, Kaufman, Texas, Kaufman County Marriage Records. Hereinafter cited as Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965.
  8. [S2185] Texas, U.S., Marriage Index, 1824-2014, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 22 August 1877 in Kaufman County, Texas, USA, of E. B. Green and Mary Jane Ware, referencing Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas. Hereinafter cited as Texas, U.S., Marriage Index, 1824-2014.
  9. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Egbert B. and Mary Green, Year: 1880; Census Place: Precinct 6, Kaufman, Texas; Roll: 1315; Page: 190C; Enumeration District: 042. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  10. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of E. B. Green, Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 2, Navarro, Texas; Page: 14; Enumeration District: 0100; FHL microfilm: 1241661.
  11. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Minnie Arminda “Minnie” (Meads) Green, Memorial# 21204781.
  12. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of E. B. and Minnie Green, Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 8, Jones, Texas; Roll: T624_1569; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0145; FHL microfilm: 1375582. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  13. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, enumeration of John H. Braswell as a hired man in the household of John G. and Lucy Ross, Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 8, Jones, Texas; Roll: T624_1569; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0145; FHL microfilm: 1375582.
  14. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Mrs Gladys (Green) McCann, Memorial# 20935728.

Eleanor Hall Green1

b. 1 March 1841, d. 4 January 1903
Father*Samuel S. Green Jr.1 b. 4 Nov 1815
Mother*Eleanor Hall1 b. 2 Jan 1810
Birth*1 March 1841Eleanor Hall Green was born on 1 March 1841 in Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts,1,2 
BaptismFebruary 1849 and was baptized in February 1849 in Medford.3 
Death*4 January 1903She died on 4 January 1903 in Medford at age 611,4 
Burial* and was buried in Plot 290, in the Turell Family Tomb, in the Salem Street Burying Ground, Medford.1,5 

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Eleanor Hall Green, Memorial# 26920872, created by BobBoston. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S979] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online at www.ancestry.com, her mother's name transcribed as "Ellen". Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
  3. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Medford Births, Volume 1, page 66. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  4. [S979] Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online at www.ancestry.com.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Reverend Ebenezer Turell, Memorial# 26920869, created by BobBoston.

Eliza A. Green1

b. 28 March 1840, d. 5 January 1916
Father*William B. Green2 b. 1812, d. b 1 Jun 1860
Mother*Elizabeth Cutlip2 b. 1817, d. 12 Sep 1873
Birth*28 March 1840Eliza A. Green was born on 28 March 1840 in Tesla, Braxton County, Virginia.3,2,4,5 
(Daughter) Census US 185010 September 1850Eliza A. was enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 10 September 1850 in the household of her parents in District 30, Lewis County, Virginia. She was recorded as 10 years old.1 
Marriage*2 September 1857She married John A. Davis, son of William Davis and Abigail __?__, on 2 September 1857 in Upshur County, Virginia.6 
Census US 1860*2 July 1860Eliza A. and John A. Davis were enumerated on the 1860 census taken on 2 July 1860 near the Sand Run Post Office, Webster County, Virginia. John was 22 years of age and worked as a farmer. His place of birth was recorded as Jackson County, Virginia. Eliza was also recorded as 22 years of age, was a farmer's wife, and her place of birth was recorded as Nicholas County, Virginia. Their young daughter, Sarah E., was 2 years old and had been born in Upshur County.7 
Civil War (U.S.)*13 June 1861Her husband, John, enlisted on 13 June 1861 at Conrads, West Virginia, as a Private in Company B of the 9th Battalion Virginia Infantry, with William H. Mollohan as Captain. In 1862, his Company B became the 2nd Company G of the 25th Virginia Infantry, with many men from Braxton County and Webster County, West Virginia.

John was wounded in his right eye at the Battle of Gettysburg on 3 July 1863. He was captured and hospitalized on 27 July 1863 at the Camp Letterman General Hospital at Gettysburg. As a wounded prisoner of the Union and soldier of the Confederacy, he was moved from hospital to hospital several times. On 11 September 1863, he was hospitalized at the West's Buildings in Baltimore, Maryland, which operated as a Confederate prisoner hospital from July 1863 to February 1864; on 27 September 1863, he was exchanged at City Point, Virginia, and hospitalized on 28 September 1863 at Chimborazo Hospital, the largest military hospital in the Confederacy during the Civil War; on 7 October 1863, he was furloughed for 50 days to Lynchburg, Virginia and hospitalized in one of the city's many Lynchburg Confederate hospitals.8,9 
(Wife) Death6 November 1863Eliza became a widow with two young daughters when John A. Davis died of disease, likely from complications arising from his wound and imprisonment, on 6 November 1863 at about age 25.8,10 
Census US 1870*8 July 1870Eliza A. Davis was enumerated as the head of her household on the 1870 census taken on 8 July 1870 near the Braxton Court House Post Office, Franklin, Braxton County, West Virginia. She was a widow, 26 years of age, and keeping house. Four children were enumerated with her in 1870. Sarah and Mary Davis were ages 12 and 10 years, respectively, and Franklin and Alice, who were also recorded with the Davis surname, were 4 years and 1 year, respectively. In the next household above Eliza's, on the same census page, her widowed mother, Elizabeth (Cutlip) Green, was enumerated with Eliza's sister, Jemima Green.11,12 
(Sister) Death20 May 1875Her sister, Jemima Green, was brutally attacked and murdered on 20 May 1875 near Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia, at about age 21.13 
(Sister) MurderThe savage murder of her sister produced, according to the newspapers, "a great deal of excitement." For at least four years after her murder, news articles covering her brutal killing, and the resulting multiple arrests and trials of the accused, were published in West Virginia newspapers. Some of the individuals mentioned in the news articles, as events developed, included Isaac Lewis Perkins, Samuel Ellis Perkins, David Wine, Elijah Perkins, Mariah Jane (Chapman) Hines, Isaac W. Hines, Sarah Jane Mollohan, Elizabeth (Rogers) Mollohan, William B. Young and Sarah Jane (Wine) Wine Williams. We've transcribed several of the news articles and placed them here with Jemima.14 
Census US 1880*21 June 1880She was enumerated as Eliza A. Green, and the head of her household, on the 1880 census taken on 21 June 1880 in Holly, Braxton County, West Virginia. She was 40 years of age, keeping house, and was recorded as single, although she was also a widow. Five children were enumerated with her in 1880. Mary Davis, a daughter with her deceased husband, John A. Davis, was recorded with the surname Green, which was her mother's maiden name. Mary was 20 years old. Eliza's other four children, all of whom were born several years after her husband's death, were also recorded with the surname Green. Alice and William were ages 11 and 8 years, respectively; Alex, who was recorded as "Ellick", was 2 years old, and baby Thomas was 8 months old. Eliza's eldest son, Lewis Franklin Green, may have been the young farm worker enumerated as Green Davis, in the household of John J. and Catherine Ellison in Monroe County, West Virginia.15 
Death*5 January 1916She died on 5 January 1916 in Braxton County, West Virginia, at age 755,4 
Burial* and was buried in Davis Cemetery, Braxton County.5 

Family 1

John A. Davis b. 1838, d. 6 Nov 1863
Children 1.Sarah E. Davis7 b. 3 May 1858
 2.Mary F. Davis+11 b. 13 Jun 1860, d. 12 Jan 1930

Family 2

Children 1.Lewis Frank Davis11,16,5 b. 5 Nov 1866, d. 28 Apr 1924
 2.Alice Green11 b. 1869
 3.William Green15,5,17 b. Jul 1871
 4.Alex Green15,18,5 b. Sep 1877
 5.Thomas Green15 b. Nov 1879
 6.Benjamin Gid Green19,5 b. 12 Oct 1880

Citations

  1. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of William B. and Elizabeth Green, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 30, Lewis, Virginia; Roll: 956; Page: 86b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Elizabeth Green, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Upshur, Virginia; Roll: M653_1382; Page: 335; Family History Library Film: 805382. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of William B. and Elizabeth Green, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 30, Lewis, Virginia; Roll: 956; Page: 86b, Eliza's age recorded as 10, and her year of birth estimated as 1840.
  4. [S1386] West Virginia, U.S., Deaths Index, 1853-1973, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Eliza Davis on 5 January 1916 in Braxton County, West Virginia, age 75 years 9 months 9 days, housewife, widow, born about 1841 in Tesla, referencing FHL Film# 572705. Hereinafter cited as West Virginia, U.S., Deaths Index, 1853-1973.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Eliza A. (Green) Davis, Memorial# 159838397. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  6. [S1387] West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Eliza Ann Green, age 17, born about 1840, daughter of William and Eliza Green, and John Davis, age 19, born about 1838, son of William and Abigail Davis, on 2 September 1857 in Upshur County, West Virginia. Hereinafter cited as West Virginia Marriages Index 1785-1971.
  7. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of John A. and Eliza A. Davis, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Webster, Virginia; Roll: M653_1383; Page: 905; Family History Library Film: 805383.
  8. [S207] U.S., Civil War Soldiers Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, online at www.ancestry.com, record for John A Davis of Webster County, West Virginia, farmer, enlisted for the Confederacy at age 23, born about 1838 in Jackson County, West Virginia; enlisted on 13 June 1861 at Conrads, West Virginia as a Private, mustered into Company B of the 9th Battalion Infantry on 13 June 1861 in West Virginia; captured and imprisoned on 3 July 1863 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; survived the war? No; buried in Lynchburg City Cemetery, Virginia, plot# #1, row 1; referencing The Virginia Regimental Histories Series, citing Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database. Hereinafter cited as Civil War Soldiers Records and Profiles, 1861-1865.
  9. [S2560] FamilySearch Research Wiki, online from the Family History Library, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Main_Page, information viewed on 25 August 2023 at https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/9th_Battalion,_Virginia_Infantry_(Hansbrough%27s)_-_Confederate. Hereinafter cited as FamilySearch Research Wiki.
  10. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, John A Davis, Memorial# 155300240.
  11. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Eliza A. Davis, Year: 1870; Census Place: Franklin, Braxton, West Virginia; Roll: M593_1685; Page: 429B. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  12. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Elisabeth Green, Year: 1870; Census Place: Franklin, Braxton, West Virginia; Roll: M593_1685; Page: 429B.
  13. [S2565] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1875 Murder of Jemima Green in Braxton County, West Virginia, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, South Branch Intelligencer, (Romney, West Virginia), Friday, 4 June 1875, page 2; The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 5 July 1875, page 3. Hereinafter cited as Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1875 Murder of Jemima Green in Braxton County, West Virginia.
  14. [S2565] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1875 Murder of Jemima Green in Braxton County, West Virginia, online at www.newspapers.com, South Branch Intelligencer, (Romney, West Virginia), Friday, 4 June 1875, page 2; The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 5 July 1875, page 3; The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 19 July 1875, page 5; The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, (Wheeling, West Virginia), Wednesday, 21 July 1875, page 2; The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 30 August 1875, page 3; The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 4 October 1875, page 2; The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, (Wheeling, West Virginia), Monday, 29 November 1875, page 3; The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 27 December 1875, page 3; The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 10 January 1876, page 3 (1); The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 10 January 1876, page 3 (2); The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 10 January 1876, page 3 (3); The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 27 March 1876, page 3 (1); The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 27 March 1876, page 3 (2); Martinsburg Independent, (Martinsburg, West Virginia), Saturday, 29 July 1876, page 1; The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 15 January 1877, page 3; The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 22 January 1877, page 3; The Wheeling Daily Register, (Wheeling, West Virginia), Wednesday, 20 June 1877, page 4; The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, (Wheeling, West Virginia), Monday, 6 May 1878, page 4; The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, (Wheeling, West Virginia), Monday, 11 November 1878, page 4; The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Saturday, 14 December 1878, page 1.
  15. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Eliza A. Green, Year: 1880; Census Place: Holly, Braxton, West Virginia; Roll: 1400; Page: 421D; Enumeration District: 007. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  16. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Lewis Frank Davis, Memorial# 159842632.
  17. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, William M. Davis Jr., Memorial# 159839665.
  18. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Alex Davis, Memorial# 159843334.
  19. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Benjamin Gid “Ben” Davis, Memorial# 159842468.

Elizabeth Green1,2

b. April 1639, d. 14 February 1713/14
Father*Percival Green1,2 b. c 1603, d. 25 Dec 1639
Mother*Ellen __?__1,2 b. c 1603, d. 27 May 1682
Birth*April 1639Elizabeth Green was born in April 1639 in Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony.2 
Marriage*2 June 1656She married John Hall of Concord on 2 June 1656.3 
Death*14 February 1713/14She died on 14 February 1713/14 at age 74.2 

Family

John Hall
Children 1.John Hall+1 b. 13 Oct 1660
 2.Percival Hall+1 b. 11 Feb 1672

Citations

  1. [S1037] Charles Brooks and James M. Usher, History of the town of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: from its first settlement in 1630 to 1855, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. Sources are not provided, and some of the information may not be correct, especially if it was obtained from descendants recalling from family stories and aging memories. (Boston, Massachusetts: Rand, Avery, & Company, The Franklin Press, 1886), Hall, pages 538-549. Hereinafter cited as History of the town of Medford, 1630-1855.
  2. [S1052] Unidentified author, "Percival and Ellen Green", New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume 15, pages 105-109 (April 1861). Hereinafter cited as "Percival and Ellen Green."
  3. [S1037] Charles Brooks and James M. Usher, History of the town of Medford, 1630-1855, Hall, pages 538-549, marriage date noted as "4 mo. 2, 1656."

Francis Green1

(Member) Religion31 March 1805Zilpah Bolton and Nathaniel Everett, along with several others including Thomas Ditson, John Hayden, George Briggs Cox, Simeon Blanchard, Francis Green, Peter Vallett, John Woodward, Mary Marnson, Ruth Thayer, Venus Sylvester, Kezia Booth, Lydia Leeds, Botsey Jones, Versan Adams, Zebudah Hayden, Martha Farrar, Betsey Mirth Horton, Catherine Thayer, Lydia Sweetser and Sally Lovis, were baptized and became members of the Second Baptist Church, Boston, on Sunday, 31 March 1805. In the baptismal records, the men and women were listed separately.2,3,4 

Citations

  1. [S893] Records of the Second Baptist Church, Boston, 1788-1809, original manuscript, Reference Item# 26, Franklin Trask Library, 210 Herrick Road, Newton Centre, MA, pages 114 and 118.
  2. [S893] Records of the Second Baptist Church, Boston, 1788-1809, original manuscript, Franklin Trask Library, page 118.
  3. [S183] Boston, Massachusetts, Church Records, 1789-1811; FHL# 856700 Item# 5, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Second Baptist Church Records, 1789-1811.
  4. [S494] Boston MA: Church Records, online at www.newenglandancestors.org. Hereinafter cited as Boston MA: Church Records.

Franklin Dewey Green1

b. 27 December 1898, d. 19 May 1934
Father*George N. Green1,2 b. 21 Feb 1858, d. 18 Oct 1923
Mother*Melinda O. Richards1,3 b. 10 Mar 1863, d. 7 May 1909
Birth*27 December 1898Franklin Dewey Green was born on 27 December 1898 in Lyons, Burt County, Nebraska.1 
Name VariationHe was called Dewey.4 
(Son) Census US 190013 June 1900Dewey was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 13 June 1900 in the household of his parents in Decatur, Burt County, Nebraska. He was one year old.4 
Death*19 May 1934He died on 19 May 1934 in Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska, at age 351 
Burial* and was buried in Sunset Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Boone County, Nebraska.1 

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Franklin Dewey Green, Memorial# 170935533. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, George Nelson Green, Memorial# 60141950.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Melinda O. (Richards) Green, Memorial# 60141949.
  4. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of George and Linda Green, Year: 1900; Census Place: Decatur, Burt, Nebraska; Roll: 918; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 0026; FHL microfilm: 1240918. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.

George N. Green1,2

b. 21 February 1858, d. 18 October 1923
Birth*21 February 1858George N. Green was born on 21 February 1858 in Mount Pleasant, Union County, Illinois.3 
Name VariationHis full name was George Nelson Green.3 
Marriage*26 January 1882He married Melinda O. Richards on 26 January 1882 in Whiteside County, Illinois.1,2,3,4 
Census US 1900*13 June 1900Linda and George Green were enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 13 June 1900 in Decatur, Burt County, Nebraska. George was 42 years of age and a farmer, and Linda was 37 years of age. They owned their farm free of mortgage, had been married for 18 years, and Linda had given birth to five children, four of whom were living. Their four children were enumerated with them in 1900. Walter, Ada and Harry who were ages 14, 11 and 8 years, respectively, were at school, and had all attended school for 8 months of the census year. The couple's youngest, Dewey, was one year old.5 
(Husband) Death7 May 1909George became a widower when Linda (Richards) Green died on 7 May 1909 at age 46.4 
Death*18 October 1923He died on 18 October 1923 in Cedar Rapids, Boone County, Nebraska, at age 653 
Burial* and was buried with his wife in Block 80, Lot 3, of Sunset Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.3,4 

Family

Melinda O. Richards b. 10 Mar 1863, d. 7 May 1909
Children 1.Walter G. Green6,3 b. May 1886
 2.Ada Mae Green7,3 b. 23 Feb 1889
 3.Harry D. Green+1,2 b. 15 Aug 1891, d. 27 Jul 1947
 4.Franklin Dewey Green8,3 b. 27 Dec 1898, d. 19 May 1934

Citations

  1. [S1700] Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1947, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Harry D Green of Omaha, Nebraska, age 33 on next birthday, contractor, his second marriage, born about 1891 in Magnolia Iowa, son of George N Green and "Elizabeth" Richards, married La Verne (Ostrom) Gaston of 1723 Davenport Street, age 27 on next birthday, her second marriage, born about 1897 in Nashville, Tennessee, daughter of Harry J. Ostrom and Sarah Hamilton, married on 24 August 1924 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA, referencing Iowa Department of Public Health, Des Moines, Iowa, Series Title: Iowa Marriage Records, 1923–1937. Hereinafter cited as Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1947.
  2. [S1681] Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860-1920, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of George N Green and Melinda O Richards on 26 January 1882 in Whiteside County, Illinois, USA. Hereinafter cited as Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860-1920.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, George Nelson Green, Memorial# 60141950. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Melinda O. (Richards) Green, Memorial# 60141949.
  5. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of George and Linda Green, Year: 1900; Census Place: Decatur, Burt, Nebraska; Roll: 918; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 0026; FHL microfilm: 1240918. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Walter G. Green, Memorial# 85288743.
  7. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Ada Mae (Green) Lohn, Memorial# 85256656.
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Franklin Dewey Green, Memorial# 170935533.

George W. Green1

b. 1841
Father*William B. Green2 b. 1812, d. b 1 Jun 1860
Mother*Elizabeth Cutlip2 b. 1817, d. 12 Sep 1873
Birth*1841George W. Green was born about 1841 in Virginia.2 
Name VariationHis full name was George Washington Green.1,2 
(Son) Census US 185010 September 1850George W. was enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 10 September 1850 in the household of his parents in District 30, Lewis County, Virginia. He was recorded as 8 years old.1 
(Son) Census US 186031 July 1860He was enumerated as George W. Green on the 1860 census taken on 31 July 1860 in the household of his widowed mother near the Buckhannon Post Office, Upshur County, Virginia. He was 19 years old and farming the family farm.2 

Citations

  1. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of William B. and Elizabeth Green, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 30, Lewis, Virginia; Roll: 956; Page: 86b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Elizabeth Green, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Upshur, Virginia; Roll: M653_1382; Page: 335; Family History Library Film: 805382. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.

Gladys Green1

b. 16 September 1904
Father*Egbert Burgess Green1,2 b. 12 Sep 1858, d. 22 Feb 1948
Mother*Minnie Arminda Meads1,2 b. 29 Jan 1876, d. 14 Oct 1946
Birth*16 September 1904Gladys Green was born on 16 September 1904 in Texas.1,2 
(Daughter) Census US 191020 April 1910Gladys was enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 20 April 1910 in the household of her parents in Justice Precinct 8, Jones County, Texas. She was 5 years old.2,3 
(Daughter) Census US 19208 January 1920Gladys was enumerated on the 1920 census taken on 8 January 1920 in the household of her parents at 716 West 2nd Avenue, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas. She was 15 years old and worked as a laborer in a laundry.4 

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Mrs Gladys (Green) McCann, Memorial# 20935728. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of E. B. and Minnie Green, Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 8, Jones, Texas; Roll: T624_1569; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0145; FHL microfilm: 1375582. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, enumeration of John H. Braswell as a hired man in the household of John G. and Lucy Ross, Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 8, Jones, Texas; Roll: T624_1569; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0145; FHL microfilm: 1375582.
  4. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of E. B. and Minnie Green, Year: 1920; Census Place: Corsicana Ward 3, Navarro, Texas; Roll: T625_1836; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 148. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.

Harriett Green1

(Relative) IllnessHarriett Green, a kinsman of Mary (Green) Dennie, helped Mary care for her mentally ill husband, Joseph Dennie, during the many years of his mental illmess.1 
Inheritance*Harriett inherited most of the property of Joseph Dennie following the deaths of his son and widow.1 

Citations

  1. [S932] Harold Milton Ellis Ph. D., "Joseph Dennie and His Circle: a Study in American Literature from 1792 to 1812", Bulletin of the University of Texas 40 (15 Jul 1915): Chapter I, pages 9-16. Hereinafter cited as "Joseph Dennie and His Circle."

Harry D. Green1

b. 15 August 1891, d. 27 July 1947
Father*George N. Green2,3 b. 21 Feb 1858, d. 18 Oct 1923
Mother*Melinda O. Richards2,3,4 b. 10 Mar 1863, d. 7 May 1909
Birth*15 August 1891Harry D. Green was born on 15 August 1891 in Iowa.5,6 
Name VariationHis full name was Harry Dean Green.6 
(Son) Census US 190013 June 1900Harry was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 13 June 1900 in the household of his parents in Decatur, Burt County, Nebraska. He was 8 years old, at school, and had attended school for 8 months of the census year.7 
Marriage*1911He married first, as her first husband, Iness Davis, daughter of Frank T. Davis and Sarah M. Nash, in 1911 in Nance County, Nebraska.8,9 
Marriage*24 August 1924He married second, as her second husband, La Verne (Ostrom) Gaston on 24 August 1924 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa.2 
Marriage*1934He married third, as her first husband, Elnora D. Breitkreutz, daughter of Wilhelm Ludwig Breitkreutz and Anna Heller, in 1934 in Cherry County, Nebraska.1,10 
Divorce*Harry D. Green and Elnora (Breitkreutz) Green were divorced before Harry married for the fourth time in 1939.11 
Marriage*1939He married fourth, as her third husband, Henrietta (Nyboe) Montgomery Timmons, daughter of Lauritz Nyboe and Henrietta Christensen, in 1939 in Hall County, Nebraska.12,13 
Census US 1940*22 April 1940Henrietta and Harry D. Green were enumerated as residents on the 1940 census taken on 20 and 22 April 1940 at the Nebraska Soldiers and Sailors Home, Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska. Harry was 49 years of age, married, and had completed his education through the 3rd year of High School. He had worked 4 hours the week prior to the census, and had income from other sources. On 1 April 1935, he had lived in rural Washington County, Nebraska. Henrietta was 51 years of age, married, and had completed her education through the 8th grade of Elementary School. She had worked 4 hours the week prior to the census, and had income from other sources. She had also been a resident of the institution on 1 April 1935. The two different census pages, 2A and 3A, indicate that Harry was a resident in the Hospital section of the institution, and that Henrietta was a resident in the Garfield Building.14,15 
Death*27 July 1947He died on 27 July 1947 at age 556 
Burial* and was buried in Row 11 of the Soldiers and Sailors Cemetery, Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska.6 

Family 1

Iness Davis b. 18 Apr 1894, d. 11 Dec 1932
Child 1.John S. Green16 b. 4 Oct 1912

Family 2

La Verne Ostrom b. 1899

Family 3

Elnora D. Breitkreutz b. 11 Apr 1913, d. 22 Oct 1992

Family 4

Henrietta Nyboe b. Oct 1888

Citations

  1. [S2369] Nebraska, U.S., Index to Marriages, 1909-1955, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Elenore Brietkrentz in 1934 in Cherry County, Nebraska, USA, citing Certificate# 1552, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services; Lincoln, Nebraska; Surname Range: Baar-Byro. Hereinafter cited as Nebraska, U.S., Index to Marriages, 1909-1955.
  2. [S1700] Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1947, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Harry D Green of Omaha, Nebraska, age 33 on next birthday, contractor, his second marriage, born about 1891 in Magnolia Iowa, son of George N Green and "Elizabeth" Richards, married La Verne (Ostrom) Gaston of 1723 Davenport Street, age 27 on next birthday, her second marriage, born about 1897 in Nashville, Tennessee, daughter of Harry J. Ostrom and Sarah Hamilton, married on 24 August 1924 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA, referencing Iowa Department of Public Health, Des Moines, Iowa, Series Title: Iowa Marriage Records, 1923–1937. Hereinafter cited as Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1947.
  3. [S1681] Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860-1920, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of George N Green and Melinda O Richards on 26 January 1882 in Whiteside County, Illinois, USA. Hereinafter cited as Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860-1920.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Melinda O. (Richards) Green, Memorial# 60141949. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  5. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Harry D. Green, Year: 1930; Census Place: Blair, Washington, Nebraska; Page: 28B; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 2341029. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Harry Dean Green, Memorial# 39923705.
  7. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of George and Linda Green, Year: 1900; Census Place: Decatur, Burt, Nebraska; Roll: 918; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 0026; FHL microfilm: 1240918. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  8. [S2369] Nebraska, U.S., Index to Marriages, 1909-1955, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Iness Davis in 1911 in Nance County, Nebraska, USA, citing Certificate# 8410, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services; Lincoln, Nebraska; Surname Range: Bobb-Dyba.
  9. [S2369] Nebraska, U.S., Index to Marriages, 1909-1955, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Harry D Green in 1911 in Nance County, Nebraska, USA, citing Certificate# 8410, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services; Lincoln, Nebraska; Surname Range: Card-Reel.
  10. [S2369] Nebraska, U.S., Index to Marriages, 1909-1955, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Harry D Green in 1934 in Cherry County, Nebraska, USA, citing Certificate# 1552, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services; Lincoln, Nebraska; Surname Range: Card-Reel.
  11. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Elnora Green, Year: 1940; Census Place: Valentine, Cherry, Nebraska; Roll: m-t0627-02240; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 16-43. Hereinafter cited as 1940 United States Federal Census.
  12. [S2369] Nebraska, U.S., Index to Marriages, 1909-1955, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Henrietta Timmons in 1939 in Hall County, Nebraska, USA, citing Certificate# 6152, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services; Lincoln, Nebraska; Surname Range: Tahn-Tyre.
  13. [S2369] Nebraska, U.S., Index to Marriages, 1909-1955, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Harry D Green in 1939 in Hall County, Nebraska, USA, citing Certificate# 6152, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services; Lincoln, Nebraska; Surname Range: Card-Reel.
  14. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, enumeration of Harry D. Green as a resident in the Hospital at the Nebraska Soldiers and Sailors Home, Year: 1940; Census Place: Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska; Roll: m-t0627-02248; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 40-17.
  15. [S1441] 1940 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, enumeration of Henrietta Green as a resident at the Nebraska Soldiers and Sailors Home and Hospital (Garfield Building), Year: 1940; Census Place: Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska; Roll: m-t0627-02248; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 40-17.
  16. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jacob W. and Iness Wallick, Year: 1920; Census Place: Albion, Boone, Nebraska; Roll: T625_980; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 20. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.

James Green1

b. 1838
Father*William B. Green1 b. 1812, d. b 1 Jun 1860
Mother*Elizabeth Cutlip1 b. 1817, d. 12 Sep 1873
Birth*1838James Green was born about 1838 in Virginia.1 
(Son) Census US 185010 September 1850James was enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 10 September 1850 in the household of his parents in District 30, Lewis County, Virginia. He was recorded as 12 years old.1 

Citations

  1. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of William B. and Elizabeth Green, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 30, Lewis, Virginia; Roll: 956; Page: 86b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.

James H. Green1,2

d. before 4 March 1849
ChartsDescendants of Robert Heaton of Yorkshire, The Immigrant
Marriage*March 1844He married, as her first husband, Elizabeth Heaton, daughter of Benjamin Heaton and Barthena Evans, in March 1844 in Calhoun County, Illinois.1,2 
Death*before 4 March 1849He died before 4 March 1849, the date his wife remarried.3 

Family

Elizabeth Heaton b. 6 Sep 1826

Citations

  1. [S1682] Heaton / Rusk Bible and Transcriptions, from copies of original Bible pages supplied by Don W. Clarkson in 1998 and typed as read by Glenda Frank Moser who originally shared the photos and her transcriptions with Ancestry.com on 31 August 2014. Don Clarkson was identified as a descendant of Sarah Ann Rusk and a link to Glenda's Ancestry tree was found online at https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/58145564/…. Hereinafter cited as Heaton / Rusk Bible and Transcriptions.
  2. [S266] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, online at https://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriagesrch.jsp, recording the date of their marriage license as 14 March 1844 and citing Volume 1, page 43, license number 192, in the county of Calhoun. Hereinafter cited as Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900.
  3. [S266] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, online at https://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriagesrch.jsp

James M. Green1

b. 1813
Birth*1813James M. Green was born about 1813 in Kentucky.1 
Marriage*31 August 1852He married Jemima Y. Brown 1826 on 31 August 1852 in Itawamba County, Mississippi.1,2 
Census US 1870*7 July 1870Jemima and James M. Green were enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 7 July 1870 in Kaufman County, Texas. James was 57 years of age and a farmer with real estate valued at $500 and a personal estate valued at $1,000. Jemima was 44 years of age and keeping house. Four children were enumerated with the couple in 1870. Joseph F. was 13 years old, at home, and had attended school within the census year. Egbert B. was 11 years old; Lucy A. was age 5; and William J. was 2 years old. Also enumerated with the family in 1870 was George M. Carruthers, who was 22 years of age and worked as a common laborer.1 

Family

Jemima Y. Brown 1826
Children 1.Joseph F. Green1 b. 1857
 2.Egbert Burgess Green+1 b. 12 Sep 1858, d. 22 Feb 1948
 3.Lucy A. Green1 b. 1865
 4.William J. Green1 b. 1868

Citations

  1. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of James M. and Jemima Green, Year: 1870; Census Place: Kaufman, Texas; Roll: M593_1594; Page: 29B. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S2214] Mississippi, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 31 August 1852 in Itawamba County of James M. Green and Jemima Y. Brown. Hereinafter cited as Mississippi, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935.

James W. Green1,2

b. March 1880
Father*Egbert Burgess Green1 b. 12 Sep 1858, d. 22 Feb 1948
Mother*Mary Jane Ware1 b. 22 Nov 1860, d. 22 Oct 1893
Birth*March 1880James W. Green was born about March 1880 in Texas.1 
(Son) Census US 188019 June 1880James was enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 19 June 1880 in the household of his parents in Precinct 6, Kaufman County, Texas. He was 2 months old.1 
(Son) Census US 190014 June 1900James was enumerated as J. W. on the 1900 census taken on 14 June 1900 in the household of his widowed father in Justice Precinct 2, Navarro County, Texas. He was 20 years old.2 

Citations

  1. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Egbert B. and Mary Green, Year: 1880; Census Place: Precinct 6, Kaufman, Texas; Roll: 1315; Page: 190C; Enumeration District: 042. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of E. B. Green, Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 2, Navarro, Texas; Page: 14; Enumeration District: 0100; FHL microfilm: 1241661. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.

Jemima Green1

b. 1853, d. 20 May 1875
Father*William B. Green b. 1812, d. b 1 Jun 1860
Mother*Elizabeth Cutlip1 b. 1817, d. 12 Sep 1873
Birth*1853Jemima Green was born about 1853 in Virginia.2,3 
(Daughter) Census US 186031 July 1860Jemima was enumerated on the 1860 census taken on 31 July 1860 in the household of her widowed mother near the Buckhannon Post Office, Upshur County, Virginia. She was recorded as 7 years old.4 
(Daughter) Census US 18708 July 1870Jemima was enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 8 July 1870 in the household of her widowed mother near the Braxton Court House Post Office, Franklin, Braxton County, West Virginia. She was recorded as 20 years of age.1,5 
Death*20 May 1875She was brutally attacked and murdered on 20 May 1875 near Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia, at about age 21.6 
MurderFor at least four years after the savage murder of Jemima Green, news articles covering her brutal killing, and the resulting multiple arrests and trials of the accused, were published in West Virginia newspapers. Some of the individuals mentioned in the news articles, as events developed, included Isaac Lewis Perkins, Samuel Ellis Perkins, David Wine, Elijah Perkins, Mariah Jane (Chapman) Hines, Isaac W. Hines, Sarah Jane Mollohan, Elizabeth (Rogers) Mollohan, William B. Young and Sarah Jane (Wine) Wine Williams. Our transcriptions, from several of the news articles, follow:


South Branch Intelligencer, (Romney, West Virginia), Friday, 4 June 1875, page 2


MURDER IN BRAXTON. ---- Jemima Green, who lived with her two children – one two years old and the other an infant but 3 weeks old, near Sutton, Braxton county, this State, was murdered on the night of the 20th last. The coroner’s jury, as stated by a correspondent of the Weston Democrat, “found a verdict of death, caused by bruises on the head and strangulation, at the hands of some party or parties to them not known.” The whole affair is enveloped in mystery; and no clue whatever has been obtained to the perpetrators of the horrid crime. The woman was very poor, so that robbery could not have been the motive of the criminal. Our community is very justly excited; and steps are being taken which we hope will result in the arrest and speedy punishment of the murderer.
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The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 5 July 1875, page 3


THE JEMIMA GREEN MURDER. ---- The murder of Jemima Green, which occurred, as our readers will recollect, near Sutton, on the 20th of May, has produced a great deal of excitement in our neighboring county of Braxton. It is generally desired and understood that the County Court, at its next session, will offer a large reward for information that will lead to the apprehension of the perpetrators; but should the Court fail to do this, certain public spirited citizens will take the matter into their own hands, and by subscription raise means to offer a reward.

We present below a brief epitome of the tragedy; and some attendant circumstances, as they were elicited before the coroner’s jury, which may throw some light on the mystery. We omit the names of the men to whom we refer; we do not desire to do them an injustice; but it is proper that the public should be made fully acquainted with the facts in the case:

There lived 2 miles east of Sutton a woman by the name of Jemima Green, about the age of 21 years. Her father and mother both died some years ago. It is said of her that she was honest – would neither lie or steal; nor did she in any way intrude upon the rights of her neighbors. But yet she was unfortunate enough to be the mother of two illegitimate children, one of them 3 years, the other 3 weeks old. On the night of the 16th of May she was by three men, ____________, ____________ and ____________, removed from the little log cabin where she had only three weeks before given birth to the infant before referred to, and carried, with her two children, about 5 miles west of Sutton on Little Otter Creek, and there put in a little log cabin. She was in a destitute condition, having neither bread or meat, no shoes, and scarcely any clothing. Here, in this dismal hut, four days afterward, she was, on the night of the 20th of May, most brutally murdered, and dragged out of the house, her infant left in the bed; and when found about 6 o’clock the next morning, the three year old little girl was standing beside her mother’s body, crying. The woman had evidently been choked or suffocated in some way, the neck and face was dreadfully discolored, and some little bruises appeared on one side of her face.

A Jury was impaneled by Justice Frame, who made an examination of the dead body, and examined 10 witnesses, but elicited no clue as to who the guilty parties were. The poverty and general squalor there showed that money had not been the object that prompted the assassin to the dreadful deed; for the deceased was truly in abject poverty. The testimony did not discover even a bitter enemy. The next thing was to find a probable cause on which to predicate a theory. Among other things, it was disclosed that the deceased was a witness against ____________ in a felony case. Now it will be remembered that he helped to remove her from her home above Sutton to the new position below Sutton, claiming all the time to be friendly to the deceased. The next thing disclosed was that she had been moved to the new position at the insistence of ____________, whom she alleged to be the father of her young child. Now it will also be remembered that ____________ helped to move Jemima Green, in the night time, to her new position. This new position brought the deceased, it was claimed, close to the house of ____________, who had agreed to provide for her during the summer. The house into which she was last put was under the control of ____________, who was the other gentleman that helped in the night time to remove the deceased and is the nephew of the said ____________. It was further disclosed that after taking the deceased to the new position, she was not promptly provided for and that she said on the day previous to her death, that if ____________ did not immediately provide for her, she would on the 21st of May, 1875, go before a Justice and swear the child to him. The evidence further disclosed that on the day previous to her death, that ____________ and ____________ both visited her house.
It is true that this is but a skein of circumstantial evidence; but it should be thoroughly sifted. It will not do to allow a fellow-creature to be brutally murdered, without an effort being made to discover and punish the criminals.
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The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 19 July 1875, page 5


THE JEMIMA GREEN MURDER, $500 REWARD. ---- To the credit of the County Court of Braxton County be it said, that at the late term thereof, an order was made offering a reward of $500 for such information as will lead to the apprehension of the murderer or murderers of the unfortunate Jemima Green. It is also understood that a petition will be forwarded to Governor Jacob, requesting him to offer a reward of like amount, for the same purpose. It is hoped and believed that with this incentive, the criminal will be brought to justice. This is about the best chance we know of for a good detective to “make a good raise.” The case could be “worked up,” and the parties arrested within two weeks by a shrewd and experienced police officer.
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The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, (Wheeling, West Virginia), Wednesday, 21 July 1875, page 2

THE MURDER OF JEMIMA GREEN

The court offers a reward of five-hundred dollars for the arrest of the murderer of Jemima Green, the money not to be paid until the party or parties are tried and convicted. It will thus be seen that the authorities of this county are making every effort to have that cold blooded murderer brought to the bar of justice as speedily as possible. If the Governor would offer a reward of a like sum it could not be better appropriated, for if the strong arm of the law does not come to the defense of helpless and defenseless women we may as well give up the idea of depending upon our laws and constitution for protection.
The people generally seem to have a fixed and settled opinion as to who the guilty parties are, but it requires time to find out the whole affair; we presume there never was a case where a murderer covered his tracks better than the murderer of Miss Green.
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The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 30 August 1875, page 3


FROM BRAXTON, A LIVELY COURT

Indictment and Arrest of the Alleged Murderers of Jemina Green

By a private letter from Sutton, we learn that the last term of the Circuit Court was one of the liveliest in the history of Braxton County. The Grand Jury was in session five days; and returned 52 indictments. Among the number, Isaac L. Perkins, Ellis Perkins and David Wine were indicted for the murder of Jemima Green. The parties, (with one exception) were arrested, and are now in jail.
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The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 4 October 1875, page 2

FROM BRAXTON
Examination of the Parties Indicted for the Murder of Jemima Green

A correspondent writing from Sutton, September 20th, says:

After a long and exhaustive preliminary examination before the County Court, it was deemed by said court that a sufficient amount of evidence had been elicited to justify said official body in sending on for future trial, S. E. Perkins, I. L. Perkins and David Wine, indicted at the late term of the Circuit Court for the murder of one Jemima Green. No legal proceedings for years have attracted so much attention in this locality and called forth such an effort on behalf of both parties. No less than ninety witnesses were examined and their testimony reduced to writing. For the purpose of enabling the reader to understand the motive and cause of such tremendous legal exertions, we will briefly enumerate some of the leading facts in the case of ………………. words missing …………. the evidence produced at the examination:

On the night of 21st of May last, on Otter Creek, in this county, a young woman by the name of Jemima Green was brutally murdered by blows upon the head with clubs, found on the ground, and by strangulation, as evidenced by marks upon her neck and throat – (such was the verdict of the jury of inquest.) Eight miles from where she was killed and three weeks prior to that time, this woman gave birth to a child that rumor asserted one Elijah Perkins was the father of, which was probably based upon the woman’s own assertions; all of which may or may not have been the case. Nevertheless, so soon as circumstances would permit, the said Elijah Perkins, his nephew, Isaac L. Perkins, and David Wine, moved the woman and her effects, in the night time to Otter creek, and four days thereafter she was murdered.

Evidence at the examination developed the fact that provisions had been furnished her by S. E. Perkins, through the instrumentality of Isaac L. Perkins, he being the bearer. Further evidence upon the examination went to show that Samuel E. Perkins (son of Elijah Perkins) left home the night of the murder and returned about 3 o’clock in the morning, and, when questioned by one of the witnesses for the prosecution, admitted to said witness that he had been to Otter creek that night. Still further evidence indicated that Isaac L. Perkins had been away from home the same night, while unimpeachable testimony showed Wine to have been from home the whole night, and seen on the road both to and from the house where the woman was murdered.

Reckless counter swearing was done and extreme variations in testimony made by witnesses for the defense. A close observer, however, of the standard evidence in the case would readily admit the wisdom of the Court in sending them on for further and final trial, which trial will hardly take place in Braxton county, as public opinion is decidedly against them, with no end to expressions of the same. Notwithstanding the fact that scores of witnesses attempted to establish an alibi and impeach the credibility of the witnesses for the prosecution, the character and relationship of many of the witnesses for the defense were such as to prejudice public opinion against them, and when adjusted in the legal balances were found sadly defective and wanting, as indicated by the action of the Court in sending the parties on for further and final trial; and as a desperate effort will then be made, and the evidence here given be again subject to exhaustive legal scrutiny, we forbear giving further publicity to that class of proceedings.

Taking the circumstances all together, and examining them in the mildest light in which it is possible to view the crime of felony, we claim that it was a most unprovoked, villainous and inhuman case of murder, and could be concocted and perpetrated only by a fiend or fiends incarnate.

Ten days were consumed in the examination of the case, closing by extraordinary efforts on behalf of the opposing council. M. T. Frame, Esq., Prosecuting Attorney for this county, acquitted himself with more than usual credit. Notwithstanding the formidable array of legal talent representing the defense, he dexterously gained ground on more technical questions, and then closed by a systematic, able and powerful summing up of the case that swept away all opposition, carried with it a conviction, and resulted in a prompt decision by the Court to send the parties on for further trial.

Crowds of people daily attended court during the protracted examination, and left in a body with feelings of relief when the proceeding terminated. Here the case rests for the present. More soon.
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The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, (Wheeling, West Virginia), Monday, 29 November 1875, page 3

BRAXTON COUNTY LETTER

Braxton County, West Virginia, November 25, 1875

Editors of the Intelligencer:

A special term of the Circuit Court for this county has been ordered by Judge Mott, to commence December 6th, for the purpose of trying David Wine, Isaac L. Perkins and Ellis Perkins, charged with the murder of Miss Jemima Green, the particulars of which you have published heretofore. It is reported that David Wine has made a confession implicating himself and others, but we will not give names or particulars until the statement is confirmed. It will probably take two or three weeks to dispose of these three cases, as nearly one hundred witnesses will be examined.
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The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 27 December 1875, page 3

BRAXTON. ---- The trial of E. C. Perkins, one of the murderers of Jemima Green, occurred last week. Perkins was sent to the Penitentiary for life. The others are to be tried in Gilmer county.

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The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 10 January 1876, page 3 (1)

THE JEMIMA GREEN MURDER TRIAL ---- A Correction ----
During our absence a local item appeared in The Democrat concerning the Braxton murder case, which, as it appears from the following letter, was entirely incorrect:

GLENVILLE, December 28, 1875

Editor Democrat ---- In your issue of the 27th last, under the head of “Braxton”, you say: “The trial of E. C. Perkins, one of the murderers of Jemima Green, occurred last week and Perkins was sent to the Penitentiary for life. The others are to be tried in Gilmer county.” I wish to say that almost everything stated above is untrue. Some of them are in part true. First, the name is not correct ---- the person tried was Samuel E. Perkins. In the second place, he was not sent to the Penitentiary at all. And, in the third place, who knows that he is “one of the murderers or Jemima Green”?

The fact is, Mr. Perkins was tried, and the jury rendered a verdict which, if allowed to stand, would have sent him to the “Penitentiary for life”; but the court, on motion, for more than one cause, set aside the verdict and granted the accused a new trial, and his case also was transferred to Gilmer. Signed… Truly, R. F. Fleming
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The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 10 January 1876, page 3 (2)


THE BRAXTON MURDER TRIAL. ---- An esteemed friend in Braxton sends us the following epitome of the trial of the parties charged with the murder of Jemima Green:

We have for many weeks had quite an excitement over the trial of S. E. Perkins, one of the parties charged with the murder of Jemima Green on the 20th May last. On December 6th, a special term of the Circuit Court for Braxton county was held by his Honor, Judge Holt, for the trial of Samuel E. Perkins, David Wine and Lewis Perkins. After three days a jury was finally impaneled for the trial of Samuel E. Perkins, and the examination of the State witnesses began. The corpus delicti was so far proven as to leave but little doubt that Jemima Green was murdered.

The State proved by Mariah J. Hines and Marion Nichols a threat made by the prisoner on Wednesday previous to the killing on Thursday night. The State next proved an opportunity by the prisoner at the proper time to execute his threat; also several admissions that showed him to be one of the parties to the killing. The State also showed that the prisoner had attempted to remove suspicion off of himself by procuring another party to charge a third person therewith. There the State rested her case. This evidence was chiefly the tale of Mariah J. Hines, late Mariah Chapman, a woman wholly void of chastity, and given up to debauchery. She was, at the time of the murder, the paramour of the prisoner, but was by him, sometime in July, afterward abandoned, at which time he, the prisoner, took to his bosom another woman, and then the abandoned wife (for she was the lawful wife of Mr. Hines) and abandoned paramour, turned the tables on her recent lover.

Her statement was contradicted by 10 witnesses on matters of fact, and her general character for truth and veracity impeached by quite a number of respectable witnesses who were neither Perkins’ or cohorts of the Perkins’ and yet, strange to say, the jury after a trial of nine days, in which 80 witnesses were examined and a most complete alibi proven by the prisoner, and a direct contradiction of all the important facts proven by the State, the verdict of the jury was, “We the Jury find the prisoner, Samuel E. Perkins, guilty of murder in the first degree; and we do further find that he be punished by confinement in the Penitentiary.”

The prisoner then moved the court to set aside the verdict of the jury and grant him a new trial, on the grounds that the verdict was contrary to law and the evidence in the case, and on the ground that a member of the jury had expressed an opinion previous to the trial, and on account of newly discovered evidence; and here the prisoner, by his counsel Mr. Fleming, offered 5 affidavits, prominent among them the second paramour of the prisoner, who had but recently ousted Mrs. Jane Hines, made a sworn statement that she, Sarah J. Mollohan, her mother, Betsy Mollohan, and William B. Young, residents of Little Otter creek, and in the immediate vicinity of the deceased, had, in the night time, about 2 o’clock, gone to the house of Jemima Green and called and knocked at her door. When the deceased inquired who was there, William B. Young answered and said, “Lige is here”, meaning Lige Perkins. The deceased then returned to the fire to kindle it up when Young and Betsy Mollohan, who had previously provided themselves with heavy clubs, went in on her, while this witness stood at the door, and while she was stooped down kindling the fire. Young struck her across the small of the back, felling her face foremost to the floor. Young then caught her and jerked her backward on her back and stamped her in the face and on the neck killing her very quickly. Young and Mollohan then caught deceased by the arms and dragged her out of the house; and then the three quickly retraced their steps homeward.

It is needless to say that this terrible development was not believed by many, but it was quite as worthy as the story of Jane Hines and had more semblance of truth in it, from the fact she confessed herself one of the murderers.

The Court, after a very elaborate examination of the case, set aside the verdict of the jury and granted to Samuel E. Perkins one more chance for his life; and on his petition and affidavit, and likewise the petitions of the other two prisoners, a change in venue was ordered in each of the cases to the Gilmer Circuit Court.

And now, in conclusion, I will add that the murder of Jemima Green remains a mystery to me but I think that these trials will yet develop the real murderers.

At the last term of the Braxton Circuit Court, Sarah Jane Williams, mother of David Wine, was indicted for the murder, and the next Grand Jury will probably add three or four to the number. The truth is Braxton county is determined to have a victim for this murder; and I only hope that patience may be had by the multitude till time and trial uncover the guilty ones.
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The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 10 January 1876, page 3 (3)


ITEM FROM BRAXTON: Noting the item was taken from the Democrat’s sprightly little neighbor, the Sutton Mountaineer

We learned that a warrant is in the hands of an officer for the apprehension of Elijah Perkins, charged with complicity in the Jemima Green murder. Yet, what additional grounds, if any, there are for such a procedure, other than indirect evidence of guilty knowledge, heretofore elicited on the trial of other parties for the same offence, we know not.
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The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 27 March 1876, page 3 (1)

ITEM FROM BRAXTON COUNTY

The true inwardness of the Jemima Green murder is again under discussion. On the 20th of December last Sarah Jane Mollohan made oath before Colonel N. B. Squires that the murder was committed in her presence by her mother and a man named Young. On the 3rd day of the present month, being very sick and expecting to die, she made oath before Squire Stewart that her former statement was entirely false and that she was hired and scared into making it by the Perkins.

If she gets well, she should be sent to Brooklyn to join Brothers Beecher, Moulton, Bowen, etc.
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The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 27 March 1876, page 3 (2)

GILMER COUNTY ITEM

The persons charged with the murder of Jemima Green were brought into court and, after an application for bail had been overruled, they were remanded to jail.

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Martinsburg Independent, (Martinsburg, West Virginia), Saturday, 29 July 1876, page 1

STATE NEWS

Isaac and Samuel Perkins were acquitted by the jury at Glenville, Gilmer county in the face of what is styled unimpeached evidence. As for the result the Mountaineer says: How long is it to be thus? Shall the murderers of Jemima Green, who was a poor, helpless, misguided orphan just merged into womanhood, be permitted to go free? Shall crime of the darkest hue, crime at which satan himself would blush, be permitted to go unpunished? If so, we say Alas! Alas! for the civilization of the nineteenth century. The men had been convicted at the trial in Braxton county last December.
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The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 15 January 1877, page 3


From the Mountaineer. The jury in the case of the State vs. Sarah J. Williams rendered a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, and fixed her confinement in the penitentiary for life.

Can an accessory be convicted after the principal has been tried and acquitted? This is an interesting question to Mrs. Williams now, and her lawyers should test it in the Court of Appeals.
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The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 22 January 1877, page 3

State News

The Elijah Perkins trial was brought to a close last week by the acquittal of Perkins. It was a long and tedious trial and much ability was displayed by the counsel for the State, as well as by the counsel for the defendant. Messrs. Frame and John E. Hays represented the State and Messrs. Brannon, Fleming and Morrison, Perkins. Thus ends the trials of those charged with the brutal murder of Jemima Green. Mrs. Williams is the only one who has been convicted, That some others aided in that murder no one who has heard any of the evidence, can have any doubt, but whoever they may be, so far go unpunished and it is not likely there will be any further investigation of the sad affair.
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The Wheeling Daily Register, (Wheeling, West Virginia), Wednesday, 20 June 1877, page 4

The Courts

In the case of the State vs. Sarah Jane Williams, convicted of murder in Braxton county, a writ of error was allowed.

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The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, (Wheeling, West Virginia), Monday, 6 May 1878, page 4

THE COURTS. ---- SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS

State vs. Sarah Jane Williams, from Braxton county. Certiorari ordered.

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The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, (Wheeling, West Virginia), Monday, 11 November 1878, page 4

THE COURTS. ---- SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS

State vs. Sarah J. Williams, from Braxton county. Opinion by Moore. Reversed and new trial ordered.

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The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Saturday, 14 December 1878, page 1

A Case Showing the Importance of More Specific Legislation

The Court of Appeals has lately rendered an interesting decision in a case, which discloses another instance of the looseness of our statutory laws, and suggested the importance of more specific legislation upon one question at issue.

The case is that of the State vs. Sarah J. Williams on an indictment for the murder of Jemima Greene, tried in the Circuit Court of Braxton county, and in which the jury rendered a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. The motion for a new trial was over-ruled by the Circuit Court, and the case comes up to the Court of Appeals on a bill of exceptions on behalf of the defense, raising a number of questions which have severally been passed on by the latter Court, but only one of which we desire to notice.

The trial of the case in the Circuit Court in which the verdict was found against the defendant as above stated, was had by a “special term” called by the Judge of that Court. But the regular Judge failed to attend. In case of the failure of the Judge to attend upon a general term of the Circuit Court, the statute provides that the members of the bar may elect from among their own number a special judge to preside during the term with like powers and giving the same validity to the proceedings of the court as if presided over by the regular judge.

Acting in strict conformity with the statute referred to, did elect in this instance a special judge, who presided at the special term appointed for the hearing of the case in question, and at which the trial was had and the verdict rendered as above stated.

One of the points raised by the defense on appeal is the constitutionality of the act which provides for such election of a special judge. Upon one branch of this question, the Court of Appeals are unanimous in the opinion that, “The act of the Legislature, chapter 120, Acts 1872,3, which provides for electing a special judge by the members of the bar to hold a general term of a Circuit Court, where from any cause the judge fails to appear, or if present, cannot preside, is Constitutional.”

But on another point arising in the same connection – and it is the point to which we refer – the court failed to agree. This question refers more particularly to the meaning of the act itself which authorizes the election of a special judge, and is thus stated in the opinion of the Court: “Whether that act authorizes the election by the members of the bar of a special judge to hold a special term of said court, when the judge having called the special term fails to attend; and if so, whether such act, as it applies, to a special term is constitutional or not, the court is equally divided.”

Upon all the points passed upon excepting the constitutional question, the court was a unit, but upon that they divide, Judges Johnson and Green filing a dissenting opinion upon this point alone. The case was reversed on the ground that the verdict was not warranted by the evidence.

The action of the Court on the act of 1872,3, does not establish a precedent but it does leave the meaning and effect of the act in that uncertain state, as virtually to render it inoperative and too hazardous to justify any Court in acting upon it while its intent is so obscure, or its validity under the constitution so questionable as that the Court of Appeals cannot determine it.

If the act is of any importance, and it is certainly so regarded, the next Legislature should make it sufficiently specific to be useful. As we understand the opinion of the Court, the difficulty is not with the meaning, or perhaps the constitutionality of the provision when applied to the election of a special judge for a general term, but in electing a special judge for a special term. It is doubtless more frequently the case that a special judge is needed for a special, than a regular term, and the benefits of the act, if thus limited, are very much abridged. Signed Register

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Citations

  1. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Elisabeth Green, Year: 1870; Census Place: Franklin, Braxton, West Virginia; Roll: M593_1685; Page: 429B. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Elizabeth Green, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Upshur, Virginia; Roll: M653_1382; Page: 335; Family History Library Film: 805382, Elizabeth's age was reported as 37, and her year of birth estimated as 1823, Jemima's age was recorded as 7 years, and her year of birth estimated as 1853. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Elisabeth Green, Year: 1870; Census Place: Franklin, Braxton, West Virginia; Roll: M593_1685; Page: 429B, Jemima's age was recorded as 20, and her year of birth estimated as 1850.
  4. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Elizabeth Green, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Upshur, Virginia; Roll: M653_1382; Page: 335; Family History Library Film: 805382.
  5. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Eliza A. Davis, Year: 1870; Census Place: Franklin, Braxton, West Virginia; Roll: M593_1685; Page: 429B.
  6. [S2565] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1875 Murder of Jemima Green in Braxton County, West Virginia, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, South Branch Intelligencer, (Romney, West Virginia), Friday, 4 June 1875, page 2; The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 5 July 1875, page 3. Hereinafter cited as Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1875 Murder of Jemima Green in Braxton County, West Virginia.
  7. [S2565] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1875 Murder of Jemima Green in Braxton County, West Virginia, online at www.newspapers.com, South Branch Intelligencer, (Romney, West Virginia), Friday, 4 June 1875, page 2; The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 5 July 1875, page 3; The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 19 July 1875, page 5; The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, (Wheeling, West Virginia), Wednesday, 21 July 1875, page 2; The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 30 August 1875, page 3; The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 4 October 1875, page 2; The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, (Wheeling, West Virginia), Monday, 29 November 1875, page 3; The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 27 December 1875, page 3; The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 10 January 1876, page 3 (1); The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 10 January 1876, page 3 (2); The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 10 January 1876, page 3 (3); The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 27 March 1876, page 3 (1); The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 27 March 1876, page 3 (2); Martinsburg Independent, (Martinsburg, West Virginia), Saturday, 29 July 1876, page 1; The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 15 January 1877, page 3; The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Monday, 22 January 1877, page 3; The Wheeling Daily Register, (Wheeling, West Virginia), Wednesday, 20 June 1877, page 4; The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, (Wheeling, West Virginia), Monday, 6 May 1878, page 4; The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, (Wheeling, West Virginia), Monday, 11 November 1878, page 4; The Weston Democrat, (Weston, West Virginia), Saturday, 14 December 1878, page 1.